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Pinner Green TR19 inspection
TR19 inspection in Pinner Green from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
Why it’s worth doing now in Pinner Green
An EHO visit, an insurance renewal or a fire risk assessment is a bad time to find your extract records are thin. An inspection now gives a site in Pinner Green a current picture. For a site in Pinner Green, fitting the work in overnight now is far easier than closing at short notice later.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from photos or on site, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Pinner Green
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Every job surveyed first
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Pinner Green
Taking on a kitchen in Pinner Green with no cleaning records? Start with an inspection. We survey the system, measure the grease and tell you what needs doing, before any cleaning is booked. If you have missing access panels found on survey and kitchens whose menu or hours have changed, we can help, from access surveys, post-clean checks and insurer audits onwards.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so work in Pinner Green is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Parking, loading and access to the roof are agreed with the building before the night of the clean.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Pinner Green (HA5, HA6)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Between visits
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Keep access panels clear and unpainted
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Keep TR19 certificates, readings and reports together
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
Keep the verification report next to the certificate it relates to. Together they show the system was cleaned and checked.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so the history is easy to show.
What TR19 inspection cannot fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that will not help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Pre-clean surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Access surveys
Managing agents and facilities teams in Pinner Green
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
Common problems we fix in Pinner Green
Grease in a duct is flammable fuel. Flames from the range can be pulled into the canopy and travel through the ducts to other parts of the building. Measuring it is the first step to keeping it under control.
What we are most often called out for:
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Checking the result of a recent clean
Healthcare kitchens can’t easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Pinner Green is Northwood and Pinner Cottage Hospital, about 0.9 miles north-west.
Questions to ask before booking
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded
- Whether the price is fixed
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Inspections are planned around mealtimes and holidays so meals aren’t affected.
Canopy and plenum
We look over the canopy, inside and out, and note where grease has gathered.
What happens on the day
We’re used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. On site, the work takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. Expect the work in Pinner Green to happen after your last customer leaves, not during trading.
- 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.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
Preparing for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with a few details about the site. We will talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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TR19 inspection in Pinner Green: the local picture
Food Standards Agency data counts about 152 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 63 sandwich bars and takeaways across Pinner Green and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Where they cook under a canopy, a grease reading is the way to tell whether the extract is due a clean. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading is not affected. Fire safety in Pinner Green falls to London Fire Brigade. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Harlyn Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Pinner Green (Headstone Manor is about 1.7 miles east), fitting access panels needs care.
Pinner Green is about 2 miles north-east of Ruislip, in Greater London. Sites in Pinner Green get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Pinner Green is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London where we work for TR19 inspection. You can also see our page for London, about 15 miles away.
Here we cover the HA5 and HA6 postcode area for TR19 inspection. That includes premises on Love Lane, Tudor Road and Chapel Lane and the roads around them. Other places close to Pinner Green include Pinner (1 mile south-east), Eastcote (1 mile south), North Harrow (2 miles south-east), Roxbourne (2 miles south) and Rayners Lane (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover London (15 miles south-east), City of Westminster (12 miles south-east), Marylebone (12 miles south-east), Kensington (11 miles south-east), St Pancras (13 miles south-east) and Shoreditch (14 miles east).
Landmarks near Pinner Green
Around Pinner Green, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Oddfellows Arms, UTC Heathrow and Eastcote House Gardens, among other places. Pinner Green’s nearest station is Hatch End station, roughly 1.3 miles north-east. Nearby you’ll also find Northwood and Pinner Cottage Hospital (0.9 miles north-west) and St. George's Shopping Centre (2.6 miles south-east). Open spaces near Pinner Green include Harrow Weald Common and Horse Shoe Bay.
Common questions in Pinner Green
Who is the fire and rescue service for Pinner Green?
It’s London Fire Brigade, which covers Pinner Green. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Pinner Green?
In Pinner Green, it’s Harrow council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
How often should a kitchen extract be inspected?
Enough to be sure grease stays within the TR19® Grease figures between cleans. The readings themselves tell you if the interval needs to change.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, any time. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line, and we will advise on what to do next.
Do we have to follow TR19 by law?
No. TR19® is a specification, not a statute. 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, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, as well as food production and leisure sites.
At what point does grease need cleaning?
TR19® Grease says the mean shouldn’t exceed 200 microns between cleans, with 500 microns or more anywhere needing immediate spot cleaning.