Hampshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections and grease testing in Minstead, Hampshire
We cover Minstead for TR19 inspection. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
Part by part
Extract fan and discharge
Grease builds up on the fan blades and inside the housing. We check and test them as part of the inspection.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
BESA’s minimum for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day is a clean every 3 months, and readings show whether that is enough.
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Minstead
Not every kitchen fits neatly into a calendar. In a busy kitchen, grease can build faster than the minimum intervals allow for, which is why measurement matters. We give your risk assessment measured figures rather than guesses. We are often asked to deal with insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning and ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits, across access surveys, pre-clean surveys and deposit thickness tests.
Somewhere as small as Minstead, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we are fully insured. On top of that, we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Place
- Minstead (SO43)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Managing agents and facilities teams in Minstead
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Places near Minstead
Other services in Minstead
Looking after it afterwards
Results last longer with the right care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
- Keep TR19 certificates, readings and reports together
- Don’t box in or cover duct access panels
- Never cook with filters missing
The report recommends when the system should next be cleaned and tested, based on the readings and how the kitchen is used.
Test grease regularly instead of relying on the calendar. It spots changes in how fast grease builds.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
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. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
How the visit works
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. In a small place like Minstead, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Move anything stored near the system
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
How to get a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before we start.
Related advice
Minstead: your questions answered
Will you come out to Minstead?
Yes. Minstead is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Do you work overnight in Minstead?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The site is handed back ready to open. When you call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, mention when the site is quiet.
What accreditations do you have?
BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001. We’ve been trading since 2009 and we are fully insured.
What do the grease readings need to be?
TR19® Grease says the mean shouldn’t exceed 200 microns between cleans, with 500 microns or more anywhere needing immediate spot cleaning.
Why survey before a clean?
We survey, measure and photograph the system first. The survey can be done from pictures and details or on site, as suits the job.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line, and we’ll advise on what to do next.
How long does a TR19 inspection take?
An inspection takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. Sites with several canopies take longer, so phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will plan it.
Can you quote from pictures?
Yes, if we can see what we need. If not, a site survey comes first, then a fixed quote.
When to call us in Minstead
Menus, opening hours and cooking styles change over time, and more frying or longer hours mean more grease. A cleaning interval set years ago may no longer fit.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Checking the result of a recent clean
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Minstead is Ashurst Hospital, about 3.3 miles east.
Before you book anyone
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
Grease, kitchens and Minstead
Look up Minstead on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens across Minstead and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Kitchens like these cook for very different hours, and grease testing shows which extracts need cleaning soonest. Minstead is covered by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. Kitchens in Minstead get their food hygiene inspections from New Forest council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of All Saints or elsewhere in Minstead, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Minstead is about 4 miles west of Totton, in Hampshire. Whatever kind of site you run in Minstead, we can take on TR19 inspection. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Minstead is one of 683 places in Hampshire we cover for TR19 inspection. Our Southampton page covers sites nearby (9 miles or so).
We work across the SO43 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. If you need TR19 inspection at premises on Bull Lane, Seaman's Lane and Football Green or anywhere close by, we can help. We also cover Wittensford (2 miles north), Cadnam (2 miles north-east), Bartley (2 miles north-east), Woodlands (3 miles east) and Newbridge (3 miles north). Larger places within reach include Eastleigh (12 miles north-east), Totton (4 miles east), Chandler's Ford (11 miles north-east), Hedge End (13 miles east), Lymington (10 miles south) and Romsey (8 miles north-east).
Around Minstead
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Trusty Servant Inn and the streets around them. The closest station to Minstead is Ashurst New Forest station, about 3.2 miles east. Nearby you’ll also find Ashurst Hospital (3.3 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Copythorne Common.
Honest limits
We will not sell you work that does not address the problem, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think.
What the work covers
- Wet film thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys