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North Kensington TR19 inspection
Professional TR19 inspection in and around North Kensington, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in North Kensington
Not every kitchen fits neatly into a calendar. Some kitchens build up grease faster than the minimum intervals assume, and only measurement shows it. Our readings give your risk assessment real numbers to work from. The work covers post-clean checks, deposit thickness tests and pre-clean surveys, and the jobs we see most are kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings and missing access panels found on survey.
In a London area like North Kensington, a kitchen extract often passes through shared space on its way out: a riser, a service void, the floors above. Grease in a duct like that is a fire risk to the whole building, not just the kitchen, so a regular TR19® clean protects everyone in it.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Place
- North Kensington (W10, NW10, W11)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How the job changes from site to site
Horizontal duct runs
If a run has no access panel, we note it so panels can be added.
Vertical risers
Vertical risers take the extract up through the floors. Grease can run down and collect at the base, so the base is a key test point.
Managing agents and facilities teams in North Kensington
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Greater London. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we will send a fixed quote.
What a clean won’t put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
- Mechanical faults in the extract
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think.
What we work on in North Kensington
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
- Wet film thickness tests
- Deposit thickness tests
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. Wiping filters daily and washing them weekly keeps the visible parts in order, but they do not reach the grease that builds up further in. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Common questions in North Kensington
What do you need to know about parking in North Kensington?
Tell us where a van can stop near your site in North Kensington, and about any building rules on loading. If the building has a loading slot system, we’ll book into it.
Which environmental health team covers North Kensington?
That’s Kensington and Chelsea council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in North Kensington. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us when we go. During the work, it’s contained to keep the area clean.
When should we have our next grease test?
Each report recommends when to test and clean next, taking the readings and the kitchen’s hours into account. A risk assessment based on measured grease should set the interval.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Do you work in North Kensington?
Yes. We cover North Kensington and the rest of Greater London, within our South East and London area. To book, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
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 right away.
How long does a TR19 inspection take?
Testing takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. Sites with several canopies take longer, so ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will plan it.
Signs you need TR19 inspection in North Kensington
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.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Dissenters' Chapel, or anywhere in North Kensington, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
What to look for in a quote
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
How the visit works
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. Before any visit in North Kensington, we agree where the van can stop and how equipment reaches the system.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- The same access points are opened up.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Get a fixed quote
For TR19 inspection in North Kensington, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We normally send a fixed quote within one working day.
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Between visits
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- File every inspection report with your certificates
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Keep to the recommended interval
The audit report is set out to pass straight to your insurer or broker, including readings, photos and any inaccessible sections.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so you can produce them quickly.
Kitchen extracts in North Kensington
According to Food Standards Agency records, there are about 69 pubs, bars and clubs and about 23 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses in North Kensington and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. London Fire Brigade covers North Kensington. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. It’s Kensington and Chelsea council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in North Kensington. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Barlby Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Princess Louise Hospital is the nearest hospital to North Kensington, about less than half a mile south-west.
North Kensington is about 2 miles north-west of Kensington, in Greater London. Whatever kind of site you run in North Kensington, TR19 inspection is something we can help with. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, North Kensington among them. There’s also a page for London, about 6 miles away.
Here we cover the W10, NW10 and W11 postcode area for TR19 inspection. Local streets include Peach Road, Barlby Road and Eynham Road, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. Close by, we work in Kensal Town (1 mile east), Kensal Green (1 mile north-west), Kensal Rise (1 mile north), Notting Dale (1 mile south-east) and White City (1 mile south). Further out, we also cover London (6 miles east), City of Westminster (3 miles east), Marylebone (3 miles east), St Pancras (4 miles east), Shoreditch (6 miles east) and Walthamstow (9 miles north-east).
Landmarks near North Kensington
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Little Wormwood Scrubs, Maida Vale School and The Eagle pub and the streets around them. The closest station to North Kensington is Kensal Green station, about 0.5 miles north. A little further out are Princess Louise Hospital (less than half a mile south-west) and Culture House (1.3 miles south). Not far away are Campden Hill and Greville Place nature reserve.