Essex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Little Chesterford TR19 inspection
TR19 inspections, grease thickness testing, pre-clean surveys and post-clean verification for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Little Chesterford. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Checking the result of a recent clean
What staff can safely do
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and send you a fixed quote.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
About our TR19 inspection in Little Chesterford
A grease test measures how thick the grease is inside a kitchen extract system. We use the Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or the Deposit Thickness Test (DTT), taking readings at set points. From the numbers, you can see whether cleaning is due. If you are dealing with confirming a clean reached the whole system and insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning, we can put it right.
In a small place like Little Chesterford, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Location
- Little Chesterford (CB10)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Little Chesterford
Which environmental health team covers Little Chesterford?
That’s Uttlesford council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Little Chesterford. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Can you work in Little Chesterford outside opening hours?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. That way a site in Little Chesterford doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Let us know the hours you are closed and we will book within them.
At what point does grease need cleaning?
Between cleans, the mean should stay at 200 microns or below, and anywhere at 500 microns or more needs spot cleaning right away.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your photos and details, or with a visit where needed. A fixed quote follows.
How often should a kitchen extract be inspected?
Each report recommends when to test and clean next, taking the readings and the kitchen’s hours into account. The interval should come from a competent person’s risk assessment backed by grease measurement.
Is TR19 cleaning the law?
No, not in itself. But the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk under the Fire Safety Order 2005, which in a kitchen includes grease in the extract. Many insurance policies also require TR19 adherence.
What do you need from me for a quote?
A short description and a few pictures plus the address and your hours. If we need more, we will ask.
Do you work in Little Chesterford?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, and that includes Little Chesterford.
Between visits
So the system stays in good health:
- Share inspection reports with your insurer or broker when asked
- Flag oily drips near the extract
- Keep TR19 certificates, readings and reports together
- Diary the next grease test and clean
Each report suggests the next clean and the next test, based on the readings and how the kitchen is used.
Regular grease readings keep the cleaning interval honest. It spots changes in how fast grease builds.
Also near Little Chesterford
What else we do in Little Chesterford
What the work involves, part by part
Extract fan and discharge
We look at where the extract discharges outside, since grease reaches the very end of the system.
Vertical risers
Risers can be hard to get into. We record what can and cannot be reached.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Little Chesterford
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
When to call us in Little Chesterford
Menus, opening hours and cooking styles change over time, and more frying or longer hours mean more grease. A cleaning interval set years ago may no longer fit.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
If you run a café or takeaway near Great Chesterford station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What records you will receive afterwards
- When the next visit should be, and why
Little Chesterford kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s data shows about 3 pubs, bars and clubs registered within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Little Chesterford. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. The fire and rescue service for Little Chesterford is Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. In Little Chesterford, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Uttlesford council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary the Virgin, or anywhere in Little Chesterford, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. For schools such as Great Chesterford Church of England Primary Academy, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Little Chesterford is about 3 miles north-west of Saffron Walden, in Essex. Sites in Little Chesterford get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with pictures. Little Chesterford is one of 644 places in Essex where we work for TR19 inspection. You can also see our page for Chelmsford, roughly 25 miles from Little Chesterford.
TR19 inspection in CB10 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. We also cover the places around Little Chesterford: Littlebury (1 mile south), Little Walden (2 miles east), Audley End (2 miles south), Saffron Walden (3 miles south-east) and Wendens Ambo (3 miles south). Larger places within reach include Great Dunmow (14 miles south-east), Stansted Mountfitchet (10 miles south), Elsenham (10 miles south), Church End (14 miles south-east), Thaxted (9 miles south-east) and Newport (5 miles south).
Near you in Little Chesterford
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Crown And Thistle Inn. For rail, the closest station is Great Chesterford station, about 0.9 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you will also find Saffron Walden Community Hospital (2.9 miles south-east) and Saffron Walden Museum (2.4 miles south-east). The countryside around Little Chesterford includes Hales and Shadwell Woods and Rivey Hill.
What affects the quote in Little Chesterford
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- The condition we find in the survey
- The size of the system
- The number of sites or systems
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
What we need to know
What to send for a quote:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- A few general shots of the system
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.
How it works
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. The timing of a visit to Little Chesterford is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- 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.
- We photograph the test points and record any sections we cannot reach.
- You get a report with readings, photos and recommendations.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before work begins.