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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Pagham, West Sussex
TR19 inspection across Pagham and nearby, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
How we handle TR19 inspection in Pagham
Before any clean in Pagham, we survey the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, fan and discharge. We check where the access panels are and whether every section can be reached, and grease readings are taken at set points. Typical jobs include sites with gaps in their extract records and insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning, across wet film thickness tests, access surveys and deposit thickness tests.
Somewhere as small as Pagham, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. You get a written report with photos after each visit, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Place
- Pagham (PO21)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Managing agents and facilities teams in Pagham
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we’re happy to quote for all of it.
Nearby places to Pagham
Other services in Pagham
What the work involves, part by part
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
We test between services, early in the morning or after close so the kitchen keeps cooking.
Vertical risers
Risers in multi-storey buildings can pass through other areas, so we arrange access ahead of time.
Between visits
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
- File every inspection report with your certificates
- Never cook with filters missing
Any access problems we found are listed with a suggested fix. With panels fitted, the next clean can cover every section.
Test grease regularly instead of relying on the calendar. It shows if build-up is speeding up.
What a clean won’t put right
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll say what we think.
Where we work
- Pre-clean surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
What TR19 inspection looks like in Pagham
Sea air reaches Pagham, which sits within about 1 mile of the coast. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 8 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 4 takeaways and sandwich shops across Pagham and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). For any of them with a canopy, measuring grease is better than guessing when to clean. Environmental health officers from Arun council inspect food businesses in Pagham. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital (about 3.3 miles north-east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near The Parish Church of St Thomas A Becket, or anywhere in Pagham, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Pagham is about 3 miles south-west of Bognor Regis, in West Sussex. Whatever kind of site you run in Pagham, we can take on TR19 inspection. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Pagham is one of 371 towns, villages and districts in West Sussex where we work for TR19 inspection. Portsmouth is in our area too, about 15 miles from Pagham.
We cover every part of PO21 for TR19 inspection and the streets around it. If you need TR19 inspection at premises on Swan Dene, Sea Lane and Well Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Nyetimber (1 mile north-east), Aldwick (2 miles north-east), Church Norton (2 miles south-west), Sidlesham (2 miles west) and South Mundham (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Worthing (15 miles east), Bognor Regis (3 miles north-east), Chichester (5 miles north), Selsey (3 miles south-west), Littlehampton (10 miles east) and Emsworth (10 miles north-west).
What’s near Pagham
In Pagham, that means kitchens and buildings near The Lamb pub and Avisford, among other places. The closest station to Pagham is Bognor Regis station, about 3.2 miles north-east. Well-known places in the area include Bognor Regis War Memorial Hospital (3.3 miles north-east) and Bognor Regis Museum (2.9 miles east).
Questions from Pagham
Which fire authority looks after Pagham?
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Pagham. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Pagham during the holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. There are about 4 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Pagham. Send us your term dates when you ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, and we will fit the work in.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, set at the interval the system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and leave the area clean.
What happens to the waste?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, including grease, debris and dirty water. None of it is left on site.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Yes, for many jobs. Send a few wide pictures plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and a fixed quote usually follows within one working day. Some sites still need a visit, and we’ll say so.
How far ahead should we book?
For planned work, earlier is better, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. For emergencies, we take calls 24/7.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. Work is timed around how each site runs.
What staff can safely do
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
What happens on the day
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Pagham.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- We open the access points used on the clean.
- We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Getting a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before we start.
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What we are called out for in Pagham
Grease in a duct is flammable fuel. A flare-up on the range can be drawn into the canopy and duct, and from there a fire can spread through the ductwork. Knowing how much there is lets you act before it becomes a hazard.
What we’re most often called out for:
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Rose Green Infant School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Comparing quotes
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether they’re fully insured
- When the next visit should be, and why