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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Shellow Bowells, Essex
TR19 inspections, grease thickness testing, pre-clean surveys and post-clean verification in Shellow Bowells, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and pictures. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Checking the result of a recent clean
Between visits
Here’s the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
- Keep access panels clear and unpainted
- Flag oily drips near the extract
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
You get a report with the grease readings, where they were taken and pictures of each point. Keep it with your fire safety and TR19 records.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so the history is easy to show.
TR19 inspection in Shellow Bowells, done properly
Under TR19® Grease, the mean grease thickness should stay at or below 200 microns between cleans, and 500 microns or more at any point needs immediate spot cleaning. Grease testing shows which side of those lines you’re on. If you have checking the result of a recent clean and insurers asking for TR19 evidence, we can help.
Somewhere as small as Shellow Bowells, 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.
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
- Shellow Bowells (CM5)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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What else we do in Shellow Bowells
What the work involves, part by part
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge at the end of the system is checked as well, since grease reaches the very end of the system.
Vertical risers
Risers carry the extract up through the building. Grease can drain down and pool at the bottom, so we check there.
FAQs for Shellow Bowells
Which environmental health team covers Shellow Bowells?
The local authority for Shellow Bowells is Chelmsford council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Shellow Bowells?
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Shellow Bowells. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
What is post-clean verification?
After a clean, we take new readings and pictures to show how the system was left. It works whoever carried out the clean.
Do you cover Shellow Bowells?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, and that includes Shellow Bowells.
What is grease thickness testing?
We measure the grease at set points with a WFTT or DTT test, then compare them with the TR19® Grease figures.
Can you inspect our extract for our insurance company?
Yes, anywhere in the area we cover. Tell us what your insurer has asked for and we will set the report out to match.
Do you work out of hours?
Yes. Give us your opening hours with your enquiry and we will book around them.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Why deal with it now?
A check after cleaning shows whether the work reached every part it should have, while there’s still time to put anything right. With notice, the visit to Shellow Bowells can be fitted around your bookings and events.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Why us?
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- We’re fully insured
- In business since 2009
- Every job surveyed first
Read our cost guide or our accreditations.
How the visit works
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. After that, the work takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. Seeing the system in pictures first means the trip to Shellow Bowells can be planned properly.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- The same access points are opened up.
- We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
How to prepare
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
How to get 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, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
What affects the quote in Shellow Bowells
We quote each job individually. These are the things that affect it:
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The condition of the system
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- How many systems or sites are involved
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we’ll price it together.
What to send for a quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. The most useful are:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The postcode and the type of business
- Your last certificate, test record or report
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
What TR19 inspection cannot fix
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
Where we work
- Insurer audits
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We can diagnose it and quote.
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.
What TR19 inspection looks like in Shellow Bowells
It’s Chelmsford council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Shellow Bowells. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Shellow Bowells sits within the area of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Peter and St Paul or elsewhere in Shellow Bowells, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Chelmsford and Essex Hospital about 5.7 miles east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Shellow Bowells is about 7 miles west of Chelmsford, in Essex. For TR19 inspection in and around Shellow Bowells, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos. We work across South East England and London, Shellow Bowells included. Across Essex, we cover 644 places, Shellow Bowells among them. There’s also a page for Chelmsford, roughly 7 miles from Shellow Bowells.
We cover every part of the CM5 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the streets around it. Other places close to Shellow Bowells include Willingale (1 mile west), Berners Roding (1 mile west), Radley Green (2 miles south), Chalk End (2 miles north-east) and Roxwell (2 miles east). We also work in nearby towns such as Chelmsford (7 miles east), Basildon (13 miles south-east), Braintree (14 miles north-east), Harlow (9 miles west), Brentwood (8 miles south) and Maldon (15 miles east).
Near you in Shellow Bowells
Other landmarks nearby include Willingale Doe (0.7 miles west) and Chelmsford and Essex Hospital (5.7 miles east).