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TR19 Inspection in Little Tey
TR19 inspections and grease testing in Little Tey, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Checking the result of a recent clean
What the work involves, part by part
Extract fan and discharge
A greasy fan works harder and wears faster. Readings show if it needs attention before the next clean.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School and college kitchens still need their extract checked. Testing shows whether the interval suits.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Little Tey
Insurance policies often require evidence of TR19® cleaning and inspection. Without it, a claim can be refused or reduced. Our TR19 audits give sites in Little Tey and across Essex a clear record of the system’s condition. We’re often asked to deal with kitchens taken over with no cleaning records and post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean, on deposit thickness tests, insurer audits and wet film thickness tests.
In a village or hamlet like Little Tey, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are normally a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Place
- Little Tey (CO6)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
- Clean grease off the canopy between professional cleans
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
Each report suggests the next clean and the next test, from the measured grease and the kitchen’s hours.
Fit access panels where the survey finds sections can’t be reached, so every part of the duct can be cleaned.
What your team can do, and what needs us
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they don’t reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
The process
There are three stages on the day: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, and the sign-off is a written report with pictures. The middle part takes longest, which takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Little Tey and turn up when the site is quiet.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- The same access points are opened up.
- We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
- 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
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
How to get a quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will normally have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Related advice
What happens if it’s left?
A pre-clean survey avoids surprises on the night. Missing access panels, hidden duct runs and awkward fans are found before the cleaners arrive, and the quote reflects the real job. In a small place like Little Tey, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Why Little Tey businesses choose us
- Fully insured
- Trading since 2009
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
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Managing agents and facilities teams in Little Tey
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 can quote for the whole system.
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. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
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Little Tey questions
Which council inspects kitchens in Little Tey?
That’s Colchester council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Little Tey. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Do you cover smaller places like Little Tey?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Which sectors do you work in?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
Where does the waste go?
We take it away at the end of the visit. While we work, it’s kept contained so the area stays clean.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
What do the grease readings need to be?
Between cleans, the mean should stay at 200 microns or below, and anywhere at 500 microns or more needs spot cleaning right away.
What do you do to protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before any work starts, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Little Tey
Grease in a duct is flammable fuel. A flare-up on the range can be drawn into the canopy and duct, and from there a fire can spread through the ductwork. Knowing how much there is lets you act before it becomes a hazard.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St James, or anywhere in Little Tey, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Comparing quotes
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
Little Tey kitchens: local notes
There are about 5 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 3 sandwich bars and takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Little Tey, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each kitchen extract among them can be measured for grease to set the right cleaning interval. It’s Colchester council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Little Tey. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Fire safety in Little Tey falls to Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Honywood Community Science School or anywhere near Little Tey, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Layer Marney Tower, about 4.4 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses near Little Tey; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Little Tey is about 6 miles south-east of Halstead, in Essex. Every kind of commercial site in Little Tey, TR19 inspection is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Our Essex coverage runs to 644 places, and Little Tey is one of them. For sites nearby, see our Chelmsford page, about 15 miles away.
Work in CO6 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. You’ll find streets such as Church Lane, Coggeshall Road and Great Tey Road, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. Close by, we work in Broad Green (1 mile west), Marks Tey (1 mile east), Skye Green (1 mile south-west), Surrex (1 mile west) and Stocks Green (2 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Colchester (6 miles east), Chelmsford (15 miles south-west), Braintree (8 miles west), Maldon (11 miles south), Witham (7 miles south-west) and Camulodunum (5 miles east).
Local landmarks in Little Tey
In Little Tey, that means kitchens and buildings near The Red Lion Public House and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Marks Tey station, about 1.5 miles east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Birch Castle (3.9 miles south-east) and Laundry & Mangle Museum (3.3 miles west). Not far away are Iron Latch.