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TR19 inspections in New Addington
Specialist TR19 inspection for New Addington: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
Kitchen extracts in New Addington
Food Standards Agency records list about 15 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 16 sandwich bars and takeaways within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of New Addington. Kitchens like these cook for very different hours, and grease testing shows which extracts need cleaning soonest. Kitchens in New Addington get their food hygiene inspections from Croydon council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. New Addington sits within the area of London Fire Brigade. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Warlingham Park Hospital about 1.8 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Edward King and Confessor, or anywhere in New Addington, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
New Addington is about 4 miles south-east of Croydon, in Greater London. Whatever kind of site you run in New Addington, we can take on TR19 inspection. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, New Addington among them. We also work in London, about 11 miles from New Addington.
We cover every part of CR0 and CR9 for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. TR19 inspection is available to premises on Bothwell Road, Windham Avenue and Gascoigne Road and the roads around them. Nearby, we also carry out TR19 inspection in Forestdale (1 mile west), Fickleshole (1 mile south), Addington (1 mile north-west), Farleigh (1 mile south-west) and Selsdon (2 miles west). Larger places within reach include London (11 miles north), City of Westminster (13 miles north-west), Marylebone (13 miles north-west), Kensington (14 miles north-west), St Pancras (13 miles north) and Shoreditch (13 miles north).
Around New Addington
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Meridian High School and Addington Vale, among other places. The closest station to New Addington is Hayes (Kent) station, about 2.6 miles north-east. Other landmarks nearby include Warlingham Park Hospital (1.8 miles south) and Bethlem Museum of the Mind (3.3 miles north-east). Open spaces near New Addington include Nore Hill and Hutchinson's Bank.
How we handle TR19 inspection in New Addington
Under TR19® Grease, the mean grease thickness should stay at or below 200 microns between cleans, and 500 microns or more at any point needs immediate spot cleaning. Testing is how you know where your system stands. If you have missing TR19 certificates or history and heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts, we can put it right.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so work in New Addington is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
A written report with photos follows each visit, so you have a record of what was done and when. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- New Addington (CR0, CR9)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Multi-site and managed buildings
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Questions from New Addington
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in New Addington in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. The FSA’s register shows about 14 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of New Addington. You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us with the dates the site is empty.
Can you come to New Addington after we close?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in New Addington can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
We record them on the report, with a note of where it is, and we tell you what would make it reachable, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Are you accredited?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’re fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
Can you price the work without visiting?
In many cases, yes. With good photos, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
What grease levels does TR19 allow?
Between cleans, the mean should stay at 200 microns or below, with 500 microns or more anywhere needing immediate spot cleaning.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and the emergency line covers the rest.
Also near New Addington
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Part by part
Extract fan and discharge
The extract fan and its housing collect grease too. We check and test them as part of the inspection.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Hospital and care home kitchens can cook all day, every day. Readings show if cleaning is frequent enough.
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
- Keep the route to access panels clear
Keep the verification report next to the certificate it relates to. The pair gives a clear record of the clean and the check.
When cooking hours or the menu change, check the interval still fits. A quick grease test answers the question.
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The number of sites or systems
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Site rules, permits and inductions
What you pay depends on the size of the system, what state it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
Asking for a quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.
The process
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, make the system safe, do the work, clear away and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. If your building in New Addington has sign-in rules, permits or key holders, mention them when you book.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- The layout is traced from the canopy to the discharge.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Before we arrive
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Get a fixed quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Advice
What staff can safely do
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Signs you need TR19 inspection in New Addington
When a site in New Addington changes owner or cleaning contractor, the records don’t always follow. Without them, nobody knows how much grease is in the system or when it was last cleaned.
What we are most often called out for:
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Sections of duct that cannot be reached
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
For schools such as Rowdown Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Before you book anyone
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded