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Penge TR19 inspection
TR19 inspection in Penge from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
What TR19 inspection cannot fix
We’ll always give you a straight diagnosis, so here’s what TR19 inspection will not do:
- Design faults in the extract system
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
What the work covers
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Penge
A pre-clean survey looks at the whole system, from canopy to discharge. We check where the access panels are and whether every section can be reached, and grease readings are taken at set points. The work covers post-clean checks, pre-clean surveys and insurer audits, and common reasons people get in touch are confirming a clean reached the whole system and ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits.
London kitchens are often tucked into basements or the back of a building, with extract ducts that can climb several floors to discharge at roof level. For a kitchen in Penge, that usually means a longer system to clean and more access panels to plan around.
A written report with photos follows every visit, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Penge (SE20, SE19, SE26)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Penge: your questions answered
Which council inspects kitchens in Penge?
In Penge, it’s Bromley council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Penge?
Penge is in the area of London Fire Brigade. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that cannot wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
What happens on a pre-clean survey?
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.
At what point does grease need cleaning?
Two figures matter: a mean of no more than 200 microns between cleans, and 500 microns at any single point, which needs immediate spot cleaning. Our report sets your readings against both.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it doesn’t spread.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
What is a WFTT or DTT grease test?
WFTT and DTT are the two methods for measuring grease thickness, in microns. We take readings at set points from canopy to fan.
How the visit works
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Most London sites can’t stop for the day, so work in Penge is usually done overnight, early in the morning or at weekends.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- The layout is traced from the canopy to the discharge.
- We note where access panels are and where more are needed.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Before we arrive
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Getting a quote
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us 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. You will typically have a quote within one working day.
Related 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 photos.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
How we price TR19 inspection
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before we start.
Helping us quote
The more you tell us, the more accurate the quote. With your enquiry, please include:
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- The site address and the type of premises
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Any previous report or certificate
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you will normally have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
TR19 inspection around Penge
Food Standards Agency records list about 269 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 129 sandwich bars and takeaways across Penge 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. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading isn’t affected. Environmental health officers from Bromley council inspect food businesses in Penge. 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 St Christopher's Hospice (about 0.5 miles north), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands. School kitchens, at schools like Harris Primary Academy Crystal Palace for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Commuter trade near Penge West station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Penge is about 1 mile west of Beckenham, in Greater London. Whether your site is in the middle of Penge or further out, we cover TR19 inspection for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, Penge among them. For sites nearby, see our London page, about 6 miles away.
Here we cover the SE20, SE19 and SE26 postcode area for TR19 inspection. If you need TR19 inspection at premises on High Street, Anerley Station Road and Station Road or anywhere close by, we can help. Penge is on the A234, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for TR19 inspection. We also cover the places around Penge: Anerley (1 mile west), Crystal Palace (1 mile north-west), Sydenham (1 mile north), Gipsy Hill (1 mile north-west) and Upper Norwood (1 mile west). Larger places within reach include London (6 miles north), City of Westminster (8 miles north-west), Marylebone (8 miles north-west), Kensington (8 miles north-west), St Pancras (8 miles north) and Shoreditch (8 miles north).
Around Penge
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Crystal Palace School, Crooked Billet pub and Crystal Palace Dinosaurs and the streets around them. Penge has its own railway station: Penge West station. Well-known places in the area include St Christopher's Hospice (0.5 miles north) and Crystal Palace Museum (0.8 miles north-west). Not far away are Dulwich Upper Wood and Knight's Hill.
Part by part
Vertical risers
Access to risers is often limited. We record what can and cannot be reached.
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge at the end of the system is checked as well, since grease reaches the very end of the system.
Leave it or put it right?
Post-clean verification shows whether the system was left the way the certificate says, before the next clean is due. A busy site in Penge builds up dirt and wear quickly, so putting it off makes the eventual job larger.
Every site is different, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
What you get with us
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Trading since 2009
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