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TR19 Inspection in Rowner
TR19 inspection across Rowner and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
Rowner questions
Can you clean school kitchen extracts in Rowner during the holidays?
Yes. The holidays are the usual time for school work. With about 19 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Rowner, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Rowner?
Kitchens in Rowner are inspected by Gosport council’s environmental health officers. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
What information do you need?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, plus photos of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
What grease levels does TR19 allow?
The TR19® Grease figures are a mean of 200 microns or less between cleans, and immediate spot cleaning wherever a reading hits 500 microns. We show your readings against those figures.
Will you produce a report for our insurer?
Yes. Our TR19 audits cover readings, pictures, access and a recommended cleaning interval. You can pass it straight to your insurer or broker.
What is post-clean verification?
After a clean, we take new readings and pictures to show how the system was left. It can follow our own cleans or another contractor’s.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Each site gets its own report and pictures.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Rowner
BESA’s minimum cleaning frequencies depend on how long the kitchen cooks each day: every 3 months for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day, every 6 months for moderate use of 6 to 12 hours, and every 12 months for light use of 2 to 6 hours. Grease testing shows whether your kitchen needs cleaning more often than that. If you have missing TR19 certificates or history and sections of duct that can’t be reached, we can put it right, from pre-clean surveys, wet film thickness tests and insurer audits onwards.
In a smaller place like Rowner, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Place
- Rowner (PO13, PO14)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
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Why deal with it now?
Without readings, you’re guessing when to clean. If grease reaches 500 microns anywhere, TR19® Grease calls for immediate spot cleaning, which you won’t know without measuring. It’s better to plan the work at a site near Rowner than wait for a failure.
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we will explain each part.
Why Rowner businesses choose us
- Photo reports with every job
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Every job surveyed first
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Hampshire. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
- Keep to the recommended interval
- Keep the route to access panels clear
After post-clean verification, file the results with the cleaning certificate. The pair gives a clear record of the clean and the check.
Regular grease readings keep the cleaning interval honest. It shows if build-up is speeding up.
How we price TR19 inspection
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The condition of the system
A single site or a whole portfolio, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before work begins.
What to send for a quote
When you contact us, these details help:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The site address and the type of premises
- A few general shots of the system
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
How the visit works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. Your opening hours decide when we come to Rowner, not ours.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- The same access points are opened up.
- We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
How to prepare
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Let us know about parking and loading
How to get a quote
We do not publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To get going, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
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Staff cleaning versus specialist work
When your team notices a problem between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Staff cleaning doesn’t 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.
When to call us in Rowner
TR19® is the benchmark that insurers, fire officers and EHOs refer to. TR19® itself is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping grease under control.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Bridgemary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What records you will receive afterwards
- What insurance they carry
- Whether a survey comes first
Kitchen extracts in Rowner
Sea air reaches Rowner, which sits within about 2 miles of the coast. Metal on the roof weathers faster close to the coast, and the extract fan and cowl are no exception. The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 9 pubs and bars and about 3 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Rowner. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. In Rowner, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Gosport council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Church and community hall kitchens, near St Matthew's or anywhere around Rowner, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Gosport War Memorial Hospital (about 2.3 miles south-east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Rowner is about 2 miles north-west of Gosport, in Hampshire. Anywhere in PO13, we can take on TR19 inspection. Our area takes in 683 places across Hampshire, large and small.
Work in PO13 and PO14 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your site is on Wych Lane, Camp Road and Keyes Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside Rowner, we cover Bridgemary (1 mile south-east), Peel Common (1 mile west), Crofton (1 mile west), Elson (1 mile south-east) and Lee-on-the-Solent (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Havant (9 miles east), Eastleigh (12 miles north-west), Horndean (9 miles north-east), Chandler's Ford (15 miles north-west), Hedge End (9 miles north-west) and Waterlooville (8 miles north-east).
Around Rowner
Typical jobs here are in premises near Holbrook Primary School, The Green Dragon pub and Baycroft School, among other places. Rowner’s nearest station is Fareham station, roughly 2.3 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include Gosport War Memorial Hospital (2.3 miles south-east) and Portchester Castle (2.9 miles east). For a walk, there’s West of the River Alver and Portsdown Hill.