Oxfordshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Osney
For TR19 inspection in Osney, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
Common problems we fix in Osney
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.
What we are most often called out for:
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
For kitchens close to Oxford station, where the day often starts early and ends late, the extract can be cleaned overnight.
Before you book anyone
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What paperwork you get at the end
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
TR19 inspection in Osney
Post-clean verification is a check carried out once the cleaning is done, with new readings and pictures of the cleaned areas. It gives you evidence of how the system was actually left. Common call-outs are for systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements and uncertainty over how often to clean, on access surveys, pre-clean surveys and post-clean checks.
Kitchens around a place like Osney are often in older buildings or single-storey extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Where
- Osney (OX1, OX2)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Different parts, different methods
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Hospital and care home kitchens can cook all day, every day. Readings show if cleaning is frequent enough.
Extract fan and discharge
We look at where the extract discharges outside, as grease can build up there too.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, which is where we come in.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
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Leave it or put it right?
Surveying first means the clean goes to plan. Missing access panels, hidden duct runs and awkward fans are found before the cleaners arrive, so the clean covers the whole system. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered and we’ll price it together.
What you get with us
- In business since 2009
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
Read how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
Between visits
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. Our tips:
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
Keep the verification report next to the certificate it relates to. Together they show the system was cleaned and checked.
Close the access gaps found during inspection, so every part of the duct can be cleaned.
Osney questions
Which fire service covers Osney?
It’s Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Osney. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Osney?
In Osney, it’s Oxford City council that carries out food hygiene inspections. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
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 advise on what to do next.
Will you produce a report for our insurer?
Yes. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and inspection, and an audit report gives you that, along with any actions needed.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Plans on a 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycle are available, to suit the system and how it’s used.
Are you accredited?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’re fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Grease, kitchens and Osney
The Food Standards Agency lists about 81 pubs, bars and clubs and about 14 hotels and guest houses as registered food businesses in and around Osney, up to about a mile and a half out. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Environmental health officers from Oxford City council inspect food businesses in Osney. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Osney sits within the area of Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
A hospital like Radcliffe Infirmary, about 0.8 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Frideswide's Church or elsewhere in Osney, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Osney is about 2 miles west of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. Across the OX1 area, we can carry out TR19 inspection at your premises. We cover 443 places across Oxfordshire, large and small.
All of OX1 and OX2 is within our area for TR19 inspection, from busy streets to back roads. We cover sites on New Road, Helen Road and Osney Lane and the roads around them. We also cover the places around Osney: St John Street area (1 mile north-east), St. Ebbes (1 mile east), Jericho (1 mile north-east), Grandpont (1 mile south-east) and North Hinksey (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include Didcot (10 miles south), Bicester (12 miles north-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (5 miles south), Witney (10 miles west), Carterton (14 miles west) and Thame (13 miles east).
Local landmarks in Osney
Around Osney, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Raleigh Park, Matthew Arnold School and The Holly Bush pub. You will also find City of Oxford College (less than half a mile south-east) and Angus Library and Archive (0.6 miles north-east). There’s a railway station in Osney itself: Oxford station. A little further out are Oxford University Press Museum (0.6 miles north-east) and Westgate Shopping Centre (0.6 miles east). For a walk, there’s Harcourt Hill and Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds.
The process
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your photos. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. After that, the work takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. Your opening hours decide when we come to Osney, not ours.
- The visit is arranged for when the kitchen is not busy.
- The system is checked from canopy to discharge.
- Grease readings are taken at set points using WFTT or DTT.
- We photograph the test points and record any sections we cannot reach.
- The findings go into a report with readings, photos and a recommended next clean.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Ask for a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Advice
For landlords and multi-site operators
Whether it’s one building or many, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with pictures.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We are happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.