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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Seven Dials, Greater London
TR19 inspection in Seven Dials from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
Seven Dials: your questions answered
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Seven Dials?
The local authority for Seven Dials is Westminster council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Which fire service covers Seven Dials?
London Fire Brigade is the fire and rescue service for Seven Dials. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes, every time. Diagnosis comes before treatment: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need and the fixed quote is built on it.
What does a pre-clean survey involve?
We look at the system from canopy to discharge, take grease readings and check access. From it, we plan the clean and quote a fixed price.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and the emergency line covers the rest.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Are you accredited?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We’ve been trading since 2009 and we’re fully insured.
Can you quote from photos?
Yes, for many jobs. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and a fixed quote normally follows within one working day. Some sites still need a visit, and we will say so.
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Seven Dials
Many insurers ask for proof that kitchen extract systems are cleaned and inspected to TR19®. Without it, a claim can be refused or reduced. A TR19 audit sets out the system’s condition, with readings and photos, for sites in Seven Dials and the rest of Greater London. If you have sites with gaps in their extract records and post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean, we can put it right.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so work in Seven Dials 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.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That’s why every job is written up in a report with pictures, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Location
- Seven Dials (W1F, W1D, W1T)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before we start
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What happens on the day
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so the site can open as normal afterwards. The visit itself takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. Managed blocks in London often need contractors booked in ahead, and we’re happy to deal with the agent directly for a site in Seven Dials.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
Getting a quote
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, you get a fixed price before work begins.
Related advice
Kitchen extracts in Seven Dials
The FSA’s data shows about 390 pubs and bars and about 235 hotels and guest houses registered within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Seven Dials. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Seven Dials is covered by London Fire Brigade. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. In London, kitchens are typically cleaned overnight, when the kitchen is closed and loading is easier.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like St Josephs Catholic Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. If you run a café or takeaway near Tottenham Court Road station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
Seven Dials is about 1 mile east of City of Westminster, in Greater London. Sites in Seven Dials get the same service as everywhere we cover: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Seven Dials is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London we cover for commercial clients.
We work across the W1F, W1D and W1T postcode area for TR19 inspection and the streets around it. You will find streets such as Duck Lane, Drury Lane and Bridle Lane, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. With the A301 and A400 close by, Seven Dials is simple for us to get to at any hour. We also cover the places around Seven Dials: St Giles (1 mile north), West End (1 mile west), Soho (1 mile west), Covent Garden (1 mile east) and Chinatown (1 mile south-west). Further out, we also cover Kensington (3 miles west), Walthamstow (7 miles north-east), Hampstead (4 miles north-west), Ruislip (13 miles west), Stockwell (3 miles south) and Orpington (13 miles south-east).
Around Seven Dials
Typical jobs here are in premises near London Nautical School, St Anne's Churchyard and LSE Shaw Library, among other places. You’ll also find Two Brewers pub (under half a mile south-west) and Mercers' School (0.8 miles east). There’s a railway station in Seven Dials itself: Tottenham Court Road station. Well-known places in the area include Kingly Court (0.5 miles west) and St Paul's Hospital (less than half a mile north-east). For a walk, there’s Barnsbury Wood and Ludgate Hill.
How we price TR19 inspection
Sites vary more than people expect. What affects the quote:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The condition we find in the survey
- The size of the system
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
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 any work starts.
Asking for a quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before we start.
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Leave it or put it right?
A pre-clean survey avoids surprises on the night. Missing access panels, hidden duct runs and awkward fans are found before the cleaners arrive, so the clean covers the whole system. Shared walls, risers and roofs mean a problem at one London site seldom stays put.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
What you get with us
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- In business since 2009
- Photo reports with every job
- Full insurance on every job
See what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Seven Dials
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 grease in the extract is part of that risk.
What we are most often called out for:
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
A hospital like St Paul's Hospital, about less than half a mile north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
What to look for in a quote
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- Whether the price is fixed
What your team can do, and what needs us
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. That part needs specialist access and equipment.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
Between visits
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Flag changes in how much frying the kitchen does
- Keep the route to access panels clear
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Keep to the recommended interval
For an insurer audit, send them the report as it is, including readings, photos and any inaccessible sections.
Keep filters clean and in place. Gaps around filters let grease get past them.