West Berkshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Skinners Green
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Skinners Green, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
How we handle TR19 inspection in Skinners Green
Insurance policies often require evidence of TR19® cleaning and inspection. Missing records can lead to a claim being reduced or refused. A TR19 audit sets out the system’s condition, with readings and pictures, for sites in Skinners Green and the rest of West Berkshire. The work covers access surveys, pre-clean surveys and post-clean checks, and people most often call us about systems that need surveying before cleaning and uncertainty over how often to clean.
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.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Skinners Green (RG14)
- Region
- West Berkshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
Post-clean verification shows whether the system was left the way the certificate says, while there’s still time to put anything right. A planned visit to Skinners Green is easier to arrange than an emergency callout.
You won’t find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we will explain what it covers.
Why book with us
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Full insurance on every job
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations.
Looking after it afterwards
So the system stays in good health:
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
- Keep access panels clear and unpainted
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
Each report suggests the next clean and the next test, from the measured grease and the kitchen’s hours.
Clean, correctly fitted filters stop more grease reaching the duct. Missing or damaged filters let grease straight into the plenum.
Questions from Skinners Green
Can you work in Skinners Green outside opening hours?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. Your customers, staff or residents in Skinners Green needn’t be disturbed. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Which council inspects kitchens in Skinners Green?
In Skinners Green, it’s West Berkshire council that carries out food hygiene inspections. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, along with a few pictures and any previous report.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line and we will talk you through the next steps.
Is Skinners Green in your area?
Yes. Our technicians work in Skinners Green, as part of our area across London and the South East.
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 time does an inspection need?
It takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. The visit is timed so cooking isn’t disrupted.
At what point does grease need cleaning?
Under TR19® Grease, the mean thickness should not exceed 200 microns between cleans. Any reading of 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning.
What affects the quote in Skinners Green
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- How big the system is
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before we start.
Helping us quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
If you need TR19 inspection in Skinners Green, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, plus pictures or the previous report if they’re to hand. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
The process
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Skinners Green.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- The same access points are opened up.
- Grease readings are taken again at set points.
- We photograph each area to record how it was left.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
Getting ready for the visit
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
What TR19 inspection cannot fix
In fairness, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will say what we think before booking.
Where we work
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
Skinners Green kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 4 pubs and bars across Skinners Green and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Fire safety in Skinners Green falls to Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Environmental health officers from West Berkshire council inspect food businesses in Skinners Green. 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.
For schools such as John Rankin Infant and Nursery School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. Church and community hall kitchens, near Parish Church of St Michael or anywhere around Skinners Green, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; West Berkshire Community Hospital is the nearest hospital to Skinners Green, about 3.1 miles north-east.
Skinners Green is about 2 miles south-west of Newbury, in West Berkshire. Skinners Green gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. Across West Berkshire, we cover 155 places, and Skinners Green is one of them. Reading is in our area too, around 17 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: RG14. Nearby, we also carry out TR19 inspection in Enborne (1 mile west), Wash Common (1 mile south-east), Crockham Heath (1 mile south-west), Enborne Row (1 mile south) and Wash Water (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Thatcham (4 miles east), Burghfield Common (13 miles east), Hungerford (7 miles west), Calcot (14 miles east), Lambourn (11 miles north-west) and Burghfield Hill (13 miles east).
Landmarks near Skinners Green
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Park House School, St Bartholomew's School and The Gun pub. Skinners Green’s nearest station is Newbury station, roughly 1.6 miles north-east. Well-known places in the area include West Berkshire Community Hospital (3.1 miles north-east) and British Balloon Museum & Library Ltd (1.8 miles north-east). Not far away are Rack Marsh and Pilot Hill.
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Different parts, different methods
Vertical risers
Risers in multi-storey buildings can pass through other areas, so we arrange access ahead of time.
Extract fan and discharge
A greasy fan works harder and wears faster. The inspection shows whether it needs cleaning now.