Essex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Nazeing TR19 inspection
TR19 inspection in Nazeing from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
FAQs for Nazeing
Will you come out to Nazeing?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Nazeing included. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Can the work in Nazeing be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. It means the site in Nazeing keeps running as normal. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No, TR19® isn’t legislation. The Fire Safety Order 2005 still requires the responsible person to manage fire risk, which in a kitchen includes grease in the extract. Many insurers also expect TR19 cleaning.
At what point does grease need cleaning?
TR19® Grease says the mean shouldn’t exceed 200 microns between cleans, and anywhere at 500 microns or more needs spot cleaning straight away.
What is TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, and TR19® Air covers general supply and extract systems.
How often should grease be tested?
It depends on how heavily the kitchen cooks. BESA’s minimum cleaning intervals are every 3, 6 or 12 months for heavy, moderate and light use, and grease readings help set the real interval.
Do you carry out TR19 audits for insurers?
Yes. Our TR19 audits cover readings, pictures, access and a recommended cleaning interval. It’s set out for your insurer or broker.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, any time. 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.
About our TR19 inspection in Nazeing
A grease test measures how thick the grease is inside a kitchen extract system. Readings are taken at set points using the Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or the Deposit Thickness Test (DTT). The results show whether the system needs cleaning and how soon. If you’re dealing with cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen and missing access panels found on survey, we can help, from deposit thickness tests, insurer audits and access surveys onwards.
Somewhere as small as Nazeing, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Location
- Nazeing (EN9)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What happens if it’s left?
If a kitchen in Nazeing has been cleaned on the same calendar for years, there’s no way to know if that interval is right without measuring. Testing gives you the evidence to set it properly. With notice, the visit to Nazeing can be fitted around your bookings and events.
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered and we will price it together.
Why Nazeing businesses choose us
- Every job surveyed first
- Fully insured
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Grease, kitchens and Nazeing
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 7 bars, pubs and nightclubs in and around Nazeing, up to about a mile and a half out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. The fire and rescue service for Nazeing is Essex County 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. Food hygiene inspections in Nazeing are the job of Epping Forest council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Water Lane Primary Academy or anywhere near Nazeing, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Princess Alexandra Hospital about 2.7 miles north-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Nazeing is about 3 miles east of Hoddesdon, in Essex. Sites in Nazeing get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Our Essex coverage runs to 644 places, and Nazeing is one of them. You can also see our page for London, roughly 18 miles from Nazeing.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: EN9. You will find streets such as Betts Lane and Back Lane, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. We also cover the places around Nazeing: Broadley Common (1 mile north-east), Roydon Hamlet (1 mile north-west), Tylerscross (1 mile north-east), Bumble's Green (1 mile south) and Halls Green (1 mile north). Larger places within reach include Harlow (4 miles north-east), Brentwood (14 miles south-east), Loughton (6 miles south), Waltham Abbey (4 miles south), Epping (4 miles south-east) and Stansted Mountfitchet (13 miles north-east).
What’s near Nazeing
In Nazeing, that means kitchens and buildings near Roydon Primary School, Nazeing Triangle and The Sun Inn. Nazeing’s nearest station is Roydon station, about 2.4 miles north of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Princess Alexandra Hospital (2.7 miles north-east) and Harlow Mill (4.8 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Hunsdon Mead and Cheshunt Lake.
What affects the quote in Nazeing
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- How big the system is
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The times the site is available
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’ll go through it with you.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before work begins.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
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What happens on the day
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and pictures. The middle part takes longest, which takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. In a small place like Nazeing, 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.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- Grease readings are taken and photos recorded.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Getting ready for the visit
- Move anything stored near the system
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
How to get 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. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
Advice
Common problems we fix in Nazeing
Menus, opening hours and cooking styles change over time, and more frying or longer hours mean more grease. The old cleaning schedule may not match the kitchen any more.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of All Saints or anywhere around Nazeing, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Before booking anyone
- Whether they recommend a next date
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
Part by part
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
We test between services, early in the morning or after close so the kitchen keeps cooking.
Horizontal duct runs
If a run has no access panel, we note it so panels can be added.