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Leytonstone TR19 inspection
TR19 inspections and grease testing for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Leytonstone. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
How we handle TR19 inspection in Leytonstone
Post-clean verification is a check carried out once the cleaning is done, with new readings and photos of the cleaned areas. It gives you evidence of how the system was actually left. The work covers access surveys, post-clean checks and pre-clean surveys, and the jobs we see most are checking the result of a recent clean and sections of duct that can’t be reached.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. For a kitchen in Leytonstone, that typically means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Where
- Leytonstone (E11, E10)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Canopy and plenum
The plenum behind the filters can carry a lot of grease. Readings and photos are taken in the plenum as part of every survey.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Education kitchens need TR19 inspections like any other. Readings show if the interval is right.
Kitchen extracts in Leytonstone
Food Standards Agency data counts about 304 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 122 takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Leytonstone. 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 Waltham Forest council inspect food businesses in Leytonstone. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Fire safety in Leytonstone falls to London Fire Brigade. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Wanstead Hospital (about 1.3 miles north-east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. If you run a café or takeaway near Leytonstone High Road station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Leytonstone is about 1 mile east of Leyton, in Greater London. If you need TR19 inspection in Leytonstone, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please ring 0345 646 2711 or email us. Our area covers London and the South East, Leytonstone included. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, from busy centres to quieter spots. We also work in London, around 7 miles away.
Here we cover the E11 and E10 postcode area for TR19 inspection. Local streets include Bush Road, James Lane and Clare Road, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. We also cover the places around Leytonstone: Bushwood Area of Leytonstone (1 mile east), Leyton (1 mile west), Holloway Down (1 mile south), Wanstead (1 mile north-east) and Bakers Arms (1 mile north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as London (7 miles south-west), City of Westminster (8 miles south-west), Marylebone (8 miles south-west), Kensington (10 miles south-west), St Pancras (6 miles south-west) and Shoreditch (5 miles south-west).
Near you in Leytonstone
Around Leytonstone, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Leyton Jubilee Park, Forest School and Connaught School for Girls. Leytonstone has its own railway station: Leytonstone High Road station. Nearby you’ll also find 17 & Central (1.7 miles north-west) and Passmore Edwards Museum (1.8 miles south). Not far away are Old Ford Island and Pole Hill.
Between visits
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Flag oily drips near the extract
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
Any access problems we found are listed with a suggested fix. Fitting them before the next clean means the whole system gets done.
When cooking hours or the menu change, check the interval still fits. Fresh readings show whether it needs to change.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
What happens if it’s left?
An EHO visit, an insurance renewal or a fire risk assessment is a bad time to find your extract records are thin. An inspection now gives a site in Leytonstone a current picture. London sites work long hours, and the longer a job is left, the bigger it gets.
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered and we’ll price it together.
What you get with us
- A fixed price before any work starts
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- In business since 2009
- A written report with photos after each visit
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Towns and villages near Leytonstone
What else we do in Leytonstone
Leytonstone: your questions answered
Can a school canteen extract in Leytonstone be done out of term time?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. There are about 34 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Leytonstone. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Leytonstone?
It’s London Fire Brigade, which covers Leytonstone. TR19® isn’t 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?
It depends on how heavily the kitchen cooks. BESA’s minimum cleaning intervals are every 3, 6 or 12 months for heavy, moderate and light use, and testing shows if your kitchen needs more.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Do you work in Leytonstone?
Yes. We cover Leytonstone and the rest of Greater London, as part of our work across South East England and London. To book, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
What do the grease readings need to be?
Under TR19® Grease, the mean thickness should not exceed 200 microns between cleans. Any reading of 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning.
Do you check other contractors’ cleans?
It’s an inspection after cleaning, to show what state the system was left in, whoever did the clean.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together on one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
Multi-site and managed buildings
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
Do you need TR19 inspection in Leytonstone?
Grease builds up as cooking vapour cools inside the extract. It often collects where nobody can see it: the plenum, bends and horizontal runs.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
Term dates shape school work: for a school like George Tomlinson Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
How it works
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and pictures. The middle part takes longest, which takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. For a job in Leytonstone, tell us about loading bays, permits, lifts and roof access when you book.
- We agree a time when the kitchen is closed or quiet.
- Every part of the system is examined, end to end.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points by WFTT or DTT.
- Photos are taken at each point, and access gaps noted.
- We send a report setting out the readings, photos and next steps.
Before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We normally come back within one working day.