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TR19 Inspection in New Southgate
TR19 inspection across New Southgate and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
About our TR19 inspection in New Southgate
Many insurers ask for proof that kitchen extract systems are cleaned and inspected to TR19®. Missing records can lead to a claim being reduced or refused. A TR19 audit sets out the system’s condition, with readings and pictures, for sites in New Southgate and the rest of Greater London. The work covers insurer audits, wet film thickness tests and access surveys, and common reasons people get in touch are kitchens whose menu or hours have changed and systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements.
In a London area like New Southgate, a kitchen extract often passes through shared space on its way out: a riser, a service void, the floors above. A duct fire there can reach parts of the building far from the range, which is why keeping it clean to TR19® matters.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with pictures, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Place
- New Southgate (N11, N10, N14)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What a clean won’t put right
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in New Southgate
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Pre-clean surveys
Keeping the system healthy
So the system stays in good health:
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
- Keep the route to access panels clear
Where sections couldn’t be reached, the report says where access panels would help. Fitting them before the next clean means the whole system gets done.
Revisit the cleaning interval whenever the menu or hours change. Fresh readings show whether it needs to change.
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What else we do in New Southgate
Common questions in New Southgate
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in New Southgate during the holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. Around New Southgate, the Food Standards Agency lists about 41 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Tell us your holiday dates and we’ll book the visit for when the site is empty.
Can you work in New Southgate outside opening hours?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The site is handed back ready to open. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
How much notice should we give?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No, TR19® isn’t legislation. But the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk under the Fire Safety Order 2005, which in a kitchen includes grease in the extract. Many insurers also expect TR19 cleaning.
How often should grease be tested?
Often enough to know the mean stays under 200 microns between cleans. If readings rise, the interval should shorten.
Do you cover New Southgate?
Yes. New Southgate is part of the area we cover, as part of our area across London and the South East.
How much does TR19 inspection cost in New Southgate?
Size, condition, access and working hours all affect the cost. Call for a fixed quote, usually ready within one working day.
Why it’s worth doing now in New Southgate
Catching heavy deposits early keeps the fix small. Ignored, the layer only gets thicker. Planning ahead in New Southgate lets you pick a quiet night rather than lose a busy one.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before we start.
Why us?
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
What TR19 inspection looks like in New Southgate
There are about 123 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 76 takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of New Southgate, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Kitchens like these cook for very different hours, and grease testing shows which extracts need cleaning soonest. Food hygiene inspections in New Southgate are the job of Enfield council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. London jobs usually start after the last service, with loading and roof access agreed with the building first.
For kitchens close to New Southgate station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Paul's Church or elsewhere in New Southgate, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. For schools such as St Paul's CofE Primary School N11, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
New Southgate is about 2 miles north-east of Finchley, in Greater London. Sites in New Southgate get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, and New Southgate is one of them. London is in our area too, around 8 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: N11, N10 and N14. That includes premises on High Road, Orion Road and Atlas Road and nearby roads. Main roads around New Southgate include the A1003 and A1110, so getting to you is simple for TR19 inspection. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Friern Barnet (1 mile west), Arnos Grove (1 mile east), Bounds Green (1 mile south-east), Brunswick Park (1 mile north) and Southgate (1 mile north). Further out, we also cover London (8 miles south), City of Westminster (7 miles south), Marylebone (7 miles south), Kensington (8 miles south), St Pancras (6 miles south) and Shoreditch (7 miles south-east).
Near you in New Southgate
Around New Southgate, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Friern Barnet School, Ming-Ai and The Ranelagh pub. Nearby too are O. R. Tambo Recreation Ground (0.9 miles south-east) and Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum (1.8 miles west). There’s a railway station in New Southgate itself: New Southgate station. Well-known places in the area include Grand Arcade (1.5 miles west) and Broomfield House Museum (1.1 miles east). For a walk, there’s Barfield Allotments Nature Park and Highgate Hill.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. 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.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in New Southgate
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The number of sites or systems
- The scale of the work
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Any previous report or certificate
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
Part by part
Vertical risers
Risers carry the extract up through the building. Grease can drain down and pool at the bottom, so we check there.
Canopy and plenum
The canopy itself is checked inside and out, and note where grease has gathered.
How it 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 a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. Getting kit into a London building takes planning, so let us know where we can load and park in New Southgate.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- We open the access points used on the clean.
- Grease readings are taken again at set points.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
Getting ready for the visit
- Move anything stored near the system
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
How to get a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: 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.