Hampshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections in Northney
TR19 inspection for Northney, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
How we handle TR19 inspection in Northney
Post-clean verification is a check carried out once the cleaning is done, with new readings and photos of the cleaned areas. It gives you evidence of how the system was actually left. Common call-outs are for kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings and systems that need surveying before cleaning, across wet film thickness tests, insurer audits and pre-clean surveys.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Northney (PO11)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What staff can safely do
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
What TR19 inspection cannot fix
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
If you’re not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
Towns and villages near Northney
Other services in Northney
What we do, step by step
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. After that, the work takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Northney run smoothly.
- We agree a time when the kitchen is closed or quiet.
- The system is checked from canopy to discharge.
- We take WFTT or DTT readings at set points along the system.
- Photos are taken at each point, and access gaps noted.
- We send a report setting out the readings, pictures and next steps.
How to prepare
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Get a fixed quote
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
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Signs you need TR19 inspection in Northney
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers look to TR19® as the benchmark. TR19® itself is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and grease in the extract is part of that risk.
Look out for these warning signs:
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Northney (Warblington Castle is about 1.1 miles north), fitting access panels needs care.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the price is fixed
Northney kitchens: local notes
The coast is only about 1 mile from Northney. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Look up Northney on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 9 restaurants, cafés and canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Northney. Each kitchen extract among them can be measured for grease to set the right cleaning interval. The fire and rescue service for Northney is Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Warblington School or anywhere near Northney, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Northney is Havant War Memorial Hospital, about 2.1 miles north-west.
Northney is about 3 miles south-east of Havant, in Hampshire. Northney gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. Northney is one of 683 places in Hampshire where we work for TR19 inspection.
All of PO11 is within our area for TR19 inspection, from busy streets to back roads. We cover sites on Northney Lane, Spinnaker Grange and Northney Road and the roads around them. Other places close to Northney include North Hayling (1 mile south), Warblington (1 mile north), Tye (1 mile south), Stoke (1 mile south-west) and Langstone (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cover Gosport (8 miles west), Havant (3 miles north-west), Fareham (10 miles west), Horndean (6 miles north), Waterlooville (5 miles north-west) and Petersfield (12 miles north).
Local landmarks in Northney
Typical jobs here are in premises near Eames Farm and The Ship Inn. For rail, the closest station is Warblington station, about 1.7 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Havant Museum (1.7 miles north-west) and Havant War Memorial Hospital (2.1 miles north-west). Not far away are Hayling Billy.
Questions from Northney
Do you cover smaller places like Northney?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Northney included. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Can you work in Northney outside opening hours?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The site is handed back ready to open. When you call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, mention when the site is quiet.
What is a WFTT or DTT grease test?
The Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) and Deposit Thickness Test (DTT) measure how thick the grease is at a given point. Readings are taken at set points through the system.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
Is TR19 cleaning the law?
No. It’s the benchmark rather than the law. In practice, an insurer can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of TR19 cleaning, so following it is the sensible course.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it doesn’t spread.
What do you do to protect the area?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. Tell us what you have and how it’s used, and we will suggest a schedule and quote for it.
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 to a regular schedule.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Northney and across Hampshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.
Why deal with it now?
Skipping grease testing leaves the cleaning interval to guesswork. If grease reaches 500 microns anywhere, TR19® Grease calls for immediate spot cleaning, which you won’t know without measuring. A fault that closes a site in a village like Northney affects everyone who depends on it.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before we start.
Why Northney businesses choose us
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Fixed quotes, usually within one working day
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
See how cleaning jobs are priced and our accreditations and certificates.
Part by part
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Inspections are done when the kitchen is closed or quiet so trading isn’t affected.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
We fit testing around service times and school holidays to avoid disruption.