Oxfordshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Park Town
TR19 inspection for commercial sites in Park Town and across Oxfordshire. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Park Town
TR19® Grease says grease should not exceed a mean of 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. The work covers pre-clean surveys, access surveys and wet film thickness tests, and the jobs we see most are pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean and extracts that have never been grease tested.
Kitchens around a place like Park Town 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.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Where
- Park Town (OX2, OX1)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Why deal with it now?
If there’s a fire or a claim, your insurer may ask for TR19 records. Missing records can put a claim at risk. An up-to-date inspection report is a good place to start. Booking ahead lets us plan the trip to Park Town at a time that suits you.
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Why Park Town businesses choose us
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- We diagnose before we treat
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Part by part
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Inspections are done when the kitchen is closed or quiet so the kitchen keeps cooking.
Canopy and plenum
We look over the canopy, inside and out, and note where grease has gathered.
For landlords and multi-site operators
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
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 can quote for the whole system.
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Park Town
Which environmental health team covers Park Town?
In Park Town, 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.
Can school kitchens in Park Town be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. With about 88 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Park Town, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. You can call 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the dates the site is empty.
What about areas you cannot get to?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
What does a pre-clean survey involve?
The survey covers the whole system, grease readings and access to each section. It lets us plan the clean and give you a fixed quote.
Can you quote from pictures?
Yes, where the pictures show enough. If not, a site survey comes first, and the quote follows that.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. It’s the benchmark rather than the law. In practice, an insurer can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of TR19 cleaning, so following it is the sensible course.
Are you accredited?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before work begins, and anything we remove is contained. Before we leave, we tidy up and clean down.
What affects the quote in Park Town
The diagnosis comes before the price. We look at:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- The scale of the work
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The condition of the system
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
Asking for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- A few general shots of the system
- Any previous report or certificate
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
To get a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. You will usually have a quote within one working day.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That’s our job.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Places near Park Town
Other services in Park Town
Grease, kitchens and Park Town
The FSA’s data shows about 89 pubs, bars and clubs and about 18 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses registered in Park Town and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. It’s Oxford City council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Park Town. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Park Town is covered by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
If you run a café or takeaway near Oxford station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Acland Hospital is the nearest hospital to Park Town, about under half a mile south.
Park Town is about 2 miles north-west of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. From the centre of Park Town to the outskirts, TR19 inspection is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Park Town is one of 443 towns, villages and districts in Oxfordshire we cover for commercial clients.
We work across OX2 and OX1 for TR19 inspection and the streets around it. TR19 inspection is available to premises on Parks Road, Keble Road and Crick Road and the roads around them. Park Town is on the A4144, so it’s easy for us to get to for out-of-hours visits. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Norham Manor (1 mile east), Walton Manor (1 mile south-west), Jericho (1 mile south-west), North Oxford (1 mile north) and St John Street area (1 mile south). We also work in nearby towns such as Didcot (11 miles south), Bicester (10 miles north-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (6 miles south), Witney (10 miles west), Carterton (14 miles west) and Thame (12 miles east).
Landmarks near Park Town
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School, Oxford University Parks and The Rose & Crown pub, among other places. Also close by are Oxford Academy (0.6 miles north) and St Hugh's College Main Building Including Library (under half a mile north-west). The closest station to Park Town is Oxford station, roughly 0.9 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Oxford Castle (1 mile south) and Oxford University Museum of Natural History (0.5 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Headington Hill and Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds.
What we are called out for in Park Town
Looking at a canopy tells you little about what’s in the duct. Clean filters can hide a heavy layer behind them, so readings are the reliable guide.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Sections of duct that cannot be reached
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Wychwood School or anywhere near Park Town, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Comparing quotes
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
The process
Everything the job needs comes with us, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. 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. For a site near Park Town, the work is booked around your opening hours, evenings and weekends included.
- 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.
- We photograph each area to record how it was left.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
How to prepare
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Ask for a quote
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, and then send you a fixed quote. To start, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.