Hampshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Picket Piece TR19 inspection
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Picket Piece, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Sections of duct that cannot be reached
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
How we handle TR19 inspection in Picket Piece
If you’ve taken over a kitchen in Picket Piece and do not know when the extract was last cleaned, an inspection is the place to start. You get readings, photos and a clear view of what’s needed, before any cleaning is booked. If you’re dealing with insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning and confirming a clean reached the whole system, we can put it right.
In a smaller place like Picket Piece, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with pictures, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Location
- Picket Piece (SP11)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Picket Piece
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Picket Piece?
Food hygiene inspections in Picket Piece are carried out by Test Valley council. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Will you come out to Picket Piece?
Yes. Picket Piece is within the area we cover across London and the South East. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
Yes, for many jobs. Send a few wide photos plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and we usually come back within one working day. If photos aren’t enough, we will survey first.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, every time. We diagnose before we treat: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need, and the quote is based on that.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites as one programme. Every site has its own report.
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.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Can you inspect our extract for our insurance company?
Yes. Our TR19 audits cover readings, pictures, access and a recommended cleaning interval. It’s set out for your insurer or broker.
The process
Protection comes first: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system, and we clear up before we go. In a place like Picket Piece, we fit the visit around your hours.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- Grease readings are taken and photos recorded.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Clear the space around the work
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Get a fixed quote
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form 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 usually have a quote within one working day.
Related advice
What the work involves, part by part
Extract fan and discharge
We look at where the extract discharges outside, as grease can build up there too.
Horizontal duct runs
Sections without access are recorded so it can be fixed before the clean.
Looking after it afterwards
So the system stays in good health:
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
- File every inspection report with your certificates
- Book the next test on the date in the report
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
After post-clean verification, file the results with the cleaning certificate. The pair gives a clear record of the clean and the check.
Keep all TR19 records together so you can produce them quickly.
Picket Piece kitchens: local notes
There are about 6 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 4 sandwich bars and takeaways in Picket Piece and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. For any of them with a canopy, measuring grease is better than guessing when to clean. Picket Piece sits within the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. In Picket Piece, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Test Valley council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
School kitchens, at schools like Pilgrims' Cross CofE Aided Primary School for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Picket Piece is about 2 miles east of Andover, in Hampshire. Across the SP11 area, we cover TR19 inspection for commercial sites. Our Hampshire coverage runs to 683 places, Picket Piece among them. Southampton is in our area too, around 21 miles away.
Work in SP11 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your site is on Locksbridge Road, Wyke Court and Galbraith Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside Picket Piece, we cover Finkley Down (1 mile west), Andover Down (1 mile south), Finkley (1 mile north-west), Picket Twenty (1 mile south-west) and East Anton (1 mile west). We also work in nearby towns such as Basingstoke (15 miles east), Winchester (12 miles south-east), Hyde (12 miles south-east), Tidworth (10 miles west), Weeke (11 miles south-east) and Kempshott (13 miles east).
Local landmarks in Picket Piece
In Picket Piece, that means kitchens and buildings near Winton Community Academy and Winton Community Academy and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Andover station, roughly 2.4 miles west. A little further out are Andover War Memorial Hospital (2.4 miles west) and Finkley Down Farm Museum (0.6 miles west). The countryside around Picket Piece includes Anton Lakes and Mill Lake.
Nearby places to Picket Piece
What else we do in Picket Piece
Common problems we fix in Picket Piece
TR19® is the benchmark that insurers, fire officers and EHOs refer to. 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.
What we are most often called out for:
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Andover War Memorial Hospital about 2.4 miles west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Questions to ask before you book
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
When it’s something else
Not every problem is solved by TR19 inspection, and we’ll tell you before work begins. It does not solve:
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
- Design faults in the extract system
- Fire safety duties beyond the extract system
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Picket Piece
- Wet film thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Pre-clean surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Insurer audits
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
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.
Multi-site and managed buildings
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.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Hampshire. Larger estates can be phased building by building around the people who use them.