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Ilford TR19 inspection
Our technicians work in Ilford on TR19 inspections and grease testing. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
TR19 inspection in Ilford, done properly
Think of a TR19 inspection as the diagnosis before the treatment. Readings, pictures and notes on access are gathered from end to end, so the quote and the clean fit the real system. The work covers pre-clean surveys, post-clean checks and deposit thickness tests, and common reasons people get in touch are cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen and parts of the system left out of past cleans.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so work in Ilford is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we’ve been trading since 2009.
- Where
- Ilford (IG1, IG3, IG2, E12)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Greater London. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Education kitchens need TR19 inspections like any other. Readings show if the interval is right.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
BESA’s minimum for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day is a clean every 3 months, with testing showing whether more is needed.
Grease, kitchens and Ilford
The FSA’s data shows about 18 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 14 hotels and B&Bs registered in Ilford and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Environmental health officers from Redbridge council inspect food businesses in Ilford. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Most London extract cleaning happens at night, after the last service.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Barking Community Hospital (about 1.8 miles south-east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. For schools such as Winston Way Academy, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Ilford is about 4 miles east of Leyton, in Greater London. Sites in Ilford get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with pictures. Ilford is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London we cover for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our London page, about 8 miles away.
We work across IG1, IG3, IG2 and E12 for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. If you need TR19 inspection at premises on Station Road, Axon Place and Hainault Street or a nearby road, we can help. Being close to the A118, Ilford is simple for us to get to at any hour. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Cranbrook (1 mile north-west), Loxford (1 mile south), Seven Kings (1 mile north-east), Manor Park (1 mile south-west) and Little Ilford (1 mile south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (8 miles south-west), City of Westminster (10 miles west), Marylebone (10 miles west), Kensington (13 miles west), St Pancras (9 miles west) and Shoreditch (7 miles west).
What’s near Ilford
In Ilford, that means kitchens and buildings near Great Spoon of Ilford pub, The Ursuline Academy Ilford and South Park. There’s a railway station in Ilford itself: Ilford station. A little further out are Gallions Reach Shopping Park (3.5 miles south) and Redbridge Museum (under half a mile south-west). The countryside around Ilford includes Hollow Pond and Ripple Nature Reserve.
How the visit works
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. In a London area like Ilford, parking, loading and building access are planned before the day of the work.
- First we book a time that won’t disrupt cooking.
- Every part of the system is examined, end to end.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points by WFTT or DTT.
- We photograph the test points and record any sections we can’t reach.
- We send a report setting out the readings, photos and next steps.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know about parking and loading
Get a fixed quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Advice
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Ilford
TR19® is the benchmark that insurers, fire officers and EHOs refer to. It is not legislation; the legal duty comes from the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping grease under control.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Sections of duct that cannot be reached
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
Where a hall near St Alban's Church, or anywhere in Ilford, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Comparing quotes
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- If they look at the system before pricing
Ilford questions
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Ilford in the summer holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. Food Standards Agency records list about 43 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Ilford. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Ilford?
London Fire Brigade is the fire and rescue service for Ilford. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
How often should a kitchen extract be inspected?
Enough to be sure grease stays within the TR19® Grease figures between cleans. The readings themselves tell you if the interval needs to change.
Do you cover Ilford?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, Ilford included.
How long does grease testing take?
An inspection takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. Large or multiple systems take longer, so call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will plan it.
What is TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
What does TR19 inspection cost?
The cost depends on the size of the system, its condition, access and timing. Call for a fixed quote, typically ready within one working day.
Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in Ilford
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- The size of the system
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Any permits to work or inductions
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
What we need to know
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Useful things to send:
- The site address and the type of premises
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- A few general shots of the system
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Honest limits
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so here are the limits:
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
- Design faults in the extract system
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think.
What the work covers
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
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Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Keep to the recommended interval
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
Readings of 500 microns or more are highlighted as needing immediate spot cleaning, and we can arrange it.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so the history is easy to show.