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TR19 inspections and grease testing in North Waltham, Hampshire
TR19 inspection in North Waltham from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
TR19 inspection in North Waltham, done properly
Insurance policies often require evidence of TR19® cleaning and inspection. Missing records can lead to a claim being reduced or refused. Our TR19 audits give sites in North Waltham and across Hampshire a clear record of the system’s condition. The work covers post-clean checks, access surveys and wet film thickness tests, and people most often call us about extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean and surveys needed before quoting a full clean.
Work in a small place like North Waltham starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Place
- North Waltham (RG25)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
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What happens on the day
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. 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 around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. In a small place like North Waltham, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Move anything stored near the system
How to get a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Advice
When it’s something else
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what this work cannot put right:
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
- Design faults in the extract system
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Deposit thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
- Wet film thickness tests
Looking after it afterwards
So the system stays in good health:
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
- Flag changes in how much frying the kitchen does
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
If any reading is 500 microns or more, the report flags it for immediate spot cleaning, and we can quote to do it.
Clean, correctly fitted filters stop more grease reaching the duct. Missing or damaged filters let grease straight into the plenum.
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
There’s no set price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- The condition we find in the survey
- How big the system is
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
What you pay depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before work begins, so you know where you stand.
Asking for a quote
We can often survey from pictures. The most useful are:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Any previous report or certificate
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The site address and the type of premises
To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. We usually come back within one working day.
What the work involves, part by part
Canopy and plenum
The plenum behind the filters can carry a lot of grease. Readings and photos are taken in the plenum as part of every survey.
Horizontal duct runs
Flat duct runs collect grease along their base. Readings are taken along each run through its access panels.
North Waltham questions
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for North Waltham?
It’s Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, which covers North Waltham. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in North Waltham?
Kitchens in North Waltham are inspected by Basingstoke and Deane council’s environmental health officers. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
What do you do to protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before work begins, and anything we remove is contained. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
What is a WFTT or DTT grease test?
We measure the grease at set points with a WFTT or DTT test, and set against the TR19® Grease figures.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We don’t leave it behind.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No, not in itself. 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.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, every time. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
Do you need TR19 inspection in North Waltham?
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.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St. Michael's or elsewhere in North Waltham, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Before you book anyone
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
TR19 inspection around North Waltham
Look up North Waltham on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 4 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of North Waltham. For any of them with a canopy, measuring grease is better than guessing when to clean. In North Waltham, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Basingstoke and Deane council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. North Waltham sits within the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Park Prewett Hospital is the nearest hospital to North Waltham, about 5.6 miles north-east. Bursars and site managers at schools such as North Waltham Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
North Waltham is about 5 miles south-west of Basingstoke, in Hampshire. We carry out TR19 inspection for commercial premises of every kind in North Waltham and the rest of Hampshire. Across Hampshire, we cover 683 places, and North Waltham is one of them. We also work in Reading, about 19 miles from North Waltham.
Here we cover the RG25 postcode area for TR19 inspection. We cover sites on Church Road, Chapel Street and Cuckoo Close and the roads around them. Other places close to North Waltham include Dummer (2 miles east), Oakley (3 miles north), Kempshott (3 miles north-east), Newfound (3 miles north) and Farleigh Wallop (4 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Basingstoke (5 miles north-east), Winchester (12 miles south-west), Andover (12 miles west), Alton (10 miles south-east), Tadley (10 miles north) and Hook (11 miles north-east).
Near you in North Waltham
Around North Waltham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Fox pub and the streets around them. The closest station to North Waltham is Micheldever station, roughly 3.6 miles south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Park Prewett Hospital (5.6 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Farleigh Hill.