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Michelmersh TR19 inspection
Looking for TR19 inspection in Michelmersh? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
TR19 inspection in Michelmersh
Not every kitchen fits neatly into a calendar. Some kitchens build up grease faster than the minimum intervals assume, which is why measurement matters. We give your risk assessment measured figures rather than guesses. We’re often asked to deal with post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean and cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen, on deposit thickness tests, wet film thickness tests and pre-clean surveys.
Work in a small place like Michelmersh 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.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, 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.
- Place
- Michelmersh (SO51)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Michelmersh questions
Do you work at weekends in Michelmersh?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. That way a site in Michelmersh does not have to lose a day’s trading. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Is Michelmersh within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Why survey before a clean?
It’s a look at the whole extract before it’s cleaned, with readings and photos. We can work from photos and details, or visit, as suits the job.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. We work across South East England and London, so we can schedule a run of sites as one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
How often should a kitchen extract be inspected?
Often enough to know the mean stays under 200 microns between cleans. The readings themselves tell you if the interval needs to change.
What accreditations do you have?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
What about areas you can’t get to?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Nearby places to Michelmersh
Also in Michelmersh
What your team can do, and what needs us
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Between visits
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Share inspection reports with your insurer or broker when asked
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
- Clean grease off the canopy between professional cleans
Any access problems we found are listed with a suggested fix. Fitting them before the next clean means the whole system gets done.
Keep all TR19 records together so you can produce them quickly.
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 are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Michelmersh.
- 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.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
How to prepare
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Clear loose items from the work area
Getting a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before any work starts.
Advice
When to call us in Michelmersh
Some parts of a system are hard to reach, so those sections can be skipped time and again. A survey finds the sections that can’t be reached, so the gaps can be closed.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Sections of duct that cannot be reached
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
A hospital like Romsey Community Hospital, about 3.1 miles south-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
What to look for in a quote
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What insurance they carry
- Whether the price is fixed
TR19 inspection in Michelmersh: the local picture
Food Standards Agency records list about 4 restaurants, cafés and canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Michelmersh. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. Kitchens in Michelmersh get their food hygiene inspections from Test Valley council. 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. Michelmersh is covered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Mottisfont Abbey is about 1.2 miles north-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Mary or elsewhere in Michelmersh, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Michelmersh is about 3 miles north-west of Romsey, in Hampshire. We provide TR19 inspection for commercial premises of every kind in Michelmersh and the rest of Hampshire. Michelmersh is one of 683 places in Hampshire we cover for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Southampton, roughly 9 miles from Michelmersh.
TR19 inspection in SO51 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need TR19 inspection at premises on Yew Tree Lane, Staff Road and Haccups Lane or a nearby road, we can help. We also cover Timsbury (1 mile south), Stonymarsh (1 mile north-west), Kimbridge (1 mile west), Mottisfont (1 mile west) and Dunbridge (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include Winchester (9 miles east), Eastleigh (9 miles south-east), Andover (12 miles north), Totton (8 miles south), Chandler's Ford (6 miles south-east) and Hedge End (12 miles south-east).
Around Michelmersh
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Malthouse Inn, among other places. The closest station to Michelmersh is Mottisfont & Dunbridge station, about 1.5 miles west. Nearby you’ll also find King Johns House (3 miles south) and Romsey Community Hospital (3.1 miles south-east). Not far away are Emer Bog and Baddesley Common.
For landlords and multi-site operators
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
When it’s something else
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so these are the things it will not cover:
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
Leave it or put it right?
A check after cleaning shows whether the work reached every part it should have, before the next clean is due. Our emergency line runs 24/7, but a planned visit to Michelmersh is calmer for everyone.
We don’t list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Why us?
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- A written report with photos after every visit
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- We are fully insured