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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Shirburn, Oxfordshire
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Shirburn, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
Grease, kitchens and Shirburn
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 5 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Shirburn. Each kitchen extract among them can be measured for grease to set the right cleaning interval. It’s South Oxfordshire council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Shirburn. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Shirburn. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Adwell House is about 2.4 miles north), access may need planning. School kitchens, at schools like Icknield Community College for example, are typically cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Shirburn is about 6 miles south of Thame, in Oxfordshire. Whether your site is in the middle of Shirburn or further out, TR19 inspection is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Across Oxfordshire, we cover 443 places, and Shirburn is one of them. Oxford is in our area too, about 12 miles from Shirburn.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: OX49. If you need TR19 inspection at premises on Watlington Road, Castle Road and Blenheim Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Close by, we work in Lewknor (1 mile north-east), South Weston (2 miles north), Christmas Common (2 miles south-east), Postcombe (2 miles north) and Howe Hill (3 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Oxford (12 miles north-west), Didcot (11 miles west), Abingdon-on-Thames (13 miles west), Thame (6 miles north), Henley-on-Thames (9 miles south-east) and Benson (5 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Shirburn
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Watlington Primary School, St Mary's Church and The Chequers pub, among other places. Open spaces near Shirburn include Aston Rowant NNR and Bald Hill.
TR19 inspection in Shirburn, done properly
A pre-clean survey is the diagnosis, and the clean is the treatment. Readings, photos and notes on access are gathered from end to end, so the clean can be planned properly. Typical jobs include surveys needed before quoting a full clean and an insurer’s request for a TR19 audit, across pre-clean surveys, post-clean checks and insurer audits.
Work in a small place like Shirburn starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with photos, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. Keep it with your fire safety records so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Location
- Shirburn (OX49)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
FAQs for Shirburn
Which fire service covers Shirburn?
That is Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Can the work in Shirburn be done at night or at weekends?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The work in Shirburn can fit around your hours. When you call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, mention when the site is quiet.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
How much does TR19 inspection cost?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. To get one, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
How much notice should we give?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. We typically quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
Anything we cannot reach goes on the report, with pictures where possible, and we tell you what would make it reachable, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, to suit the system and how it’s used.
What does TR19 mean?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
The process
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 anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. Visits to a village like Shirburn are booked in advance, at a time that suits whoever runs the site.
- The visit is arranged for when the kitchen isn’t busy.
- Every part of the system is examined, end to end.
- Grease readings are taken at set points using WFTT or DTT.
- We photograph the test points and record any sections we can’t reach.
- We send a report setting out the readings, pictures and next steps.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
How to get a quote
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. 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.
Related advice
When it’s something else
TR19 inspection cannot fix everything, and we’d rather say so up front. It does not solve:
- Fan breakdowns, which need a repair visit
- Design faults in the extract system
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will tell you honestly before you book.
What we work on in Shirburn
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
For landlords and multi-site operators
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Nearby places to Shirburn
Other services in Shirburn
Part by part
Extract fan and discharge
We look at where the extract discharges outside, since grease reaches the very end of the system.
Vertical risers
Access to risers is often limited. The survey shows exactly what access there is.
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Shirburn
Records can go missing when a business changes hands or contractors. With no history, the current state of the extract is a guess.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near All Saints Church or elsewhere in Shirburn, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Questions to ask before booking
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
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.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Looking after it afterwards
Once we’ve finished, these simple steps help:
- Keep the route to access panels clear
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
- Book the next test on the date in the report
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
For an insurer audit, send them the report as it is, with readings, photos and any areas not accessible.
Keep all TR19 records together so the history is easy to show.