East Sussex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Meads
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Meads, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
About our TR19 inspection in Meads
Taking on a kitchen in Meads with no cleaning records? Start with an inspection. We survey the system, measure the grease and tell you what needs doing, before any cleaning is booked. The work covers insurer audits, wet film thickness tests and deposit thickness tests, and people most often call us about post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean and an insurer’s request for a TR19 audit.
In a smaller place like Meads, the kitchens with extract systems are more likely to be a pub, a café, a takeaway or a school or care home kitchen than a big restaurant. Quieter kitchens still collect grease in the duct, just more slowly, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Where
- Meads (BN20, BN21)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Schools, hospitals and care homes
We fit testing around service times and school holidays so meals are not affected.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
A kitchen running from breakfast to late service builds grease quickly. Readings show if the cleans are frequent enough.
What we do, step by step
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. For a site near Meads, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- We open the access points used on the clean.
- We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Clear the space around the work
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
How to get a quote
For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You’ll usually have a quote within one working day.
Related advice
How we price TR19 inspection
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- The scale of the work
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The condition of the system
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
What we need to know
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- The postcode and the type of business
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Why it’s worth doing now in Meads
Sites in Meads that have never measured grease can’t tell whether their cleaning interval suits the kitchen. Measured readings let a competent person set the interval. Booking ahead lets us plan the trip to Meads at a time that suits you.
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before we start.
Why Meads businesses choose us
- We’re fully insured
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Trading since 2009
- A written report with pictures after every visit
Read our cost guide or how to check a contractor.
What staff can safely do
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
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.
Meads: your questions answered
Which fire service covers Meads?
Meads is in the area of East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Does the sea air around Meads make a difference to TR19 inspection?
Yes, to a degree: at about 1 mile from the coast, Meads gets salt-laden air that corrodes metal faster. We look at fans, cowls and fixings for rust as well as grease.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
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 the work be done while we are closed?
Yes, and that’s how we prefer to work. The visit is timed for when the area isn’t in use, such as late evening, overnight or a weekend.
How often should grease be tested?
Enough to be sure grease stays within the TR19® Grease figures between cleans. The readings themselves tell you if the interval needs to change.
What accreditations do you have?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
How far ahead should we book?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. Quotes typically come back within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
TR19 inspection in Meads: the local picture
Sea air reaches Meads, which sits within about 1 mile of the coast. Metal on the roof weathers faster close to the coast, and the extract fan and cowl are no exception. There are about 177 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 28 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central Meads, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. The fire and rescue service for Meads is East Sussex 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.
A hospital like Eastbourne District General Hospital, about 2.1 miles north, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St John the Evangelist or elsewhere in Meads, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Meads is about 2 miles south of Eastbourne, in East Sussex. Whether your site is in the middle of Meads or further out, we cover TR19 inspection for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Our East Sussex coverage runs to 289 places, and Meads is one of them. You can also see our page for Brighton, about 18 miles away.
Every address in BN20 and BN21 is within our area for TR19 inspection, from the main roads to the quietest streets. TR19 inspection is available to premises on Link Road, Mount Road and Cliff Road and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Holywell (1 mile south-east), Old Town (1 mile north), Upperton (1 mile north), Eastbourne (2 miles north) and Ratton Village (3 miles north). Further out, we also cover Hastings (15 miles north-east), Bexhill-on-Sea (11 miles north-east), Seaford (7 miles west), Lewes (14 miles north-west), Hailsham (7 miles north) and St Leonards (14 miles north-east).
What’s near Meads
Around Meads, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Gildrege Park, Gildredge House and The Ship Inn, among other places. The nearest railway station is Eastbourne station, about 1.1 miles north-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Eastbourne District General Hospital (2.1 miles north) and Rnli Eastbourne Lifeboat Museum (0.9 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Combe Hill.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
Looking after it afterwards
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. Our tips:
- Book the next test on the date in the report
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
- Clean grease off the canopy between professional cleans
- Flag changes in how much frying the kitchen does
Keep the verification report next to the certificate it relates to. Together they show the system was cleaned and checked.
Fit access panels where the survey finds sections can’t be reached, so every part of the duct can be cleaned.