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TR19 Inspection in Little Hoddington
TR19 inspection in Little Hoddington from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
Little Hoddington: your questions answered
Which environmental health team covers Little Hoddington?
The local authority for Little Hoddington is Basingstoke and Deane council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Which fire authority looks after Little Hoddington?
That’s Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
What do you do with what you remove?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. We do not leave it behind.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7 for anything that cannot wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
Can you verify a clean after it’s been done?
Verification means repeat readings and photos once the clean is done. The report flags anything missed.
What does TR19 mean?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
What does TR19 inspection cost?
The cost depends on the size of the system, its condition, access and timing. Call for a fixed quote, normally ready within one working day.
TR19 inspection in Little Hoddington, done properly
A pre-clean survey is the diagnosis, and the clean is the treatment. Readings, photos and notes on access are gathered from end to end, so the clean can be planned properly. The work covers wet film thickness tests, post-clean checks and insurer audits, and common reasons people get in touch are confirming a clean reached the whole system and extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Each visit ends with a written report and pictures, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Little Hoddington (RG25)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in Little Hoddington
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- How big the system is
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- How many systems or sites are involved
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so there are no surprises.
Helping us quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
TR19 inspection around Little Hoddington
Kitchens in Little Hoddington get their food hygiene inspections from Basingstoke and Deane council. 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. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service covers Little Hoddington. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital about 6 miles north-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Little Hoddington is about 5 miles south-east of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. Every kind of commercial site in Little Hoddington, we can take on TR19 inspection. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Little Hoddington is one of 683 places in Hampshire we cover for TR19 inspection. We also work in Reading, about 15 miles from Little Hoddington.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: RG25. Local streets include Bidden Road, South Hill and Meadowside, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. If your site is just outside Little Hoddington, we cover Bidden (1 mile east), South Warnborough (1 mile south-east), Greywell (2 miles north-east), Up Nately (2 miles north) and Long Sutton (2 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Basingstoke (5 miles north-west), Farnborough (11 miles north-east), Fleet (8 miles north-east), Aldershot (10 miles east), Alton (6 miles south) and Yateley (10 miles north-east).
Around Little Hoddington
Typical jobs here are in premises near Hoddington Arms Public House and the streets around them. The closest station to Little Hoddington is Hook station, roughly 3.7 miles north-east. A little further out are Odiham Castle (2.6 miles north-east) and Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (6 miles north-west). The countryside around Little Hoddington includes Dogmersfield Lake and Holybourne Hill.
Leave it or put it right?
Skipping grease testing leaves the cleaning interval to guesswork. If grease reaches 500 microns anywhere, TR19® Grease calls for immediate spot cleaning, which you won’t know without measuring. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before we start.
Why Little Hoddington businesses choose us
- Every job surveyed first
- Full insurance on every job
- Every visit written up, with photos
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at our cost guide or how to check a contractor.
When it’s something else
We will always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- Fire safety duties beyond the extract system
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Post-clean checks
- Access surveys
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
Towns and villages near Little Hoddington
What else we do in Little Hoddington
How the visit works
Every visit runs to the same pattern: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the TR19 inspection, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. If you can send photos, we can arrive in Little Hoddington knowing what to expect.
- First we book a time that won’t disrupt cooking.
- We look over the canopy, plenum, ducts, fan and discharge.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Ask for a quote
For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You will normally have a quote within one working day.
Advice
What we’re called out for in Little Hoddington
You can’t judge grease thickness by eye. A system can look clean at the filters and be heavily coated further in, which is why readings matter.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Sections of duct that cannot be reached
- Checking the result of a recent clean
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Mary or anywhere around Little Hoddington, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
What your quote should include
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether VAT is included
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
How the job changes from site to site
Horizontal duct runs
Grease can gather thickly at bends and along long runs, out of sight of the kitchen.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Inspections are done when the kitchen is closed or quiet so trading isn’t affected.