Hampshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Red Post Bridge
Looking for TR19 inspection in Red Post Bridge? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
Red Post Bridge questions
Can you work in Red Post Bridge outside opening hours?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. It means the site in Red Post Bridge keeps running as normal. When you phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form, mention when the site is quiet.
Is Red Post Bridge within the area you cover?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Red Post Bridge is covered. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Can you verify a clean after it’s been done?
It’s an inspection after cleaning, to show what state the system was left in, whoever did the clean.
Where does the waste go?
It’s contained and taken away. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it doesn’t spread.
Do we have to follow TR19 by law?
No. TR19® is not law; it’s BESA’s specification. The law is the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must manage fire risk, and insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark.
What information do you need?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, along with a few pictures and any previous report.
How often should grease be tested?
That varies with the kitchen’s daily use. BESA’s minimum cleaning intervals are every 3, 6 or 12 months for heavy, moderate and light use, and grease readings help set the real interval.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
TR19 inspection in Red Post Bridge, done properly
If you’ve taken over a kitchen in Red Post Bridge and do not know when the extract was last cleaned, an inspection is the place to start. We survey the system, measure the grease and tell you what needs doing, before any cleaning is booked. The work covers access surveys, post-clean checks and wet film thickness tests, and people most often call us about sections of duct that can’t be reached and sites with gaps in their extract records.
Somewhere as small as Red Post Bridge, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
Each visit ends with a written report and photos, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Red Post Bridge (SP11)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Why deal with it now?
Skipping grease testing leaves the cleaning interval to guesswork. If grease reaches 500 microns anywhere, TR19® Grease calls for immediate spot cleaning, which you won’t know without measuring. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before we start.
What you get with us
- Every job surveyed first
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- One number for every site across the South East and London
See how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Red Post Bridge
TR19® is the benchmark that insurers, fire officers and EHOs refer to. It isn’t legislation; the legal duty comes from the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping grease under control.
Clients usually contact us after spotting something like this:
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as John Hanson Community School or anywhere near Red Post Bridge, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
What your quote should include
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
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 we take it from there. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. The timing of a visit to Red Post Bridge is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- 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.
- Photos are taken at each point, and access gaps noted.
- The findings go into a report with readings, photos and a recommended next clean.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
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Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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 can quote for the whole system.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
What a clean won’t put right
In fairness, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in Red Post Bridge
- Post-clean checks
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Deposit thickness tests
Red Post Bridge kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency data counts about 13 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Red Post Bridge. Each kitchen extract among them can be measured for grease to set the right cleaning interval. Fire safety in Red Post Bridge falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Food hygiene inspections in Red Post Bridge are the job of Test Valley council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Andover War Memorial Hospital about 2 miles north-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary, or anywhere in Red Post Bridge, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Red Post Bridge is about 2 miles west of Andover, in Hampshire. Red Post Bridge gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where necessary and a written report with photos. Red Post Bridge is one of 683 places in Hampshire we cover for commercial clients. Southampton is in our area too, about 21 miles from Red Post Bridge.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: SP11. Local streets include Newall Road, Andover Road and Red Post Lane, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Penton Corner (1 mile north), Weyhill (1 mile north-west), Penton Grafton (1 mile north), Penton Mewsey (2 miles north) and East Cholderton (2 miles west). We also work in nearby towns such as Winchester (14 miles south-east), Romsey (15 miles south), Hyde (13 miles south-east), Tidworth (6 miles north-west), Weeke (13 miles south-east) and Stanmore (14 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Red Post Bridge
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Black Swan Public House and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Andover station, about 1.9 miles east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Andover Museum (2.6 miles east) and Andover War Memorial Hospital (2 miles north-east). Not far away are Mill Lake and Anton Lakes.
Nearby places to Red Post Bridge
Also in Red Post Bridge
Different parts, different methods
Horizontal duct runs
If a run has no access panel, we note it so it can be fixed before the clean.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Hospital and care home kitchens can cook all day, every day. Readings show if cleaning is frequent enough.