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TR19 inspections in Pollards Hill
TR19 inspection across Pollards Hill and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
Part by part
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
BESA’s minimum for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day is a clean every 3 months, with testing showing whether more is needed.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
In healthcare and care settings, kitchens may run from early until late. Readings show if cleaning is frequent enough.
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Pollards Hill
Think of a TR19 inspection as the diagnosis before the treatment. Readings, pictures and notes on access are gathered from end to end, so the clean can be planned properly. The work covers wet film thickness tests, post-clean checks and deposit thickness tests, and the jobs we see most are an insurer’s request for a TR19 audit and missing access panels found on survey.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so extract cleaning in Pollards Hill is typically done overnight, after the last service. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
Good records are part of the job. You get a written report with pictures after every visit, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Where
- Pollards Hill (CR7, SW16, SE19)
- Region
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
How it works
Your trading hours come first. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. Before any visit in Pollards Hill, we agree where the van can stop and how equipment reaches the system.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- The layout is traced from the canopy to the discharge.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before work begins.
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What affects the quote in Pollards Hill
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- How easy every part is to reach
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The scale of the work
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before we start.
Asking for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. 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.
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Pollards Hill
Can you come to Pollards Hill after we close?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. Your customers, staff or residents in Pollards Hill needn’t be disturbed. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
Can school kitchens in Pollards Hill be cleaned in the holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. There are about 30 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Pollards Hill. Send us your term dates when you give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we will fit the work in.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. TR19® is a specification, not a statute. Without TR19 records, an insurance claim can be reduced or refused, so following it is the sensible course.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
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.
Is a quote from photos possible?
In many cases, yes. With good photos, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Where we can’t see enough, we arrange a survey.
Can you verify a clean after it’s been done?
Post-clean verification is a check after a clean, with fresh grease readings and photos. It can follow our own cleans or another contractor’s.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. One number covers all your sites across London and the South East, and visits can be set on a regular cycle.
What accreditations do you have?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
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TR19 inspection around Pollards Hill
Look up Pollards Hill on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 179 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 174 takeaways and sandwich shops within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Pollards Hill. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. Pollards Hill is covered by London Fire Brigade. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. Most London extract cleaning happens at night, after the last service.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Croydon University Hospital about 1.3 miles south, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Kensington Avenue Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Pollards Hill is about 1 mile north of Thornton Heath, in Greater London. Whether your site is in the middle of Pollards Hill or further out, we cover TR19 inspection for every kind of premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Our area takes in 764 places across Greater London, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our London page covers sites nearby, about 6 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: CR7, SW16 and SE19. That includes premises on Green Lane, Croft Road and Downs Road and nearby roads. We also cover Norbury (1 mile north), Thornton Heath (1 mile south), Streatham (2 miles north-west), Streatham Park (2 miles north-west) and Mitcham (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover London (6 miles north), City of Westminster (8 miles north), Marylebone (8 miles north), Kensington (7 miles north-west), St Pancras (8 miles north) and Shoreditch (8 miles north).
What’s near Pollards Hill
In Pollards Hill, that means kitchens and buildings near Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College for Girls, Silburn Reid and The Moon Under Water pub. Pollards Hill’s nearest station is Norbury station, roughly 0.6 miles west. Well-known places in the area include Crystal Palace Museum (1.5 miles north-east) and Croydon University Hospital (1.3 miles south). For a walk, there’s Knight's Hill and Biggin Wood.
Why deal with it now?
Finding a hotspot early means a targeted spot clean rather than a bigger problem later. Left alone, grease keeps building between cleans. London buildings are shared, so a fire or failure in one system can reach the neighbours above and beside you.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
Why Pollards Hill businesses choose us
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Trading since 2009
- Photo reports with every job
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Some jobs should never be done in-house: 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 helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Pollards Hill
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so each one has its own record.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Common problems we fix in Pollards Hill
Menus, opening hours and cooking styles change over time, and more frying or longer hours mean more grease. A cleaning interval set years ago may no longer fit.
Clients normally contact us after spotting something like this:
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Oswald or elsewhere in Pollards Hill, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
What your quote should include
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- How areas they cannot reach will be recorded