Oxfordshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections and grease testing in Littleworth, Oxfordshire
TR19 inspection for Littleworth, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
Aftercare tips
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Clean grease off the canopy between professional cleans
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
Any access problems we found are listed with a suggested fix. Fitting them before the next clean means the whole system gets done.
Revisit the cleaning interval whenever the menu or hours change. A quick grease test answers the question.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Littleworth
Many insurers ask for proof that kitchen extract systems are cleaned and inspected to TR19®. Missing records can lead to a claim being reduced or refused. A TR19 audit sets out the system’s condition, with readings and pictures, for sites in Littleworth and the rest of Oxfordshire. If you have pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean and systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements, we can put it right, from post-clean checks, pre-clean surveys and wet film thickness tests onwards.
For a kitchen in or near Littleworth, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
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, and we are fully insured.
- Location
- Littleworth (OX33)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Extract fan and discharge
We look at where the extract discharges outside, as grease can build up there too.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School and college kitchens still need their extract checked. Testing shows whether the interval suits.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
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 can diagnose it and quote.
Why it’s worth doing now in Littleworth
An EHO visit, an insurance renewal or a fire risk assessment is a bad time to find your extract records are thin. A recent inspection report means you’re ready when asked. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why book with us
- Fully insured
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
Read our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
Kitchen extracts in Littleworth
Food Standards Agency records include about 6 pubs and bars within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Littleworth. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. It’s South Oxfordshire council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Littleworth. 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. The fire and rescue service for Littleworth is Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. 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 Slade Hospital about 2.1 miles west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near The Granary Church or elsewhere in Littleworth, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Littleworth is about 3 miles east of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. From the centre of Littleworth to the outskirts, TR19 inspection is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. We cover 443 places across Oxfordshire, large and small.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: OX33. Whether your site is on Keydale Road, Coopers Close and Kelly's Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover Wheatley (1 mile east), Holton (1 mile north-east), Horspath (1 mile south-west), Forest Hill (1 mile north) and Cuddesdon (2 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Oxford (3 miles west), Didcot (10 miles south-west), Bicester (11 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (7 miles south-west), Witney (15 miles west) and Thame (8 miles east).
Near you in Littleworth
Around Littleworth, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Cricketers pub, Shotover Country Park and Wheatley Park School, among other places. A little further out are Oxford Castle (4.8 miles west) and Waterperry Gardens Rural Museum (2.7 miles east). The countryside around Littleworth includes Shotover and CS Lewis Nature Reserve.
Common problems we fix in Littleworth
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers look to TR19® as the benchmark. It is not legislation; the legal duty comes from the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping grease under control.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Garsington Manor is about 2.3 miles south), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
What to look for in a quote
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- What insurance they carry
How it works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Littleworth.
- 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.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
Getting ready for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Ask for a quote
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Advice
Littleworth questions
Do you work overnight in Littleworth?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The work in Littleworth can fit around your hours. Let us know the hours you are closed and we will book within them.
Is Littleworth within the area you cover?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Littleworth included. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Can you inspect our extract for our insurance company?
Yes. We inspect the system and produce a report with grease readings, photos and any inaccessible areas. You can pass it straight to your insurer or broker.
Can you quote from pictures?
Yes, for many jobs. Send a few wide pictures plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and we usually come back within one working day. If photos are not enough, we will survey first.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites as one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
What happens to the waste?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, and the emergency line covers the rest.
Also in Littleworth
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.