Reading · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Kidmore End TR19 inspection
Our technicians work in Kidmore End on TR19 inspections and grease testing. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with pictures as standard.
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Kidmore End
Insurance policies often require evidence of TR19® cleaning and inspection. Missing records can lead to a claim being reduced or refused. Our TR19 audits give sites in Kidmore End and across Reading a clear record of the system’s condition. The work covers deposit thickness tests, access surveys and pre-clean surveys, and the jobs we see most are missing access panels found on survey and kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings.
In a small place like Kidmore End, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Place
- Kidmore End (RG4)
- Region
- Reading
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What the work involves, part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Education kitchens need TR19 inspections like any other. Readings show if the interval is right.
Extract fan and discharge
Grease on the fan adds to wear. The inspection shows whether it needs cleaning now.
What happens on the day
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and pictures. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. Seeing the system in pictures first means the trip to Kidmore End can be planned properly.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- The same access points are opened up.
- Grease readings are taken again at set points.
- We photograph each area to record how it was left.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
Preparing for the visit
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Getting a quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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FAQs for Kidmore End
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Kidmore End?
In Kidmore End, it’s South Oxfordshire council that carries out food hygiene inspections. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Do you work at weekends in Kidmore End?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. It means the site in Kidmore End keeps running as normal. When you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, mention when the site is quiet.
Do you work in Kidmore End?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, Kidmore End included.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
We never leave them off the paperwork. You’ll know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
What does a pre-clean survey involve?
We check the layout, the grease levels and the access, so the clean goes to plan. Missing access panels are noted ahead of the clean.
What’s TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping and expects a risk-based approach.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. TR19® isn’t law; it’s BESA’s specification. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which requires the responsible person to reduce fire risk, and insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark.
At what point does grease need cleaning?
TR19® Grease says the mean shouldn’t exceed 200 microns between cleans, with 500 microns or more anywhere needing immediate spot cleaning.
What TR19 inspection looks like in Kidmore End
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 6 restaurants, cafés and canteens in and around Kidmore End, up to about a mile and a half out. Where they cook under a canopy, a grease reading is the way to tell whether the extract is due a clean. Environmental health officers from South Oxfordshire council inspect food businesses in Kidmore End. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Kidmore End sits within the area of Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Battle Hospital about 3.4 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St John the Baptist or anywhere around Kidmore End, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Kidmore End is about 2 miles north-west of Caversham, in Reading. For TR19 inspection in and around Kidmore End, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Our area covers London and the South East, including Kidmore End. Kidmore End is one of 34 towns, villages and districts in Reading where we work for commercial clients.
All of RG4 is within our area for TR19 inspection, from busy streets to back roads. Local streets include Butlers Orchard, Coopers Pightle and Wood Lane, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. We also cover the places around Kidmore End: Sonning Common (1 mile north-east), Peppard Hill (1 mile north), Kingwood Common (2 miles north), Rotherfield Peppard (2 miles north-east) and Shepherd's Green (3 miles north-east). Further out, we also cover Norcot (4 miles south), West Reading (4 miles south), Tilehurst Within (4 miles south-west), Shinfield (7 miles south), Arborfield Garrison (10 miles south-east) and Horncastle (4 miles south).
What’s near Kidmore End
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Pack Horse Public House, The Warwick School and Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge, among other places. The nearest railway station is Tilehurst station, roughly 2.9 miles south-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Royal Berkshire Regiment Museum (3.4 miles south) and Battle Hospital (3.4 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Sonning Hill and Hartslock.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Keeping the system healthy
Results last longer with the right care. We suggest:
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Flag changes in how much frying the kitchen does
If any reading is 500 microns or more, the report flags it for immediate spot cleaning, and we can quote to do it.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so the history is easy to show.
Leave it or put it right?
A pre-clean survey avoids surprises on the night. Access problems are spotted in advance rather than on the night, and the quote reflects the real job. It’s simpler to plan the work at Kidmore End now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
What you get with us
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- We diagnose before we treat
- Trading since 2009
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
Read our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
Common problems we fix in Kidmore End
When a site in Kidmore End changes owner or cleaning contractor, the records don’t always follow. Without them, nobody knows how much grease is in the system or when it was last cleaned.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Mapledurham House is about 2.3 miles south-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
What your quote should include
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach