Oxfordshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Oxford TR19 inspection
Our technicians work in Oxford on TR19 inspections, grease thickness testing, pre-clean surveys and post-clean verification. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
Between visits
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Book the next test on the date in the report
- Keep the route to access panels clear
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
The report recommends when the system should next be cleaned and tested, based on the readings and how the kitchen is used.
Keep all TR19 records together so the history is easy to show.
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Oxford
Under TR19® Grease, the mean grease thickness should stay at or below 200 microns between cleans, and 500 microns or more at any point needs immediate spot cleaning. Testing is how you know where your system stands. Typical jobs include insurers asking for TR19 evidence and ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits, across pre-clean surveys, wet film thickness tests and deposit thickness tests.
Town-centre kitchens in a place like Oxford often sit below flats or offices, with risers that run up the back of the building to roof level. Vertical risers like that need access panels in the right places, and any section we cannot reach is recorded on the report.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with pictures, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Oxford (OX4, OX3, OX2, OX1)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Oxford kitchens: local notes
Look up Oxford on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 366 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 47 takeaways and sandwich shops in and around Oxford, up to about a mile and a half out. Each kitchen extract among them can be measured for grease to set the right cleaning interval. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Oxford. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Kitchens in Oxford get their food hygiene inspections from Oxford City council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
A hospital like Warneford Hospital, about within half a mile east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. School kitchens, at schools like East Oxford Primary School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Oxford is in Oxfordshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Oxford or further out, TR19 inspection is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Our Oxfordshire coverage runs to 443 places, Oxford among them.
Here we cover the OX4, OX3, OX2 and OX1 postcode area for TR19 inspection. Local streets include High Street, New High Street and Radcliffe Square, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. You will find Oxford on the A34 and A40, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for out-of-hours visits. Close by, we work in St Clement's (1 mile west), Headington Hill (1 mile north-east), New Marston (1 mile north), Donnington (1 mile south) and St. Ebbes (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover Didcot (10 miles south), Bicester (11 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (6 miles south-west), Witney (11 miles west), Thame (11 miles east) and Wantage (14 miles south-west). Oxford is one of the larger places we cover in Oxfordshire for TR19 inspection.
Landmarks near Oxford
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Star pub, Alexander Library of Ornithology and Headington Rye Oxford and the streets around them. Other local landmarks include Cheney School (less than half a mile east) and South Park (within half a mile north-east). The nearest railway station is Oxford station, roughly 1.6 miles west. Other landmarks nearby include Warneford Hospital (within half a mile east) and Rumble Museum (less than half a mile east). For a walk, there’s CS Lewis Nature Reserve and Headington Hill.
Towns and villages near Oxford
What else we do in Oxford
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Oxford
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Oxford in the summer holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. The FSA’s register shows about 80 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Oxford. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Oxford?
That is Oxford City council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Oxford. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Every site has its own report.
Do you work in Oxford?
Yes. We work in Oxford and the rest of Oxfordshire, as part of our work across South East England and London. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
What happens to the waste?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
What do the grease readings need to be?
TR19® Grease says the mean shouldn’t exceed 200 microns between cleans, and anywhere at 500 microns or more needs spot cleaning right away.
What about areas you can’t get to?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, for example new access panels.
Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in Oxford
We do not publish a price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The condition we find in the survey
- How big the system is
- The number of sites or systems
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
Asking for a quote
Photos and a few facts are often enough to price the work. Send what you can of the following:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- 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 the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
When your team notices a problem 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 can diagnose it and quote.
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
What TR19 inspection can’t fix
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- Mechanical faults in the extract
- Design faults in the extract system
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Pre-clean surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
Managing agents and facilities teams in Oxford
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Oxford
You can’t judge grease thickness by eye. A system can look clean at the filters and be heavily coated further in, which is why readings matter.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
Where a hall near St Clement's Church, or anywhere in Oxford, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- If they look at the system before pricing
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
What we do, step by step
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the work takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. Access to the roof, the plant room and a parking space are worth sorting out before a visit in Oxford.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- The same access points are opened up.
- Grease readings are taken again at set points.
- We photograph each area to record how it was left.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
Before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Getting a quote
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.