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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Lower Horncroft, West Sussex
Our technicians work in Lower Horncroft on TR19 inspection. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
How we handle TR19 inspection in Lower Horncroft
Insurance policies often require evidence of TR19® cleaning and inspection. Missing records can lead to a claim being reduced or refused. Our TR19 audits give sites in Lower Horncroft and across West Sussex a clear record of the system’s condition. Common call-outs are for extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean and kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings, across pre-clean surveys, deposit thickness tests and access surveys.
Work in a small place like Lower Horncroft starts with a call to agree access and timings, 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.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Lower Horncroft (RH20)
- Region
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Do you need TR19 inspection in Lower Horncroft?
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 in a kitchen that means keeping grease under control.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Sections of duct that cannot be reached
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Agatha or anywhere around Lower Horncroft, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Questions to ask before you book
- What insurance they carry
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- If they look at the system before pricing
What happens on the day
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in Lower Horncroft knowing what to expect.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- 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.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
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.
Related advice
Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in Lower Horncroft
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The condition of the system
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
What to send for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Any previous report or certificate
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Problems your staff have spotted
Want a quote for TR19 inspection? Please ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Towns and villages near Lower Horncroft
What else we do in Lower Horncroft
What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Why act early in Lower Horncroft
Without readings, you are guessing when to clean. Any reading of 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning under TR19® Grease, and you can only act on that if you’ve measured it. In a place like Lower Horncroft, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
What you get with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
What TR19 inspection looks like in Lower Horncroft
Kitchens in Lower Horncroft get their food hygiene inspections from Chichester council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. About 43 miles out from central London, Lower Horncroft is part of the South East area we work across. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Bignor Roman Villa is about 2.2 miles south-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Fittleworth CofE Village School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Lower Horncroft is about 10 miles north of Littlehampton, in West Sussex. Lower Horncroft gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. Lower Horncroft is one of 371 towns, villages and districts in West Sussex where we work for commercial clients. Our Guildford page covers sites nearby (20 miles or so).
All of RH20 is covered for TR19 inspection, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Coates (1 mile west), Fittleworth (1 mile north), Watersfield (1 mile south), Coldwaltham (1 mile south-east) and Bedham (1 mile north). Further out, we also cover Horsham (13 miles north-east), Worthing (11 miles south-east), Bognor Regis (12 miles south-west), Chichester (12 miles south-west), Littlehampton (10 miles south) and Shoreham-by-Sea (15 miles south-east).
Landmarks near Lower Horncroft
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Swan Hotel and Lodge Hill Residential Centre and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Pulborough station, roughly 2.3 miles east. Nearby you’ll also find Coates Castle (0.9 miles west) and Coultershaw Heritage Site (2.4 miles north-west). Not far away are Amberley Wildbrooks RSPB Reserve and Bignor Hill.
Between visits
So the system stays in good health:
- Don’t box in or cover duct access panels
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
- Book the next test on the date in the report
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
After the inspection, we send a report showing each reading, its location and photos. Keep it with your fire safety and TR19 records.
When cooking hours or the menu change, check the interval still fits. Fresh readings show whether it needs to change.
Lower Horncroft: your questions answered
Do you cover smaller places like Lower Horncroft?
Yes, Lower Horncroft is part of our area, however small the site. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Lower Horncroft?
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Lower Horncroft. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Are you accredited?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
How much notice should we give?
For planned work, earlier is better, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
Will you produce a report for our insurer?
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.
What is TR19?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
How often should a kitchen extract be inspected?
Enough to be sure grease stays within the TR19® Grease figures between cleans. The readings themselves tell you if the interval needs to change.
Honest limits
TR19 inspection can’t fix everything, and we’ll tell you before work begins. It will not put right:
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
- Fan breakdowns, which need a repair visit
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Post-clean checks
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits