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TR19 inspections in Oldbury
TR19 inspection in Oldbury, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Call for a fixed quote.
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
How we handle TR19 inspection in Oldbury
Insurance policies often require evidence of TR19® cleaning and inspection. 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 Oldbury and the rest of Kent. If you have ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits and sections of duct that can’t be reached, we can help.
Work in a small place like Oldbury 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.
We are CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. We’re also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
- Place
- Oldbury (TN15)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
For landlords and multi-site operators
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.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with pictures.
Common problems we fix in Oldbury
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers look to TR19® as the benchmark. It isn’t legislation; the legal duty comes from the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping grease under control.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Ightham Mote is about 1.9 miles south), access may need planning.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- What hours they’ll be on site
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Proof of insurance
Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
- Book the next test on the date in the report
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
The report recommends when the system should next be cleaned and tested, from the measured grease and the kitchen’s hours.
Close the access gaps found during inspection, so grease is not left building in hidden parts.
What happens on the day
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 around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in Oldbury knowing what to expect.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- Grease readings are taken and pictures recorded.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
How to prepare
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Ask for a quote
To get a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We usually come back within one working day.
Advice
Kitchen extracts in Oldbury
Food Standards Agency records list about 10 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 6 takeaways and sandwich shops across Oldbury and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Oldbury. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. In Oldbury, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tonbridge and Malling council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Oldbury is Sevenoaks Hospital, about 3.5 miles west. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Ightham Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Oldbury is about 4 miles east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. Oldbury 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. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, and Oldbury is one of them. We also work in Maidstone, around 11 miles away.
All of TN15 is covered for TR19 inspection, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Local streets include Oldbury Lane, Spring Lane and Sevenoaks Road, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. We also cover the places around Oldbury: Ightham (1 mile south), Styants Bottom (1 mile west), Ivy Hatch (1 mile south), Sheet Hill (1 mile south-east) and Stone Street (1 mile south-west). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (11 miles east), Dartford (11 miles north), Sevenoaks (4 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (10 miles south), Gravesend (11 miles north-east) and Tonbridge (6 miles south).
Around Oldbury
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Old House, Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve and Wrotham School. The closest station to Oldbury is Borough Green & Wrotham station, roughly 1.4 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Beechin Wood Archery Museum (2.4 miles east) and Ightham Court (0.8 miles north-east).
What a clean won’t put right
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so these are the things it will not cover:
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What the work covers
- Pre-clean surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
Towns and villages near Oldbury
Also in Oldbury
What happens if it’s left?
Do not wait for an EHO visit or insurance renewal to find gaps in your extract records. An inspection now gives a site in Oldbury a current picture. In a small place like Oldbury, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Oldbury
- We are fully insured
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Every job surveyed first
- In business since 2009
What affects the quote in Oldbury
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We check:
- How easy every part is to reach
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Whether several sites go on one quote
We don’t list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we will talk you through it.
Asking for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Oldbury
Do you work at weekends in Oldbury?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. It means the site in Oldbury keeps running as normal. When you call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, mention when the site is quiet.
Is Oldbury within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
What happens to the waste?
We take it away when we go. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
What about areas you cannot get to?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we tell you what would make it reachable, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Do we have to follow TR19 by law?
No. TR19® is BESA’s specification and the industry benchmark, not legislation. The law is the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must manage fire risk, and TR19® is what insurers and fire officers look to.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site across London and the South East, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line and we’ll talk you through the next steps.
What does a pre-clean survey involve?
It’s a look at the whole extract before it’s cleaned, with readings and pictures. We can work from photos and details, or visit, as suits the job.