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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Offham, East Sussex
TR19 inspection for Offham and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
How we handle TR19 inspection in Offham
Post-clean verification is a check carried out once the cleaning is done, with fresh grease readings, photos and a look at the areas that were cleaned. It gives you evidence of how the system was actually left. We are often asked to deal with cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen and systems that need surveying before cleaning, across deposit thickness tests, pre-clean surveys and insurer audits.
For a kitchen in or near Offham, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That’s why every job is written up in a report with photos, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Offham (BN7)
- Wider area
- East Sussex
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What affects the quote in Offham
Every site gets its own quote. These are the things that affect it:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- The number of sites or systems
- The condition of the system
You will not find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we’ll explain what it covers.
What we need to know
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- A few general shots of the system
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
If you need TR19 inspection in Offham, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
Grease, kitchens and Offham
Food Standards Agency records list about 5 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Offham. For any of them with a canopy, measuring grease is better than guessing when to clean. Offham sits within the area of East Sussex 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. In Offham, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Lewes council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
For schools such as Wallands Community Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Offham is Lewes Victoria Hospital, about 1.2 miles south.
Offham is about 1 mile north-west of Lewes, in East Sussex. Across the BN7 area, we can take on TR19 inspection. Offham is one of 289 towns, villages and districts in East Sussex where we work for TR19 inspection. Our Brighton page covers sites nearby, about 7 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: BN7. We also cover Hamsey (1 mile north-east), Lewes (1 mile south-east), South Malling (1 mile south-east), Southover (2 miles south-east) and Cliffe (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Eastbourne (15 miles south-east), Seaford (10 miles south-east), Hailsham (12 miles east), Crowborough (14 miles north-east), Uckfield (7 miles north-east) and Newhaven (7 miles south).
Near you in Offham
Around Offham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Railway Land, The Blacksmiths Arms and Lewes Old Grammar School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Cooksbridge station, about 0.9 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Brighton And Hove Albion Football Club Museum (3.8 miles south-west) and Lewes Castle (1.5 miles south-east). The countryside around Offham includes Malling Down and Offham Hill.
Common problems we fix in Offham
As hot, greasy air travels up the duct, it cools and leaves a film behind. It often collects where nobody can see it: the plenum, bends and horizontal runs.
Clients usually contact us after spotting something like this:
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
Commuter trade near Cooksbridge station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Before you book anyone
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- What hours they’ll be on site
- What insurance they carry
Managing agents and facilities teams in Offham
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
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When something else is needed
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Design faults in the extract system
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Wet film thickness tests
- Deposit thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
- Access surveys
- Pre-clean surveys
What we do, step by step
We are used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. On site, the work takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. Visits to a village like Offham are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- 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.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Move anything stored near the system
How to get a quote
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with a few details about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Advice
Common questions in Offham
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Offham?
That’s Lewes council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Offham. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Which fire authority looks after Offham?
Fire safety enforcement in Offham is handled by East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
What does a pre-clean survey involve?
We look at the system from canopy to discharge, take grease readings and check access. It lets us plan the clean and give you a fixed quote.
Can the work be done while we are closed?
Yes. Evenings, nights and weekends are normal working hours for us, so the site doesn’t lose a service.
What is a WFTT or DTT grease test?
Readings are taken using the Wet Film Thickness Test or the Deposit Thickness Test, and set against the TR19® Grease figures.
Can you verify a clean after it’s been done?
Verification means repeat readings and photos once the clean is done. Any areas that weren’t cleaned properly are flagged.
What types of premises do you cover?
Commercial premises of every kind: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. We fit the work around how the site operates.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, from your pictures and details, or with a visit where necessary. A fixed quote follows.
How the job changes from site to site
Extract fan and discharge
We look at where the extract discharges outside, since grease reaches the very end of the system.
Horizontal duct runs
Grease can gather thickly at bends and along long runs, well away from where anyone looks.