Hampshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections in Picket Twenty
TR19 inspection for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Picket Twenty. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
TR19 inspection in Picket Twenty
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. If you’re dealing with sections of duct that can’t be reached and an insurer’s request for a TR19 audit, we can help.
In a small place like Picket Twenty, 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.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Picket Twenty (SP10, SP11)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Picket Twenty
Can you work in Picket Twenty outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. It means the site in Picket Twenty keeps running as normal. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
Can school kitchens in Picket Twenty be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. Around Picket Twenty, the Food Standards Agency lists about 7 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
How often should a kitchen extract be inspected?
We suggest a next test date in every report, based on the readings and how the kitchen is used. The interval should come from a competent person’s risk assessment backed by grease measurement.
What does a pre-clean survey involve?
We check the layout, the grease levels and the access, before anyone starts cleaning. Missing access panels are noted ahead of the clean.
Are you accredited?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
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.
Can you inspect our extract for our insurance company?
Yes. Insurers often want evidence the extract is managed to TR19®, and our audit gives a clear record of the system’s condition, along with any actions needed.
Can you quote from photos?
Yes, where the pictures show enough. If not, a site survey comes first, and the quote follows that.
When it’s something else
Before booking, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
- Design faults in the extract system
- Mechanical faults in the extract
If you’re not sure, just call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
What we work on in Picket Twenty
- Wet film thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
- Deposit thickness tests
What the work involves, part by part
Extract fan and discharge
We look at where the extract discharges outside, since grease reaches the very end of the system.
Horizontal duct runs
Grease can gather thickly at bends and along long runs, out of sight of the kitchen.
Picket Twenty kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 52 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 20 takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Picket Twenty. Where they cook under a canopy, a grease reading is the way to tell whether the extract is due a clean. In Picket Twenty, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Test Valley council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Picket Twenty sits within the area of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
For schools such as Pilgrims' Cross CofE Aided Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near United Reformed Church or elsewhere in Picket Twenty, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. A hospital like Andover War Memorial Hospital, about 1.9 miles west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Picket Twenty is about 1 mile east of Andover, in Hampshire. Anywhere in SP10, we cover TR19 inspection for commercial sites. Picket Twenty is one of 683 places in Hampshire we cover for commercial clients. Our Southampton page covers sites nearby (20 miles or so).
Work in SP10 and SP11 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Local streets include Levy Road, London Road and Stalls Road, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. Being close to the A3093, Picket Twenty is easy for our technicians to reach for TR19 inspection. We also cover the places around Picket Twenty: Andover Down (1 mile north-east), Finkley Down (1 mile north), Picket Piece (1 mile north-east), Andover (1 mile west) and East Anton (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cover Winchester (12 miles south-east), Romsey (15 miles south), Hyde (11 miles south-east), Tidworth (9 miles west), Weeke (11 miles south-east) and Kempshott (14 miles east).
Local landmarks in Picket Twenty
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Winton Community Academy and Winton Community Academy. For rail, the closest station is Andover station, about 1.8 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Finkley Down Farm Museum (1 mile north) and Andover War Memorial Hospital (1.9 miles west). Open spaces near Picket Twenty include Anton Lakes and Mill Lake.
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- What state the system is in
- Whether several sites go on one quote
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
To speed up the quote, send us:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The site address and the type of premises
- A few general shots of the system
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
If you need TR19 inspection in Picket Twenty, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
What your team can do, and what needs us
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
Why deal with it now?
If a kitchen in Picket Twenty has been cleaned on the same calendar for years, there’s no way to know if that interval is right without measuring. Testing gives you the evidence to set it properly. If the system at a site near Picket Twenty fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Problems in a system tend to grow, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you’re not sure what’s needed, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why book with us
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Trading since 2009
- A written report with pictures after each visit
See what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
How it works
Your staff do not need to do much 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. Somewhere as small as Picket Twenty, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- The same access points are opened up.
- Grease readings are taken again at set points.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
Get a fixed quote
To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You will typically have a quote within one working day.