Oxfordshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Shilton
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Shilton, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
TR19 inspection in Shilton, done properly
A pre-clean survey looks at the whole system, from canopy to discharge. Access is checked along the full length, and record grease readings at set points. Typical jobs include parts of the system left out of past cleans and pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean, on pre-clean surveys, post-clean checks and insurer audits.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Each visit ends with a written report and photos, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Shilton (OX18)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
What happens if it’s left?
If there’s a fire or a claim, your insurer may ask for TR19 records. Without them, a claim can be reduced or refused. An up-to-date inspection report is a good place to start. Somewhere as small as Shilton, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
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 will price it together.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Shilton
- Each visit written up, with photos
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Trading since 2009
Read how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
What a clean won’t put right
Not every problem is solved by TR19 inspection, and we will tell you before any work starts. It does not solve:
- Mechanical faults in the extract
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we will say what we think before you book.
What we work on in Shilton
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
Managing agents and facilities teams in Shilton
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Shilton: your questions answered
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Shilton in the summer holidays?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. There are about 10 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Shilton. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Shilton?
It’s Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Shilton. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
What does TR19 inspection cost?
We do not publish prices, because the cost depends on the job: how big it is, what state it’s in, how we reach it and the working hours. We fix the price before work begins.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Do you check other contractors’ cleans?
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 one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
How often should a kitchen extract be inspected?
We suggest a next test date in every report, based on the readings and how the kitchen is used. A risk assessment based on measured grease should set the interval.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Kitchen extracts in Shilton
The FSA’s data shows about 7 pubs and bars registered within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Shilton. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Environmental health officers from West Oxfordshire council inspect food businesses in Shilton. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Fire safety in Shilton falls to Oxfordshire 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.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of the Holy Rood or elsewhere in Shilton, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Shilton (Minster Lovell Hall is about 4 miles north-east), fitting access panels needs care.
Shilton is about 1 mile north-west of Carterton, in Oxfordshire. We provide TR19 inspection for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Shilton and the rest of Oxfordshire. Shilton is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire where we work for TR19 inspection. There’s also a page for Oxford, roughly 16 miles from Shilton.
TR19 inspection in OX18 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. TR19 inspection is available to premises on The Hill, Church Lane and Ladburn Lane and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Bradwell (1 mile west), Kencot (2 miles south) and Alvescot (3 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Witney (5 miles east), Wantage (15 miles south-east), Grove (14 miles south-east), Faringdon (9 miles south), Kidlington (14 miles east) and Chipping Norton (12 miles north).
Local landmarks in Shilton
In Shilton, that means kitchens and buildings near Carterton Primary School and The Rose And Crown Inn. Other landmarks nearby include Bronze Age Bowl Barrow (2.9 miles south-east) and Swinford Museum (3.2 miles south-west).
What we are called out for in Shilton
Some parts of a system are hard to reach, and grease can be missed there clean after clean. A survey finds the sections that cannot be reached, so the gaps can be closed.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
For schools such as Carterton Community College, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Before you book anyone
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- What hours they’ll be on site
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Never cook with filters missing
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Diary the next grease test and clean
Where sections couldn’t be reached, the report says where access panels would help. With panels fitted, the next clean can cover every section.
Revisit the cleaning interval whenever the menu or hours change. Fresh readings show whether it needs to change.
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
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.
What we do, step by step
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. All told, the work takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. In a small place like Shilton, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- The layout is traced from the canopy to the discharge.
- We note where access panels are and where more are needed.
- Grease readings are taken and photos recorded.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
Preparing for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know about parking and loading
Ask for a quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you’ll normally have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.