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TR19 Inspection in Poynings
Looking for TR19 inspection in Poynings? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Poynings
Grease thickness testing tells you how much grease is sitting in the canopy, ducts and fan. Readings are taken at set points using the Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or the Deposit Thickness Test (DTT). From the numbers, you can see whether cleaning is due. If you are dealing with surveys needed before quoting a full clean and post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean, we can put it right.
In a village or hamlet like Poynings, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are normally a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with photos, 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
- Poynings (BN45)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Poynings: your questions answered
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Poynings?
The local authority for Poynings is Mid Sussex 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.
Can you get to a site in Poynings?
Yes, Poynings is part of our area, however small the site. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
What accreditations do you have?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
What information do you need?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, along with a few photos and any previous report.
How much does TR19 inspection cost in Poynings?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. For a quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Every site has its own report.
What types of premises do you cover?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
What TR19 inspection cannot fix
Not every problem is solved by TR19 inspection, and we’ll tell you before we start. It won’t put right:
- Mechanical faults in the extract
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in Poynings
- Deposit thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
Looking after it afterwards
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Share inspection reports with your insurer or broker when asked
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
- File every inspection report with your certificates
- Clean grease off the canopy between professional cleans
You get a report with the grease readings, where they were taken and photos of each point. File it alongside your TR19 certificates.
Revisit the cleaning interval whenever the menu or hours change. A quick grease test answers the question.
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
You’ll get a fixed price before we start. It’s based on:
- How big the system is
- Any permits to work or inductions
- Parking and loading at the site
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before work begins.
Helping us quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Places near Poynings
Other services in Poynings
TR19 inspection around Poynings
Food Standards Agency records include about 6 pubs and bars within about 1.5 miles of central Poynings. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. It’s Mid Sussex council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Poynings. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Fire safety in Poynings falls to West Sussex 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.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Portslade Manor is about 3.7 miles south), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near The Church of the Holy Trinity or elsewhere in Poynings, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Poynings is Southlands Hospital, about 4.4 miles south-west.
Poynings is about 4 miles north of Brighton and Hove, in West Sussex. Sites in Poynings get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Poynings is one of 371 towns, villages and districts in West Sussex we cover for TR19 inspection.
We work across the BN45 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. Local streets include The Street and Cora's Walk, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. We also cover the places around Poynings: Fulking (1 mile south-west), Hangleton (3 miles south), Portslade (4 miles south), Castle Town (4 miles west) and Kingston by Sea (4 miles south). Larger places within reach include Crawley (15 miles north), Horsham (13 miles north-west), Worthing (10 miles south-west), Haywards Heath (9 miles north-east), Burgess Hill (5 miles north-east) and Littlehampton (15 miles south-west).
Around Poynings
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Royal Oak pub, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Hassocks station, roughly 3.3 miles north-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include The Budding Foundation Museum of Gardening (2.9 miles north-east) and Southlands Hospital (4.4 miles south-west). The countryside around Poynings includes Wolstonbury Hill and Woods Mill.
How it works
Our technicians bring everything the work needs, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. On site, the work takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Poynings, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- The visit is arranged for when the kitchen isn’t busy.
- The system is checked from canopy to discharge.
- We take WFTT or DTT readings at set points along the system.
- Each test point and any access problems are photographed.
- You get a report with readings, pictures and recommendations.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
Get a fixed quote
For TR19 inspection in Poynings, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. A fixed quote normally follows within one working day.
Related advice
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we will send a fixed quote.
Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
We fit testing around service times and school holidays so meals are not affected.
Horizontal duct runs
Grease settles on the floor of horizontal ducts as the air cools. Readings are taken along each run through its access panels.