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TR19 inspections in Long Ditton
Specialist TR19 inspection for Long Ditton: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Sections of duct that can’t be reached
Common problems we fix in Long Ditton
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers look to TR19® as the benchmark. TR19® itself is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and grease in the extract is part of that risk.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Sections of duct that can’t be reached
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Long Ditton is Tolworth Hospital, about 1.3 miles east.
Comparing quotes
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether a survey comes first
- What paperwork you get at the end
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Long Ditton
Post-clean verification is a check carried out once the cleaning is done, with fresh grease readings, pictures and a look at the areas that were cleaned. It shows whether the system was left in the condition the paperwork describes. If you have pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean and extracts that have never been grease tested, we can put it right, from insurer audits, access surveys and deposit thickness tests onwards.
Kitchens in Long Ditton, like many across London, can share a building with flats or offices, with the duct running up through shared risers. Grease in a duct like that is a fire risk to the whole building, not just the kitchen, which is why keeping it clean to TR19® matters.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with pictures after each visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Long Ditton (KT6)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How it works
There are three stages on the day: 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. Most of the time goes on the work itself, which takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. Expect the work in Long Ditton to happen after your last customer leaves, not during trading.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- The layout is traced from the canopy to the discharge.
- We note where access panels are and where more are needed.
- Grease readings are taken and photos recorded.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Getting a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
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Looking after it afterwards
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Keep access panels clear and unpainted
- Flag changes in how much frying the kitchen does
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
- Never cook with filters missing
Any access problems we found are listed with a suggested fix. With panels fitted, the next clean can cover every section.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so the history is easy to show.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
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.
Why it’s worth doing now in Long Ditton
Don’t wait for an EHO visit or insurance renewal to find gaps in your extract records. A recent inspection report means you are ready when asked. Planning ahead in Long Ditton lets you pick a quiet night rather than lose a busy one.
What you pay depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Long Ditton
- We diagnose before we treat
- Photo reports with every job
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- One number for every site across the South East and London
Read what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Honest limits
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
- Fire safety duties beyond the extract system
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
Places near Long Ditton
Other services in Long Ditton
What TR19 inspection looks like in Long Ditton
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 126 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 53 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Long Ditton. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. Fire safety in Long Ditton falls to London Fire Brigade. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Kitchens in Long Ditton get their food hygiene inspections from Kingston-Upon-Thames council. 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.
If you run a café or takeaway near Surbiton station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits. For schools such as Long Ditton Infant and Nursery School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Long Ditton is about 1 mile south-west of Surbiton, in Greater London. We carry out TR19 inspection for commercial premises of every kind in Long Ditton and the rest of Greater London. We cover 764 places across Greater London, large and small. Our London page covers sites nearby (12 miles or so).
TR19 inspection in KT6 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Local streets include Pound Close, Fleece Road and St Chads Close, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. We also cover the places around Long Ditton: Ditton Hill (1 mile south), Seething Wells (1 mile north), Thames Ditton (1 mile west), Hinchley Wood (1 mile south-west) and Surbiton Park (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover London (12 miles north-east), City of Westminster (11 miles north-east), Marylebone (12 miles north-east), Kensington (9 miles north-east), St Pancras (13 miles north-east) and Shoreditch (14 miles north-east).
What’s near Long Ditton
Around Long Ditton, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Shrewsbury House School, Stokes Field and Raintree pub. The nearest railway station is Surbiton station, roughly 0.7 miles north-east. Nearby you will also find Tolworth Hospital (1.3 miles east) and Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch Museum (1.5 miles west). For a walk, there’s The Lake and Kingston Hill Road area.
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Long Ditton
What do you need to know about parking in Long Ditton?
Parking and loading in London need planning, so tell us about bays, permits and building rules when you book. Where restrictions apply in the day, an evening or overnight visit normally gets round them.
Can a school canteen extract in Long Ditton be done out of term time?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 29 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Long Ditton. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Is TR19 cleaning the law?
No. TR19® is not law; it’s BESA’s specification. The law is the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must manage fire risk, and TR19® is what insurers and fire officers look to.
Can you work evenings and weekends?
Yes. Evenings, nights and weekends are normal working hours for us, so the site doesn’t lose a service.
At what point does grease need cleaning?
The TR19® Grease figures are a mean of 200 microns or less between cleans, and immediate spot cleaning wherever a reading hits 500 microns. We show your readings against those figures.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that cannot wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
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 quote from photos?
Often, yes. With good pictures, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Where we cannot see enough, we arrange a survey.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Long Ditton
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
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.