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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Perry Green, Essex
TR19 inspections, grease thickness testing, pre-clean surveys and post-clean verification for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Perry Green. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Checking the result of a recent clean
How we price TR19 inspection
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- What state the system is in
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- How big the system is
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re unsure, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Asking for a quote
When you contact us, these details help:
- Any previous report or certificate
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Problems your staff have spotted
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
About our TR19 inspection in Perry Green
A pre-clean survey looks at the whole system, from canopy to discharge. Access is checked along the full length, and record grease readings at set points. The work covers insurer audits, access surveys and post-clean checks, and the jobs we see most are systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements and parts of the system left out of past cleans.
In a small place like Perry Green, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. We agree access and timings in advance.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Perry Green (CM77)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
How it works
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. The visit takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Perry Green.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- The layout is traced from the canopy to the discharge.
- We note where access panels are and where more are needed.
- Grease readings are taken and pictures recorded.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Before we arrive
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Clear the space around the work
Getting a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
Do you need TR19 inspection in Perry Green?
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers look to TR19® as the benchmark. TR19® itself is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and grease in the extract is part of that risk.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Parish Church of the Holy Trinity or elsewhere in Perry Green, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- What insurance they carry
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
Part by part
Canopy and plenum
We look over the canopy, inside and out, and note where grease has gathered.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
BESA’s minimum for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day is a clean every 3 months, and readings show whether that’s enough.
When something else is needed
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
- Fire safety duties beyond the extract system
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book.
What we work on in Perry Green
- Insurer audits
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Pre-clean surveys
- Post-clean checks
Also near Perry Green
What else we do in Perry Green
Kitchen extracts in Perry Green
Food Standards Agency data counts about 3 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 3 sandwich bars and takeaways in Perry Green and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Where they cook under a canopy, a grease reading is the way to tell whether the extract is due a clean. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers Perry Green. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. In Perry Green, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Braintree council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; William Julien Courtauld Hospital is the nearest hospital to Perry Green, about 3.5 miles west. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Alec Hunter Academy tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Perry Green is about 3 miles south-east of Braintree, in Essex. Perry Green gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with pictures. Perry Green is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex where we work for commercial clients. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby (11 miles or so).
TR19 inspection in CM77 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We also cover Bradwell (1 mile north), Lanham Green (1 mile west), Cressing (1 mile south-west), Silver End (1 mile south) and Pattiswick (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Colchester (12 miles east), Chelmsford (11 miles south-west), Braintree (3 miles north-west), Maldon (10 miles south), Witham (5 miles south) and Camulodunum (11 miles east).
Landmarks near Perry Green
The closest station to Perry Green is Cressing station, about 2.2 miles south-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include William Julien Courtauld Hospital (3.5 miles west) and Laundry & Mangle Museum (2 miles east). Open spaces near Perry Green include Belcher's and Broadfield Woods.
Looking after it afterwards
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- File every inspection report with your certificates
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Flag oily drips near the extract
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
Any access problems we found are listed with a suggested fix. With panels fitted, the next clean can cover every section.
Fit access panels where the survey finds sections can’t be reached, so every part of the duct can be cleaned.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
If you look after several sites, 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.
Common questions in Perry Green
Which council inspects kitchens in Perry Green?
The local authority for Perry Green is Braintree council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Do you work at weekends in Perry Green?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. Your customers, staff or residents in Perry Green needn’t be disturbed. When you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email, mention when the site is quiet.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Yes, where the photos show enough. If not, a site survey comes first, and the quote follows that.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
What do the grease readings need to be?
Under TR19® Grease, the mean thickness should not exceed 200 microns between cleans. Any reading of 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning.
What about areas you can’t get to?
We never leave them off the paperwork. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.