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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Long Green, Essex
Need TR19 inspection in Long Green? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
Managing agents and facilities teams in Long Green
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Long Green
A pre-clean survey is the diagnosis, and the clean is the treatment. Readings, pictures and notes on access are gathered from end to end, so the quote and the clean fit the real system. If you have insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning and ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits, we can help.
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.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- Long Green (CM77)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Common problems we fix in Long Green
Grease builds up as cooking vapour cools inside the extract. The thickest layers can sit out of sight in the plenum, at bends and along flat runs.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Barnabas, or anywhere in Long Green, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Questions to ask before booking
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What insurance they carry
- Whether a survey comes first
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
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, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Looking after it afterwards
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
After the inspection, we send a report showing each reading, its location and pictures. Keep it with your fire safety and TR19 records.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so you can produce them quickly.
Long Green kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records list about 31 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 10 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Long Green. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. Fire safety in Long Green falls to Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. It’s Braintree council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Long Green. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Commuter trade near Braintree Freeport station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Cressing Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Long Green is about 2 miles south-east of Braintree, in Essex. Across the CM77 area, we can carry out TR19 inspection at your premises. Long Green is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex where we work for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Chelmsford page (10 miles or so).
All of CM77 is within our area for TR19 inspection, from busy streets to back roads. We cover sites on Pine Road, Fir Drive and Long Green and nearby roads. If your site is just outside Long Green, we cover Tye Green (1 mile south), Hawbush Green (1 mile south-east), Black Notley (1 mile south-west), The Green (1 mile south-west) and Braintree (2 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Colchester (13 miles east), Chelmsford (10 miles south-west), Maldon (10 miles south-east), Witham (5 miles south-east), Camulodunum (12 miles east) and Halstead (6 miles north).
What’s near Long Green
In Long Green, that means kitchens and buildings near Alec Hunter Academy, Bocking Blackwater and Fowlers Farm pub. The nearest railway station is Braintree Freeport station, roughly 0.8 miles west. Well-known places in the area include William Julien Courtauld Hospital (2 miles west) and Tudor House Museum (Braintree) (2 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Belcher's and Broadfield Woods.
Different parts, different methods
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
A kitchen running from breakfast to late service builds grease quickly. Readings show if the cleans are frequent enough.
Horizontal duct runs
Grease can gather thickly at bends and along long runs, well away from where anyone looks.
When it’s something else
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Long Green
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
Towns and villages near Long Green
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Questions from Long Green
Who inspects food businesses in Long Green?
Food hygiene inspections in Long Green are carried out by Braintree council. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Will you come out to Long Green?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Are you accredited?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
How much notice do you need?
The more notice, the better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We normally quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
How much does TR19 inspection cost?
We do not publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. You get a fixed price before we start.
Can you verify a clean after it’s been done?
Post-clean verification is a check after a clean, with fresh grease readings and photos. It can follow our own cleans or another contractor’s.
How the visit works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. Visits to a village like Long Green are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Getting ready for the visit
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Get a fixed quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before work begins.