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TR19 Inspection in South Bermondsey
Professional TR19 inspection in and around South Bermondsey, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
Looking after it afterwards
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Flag oily drips near the extract
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
- Keep TR19 certificates, readings and reports together
After post-clean verification, file the results with the cleaning certificate. Together they show the system was cleaned and checked.
Close the access gaps found during inspection, so every part of the duct can be cleaned.
TR19 inspection in South Bermondsey, done properly
If you’ve taken over a kitchen in South Bermondsey and don’t know when the extract was last cleaned, an inspection is the place to start. We survey the system, measure the grease and tell you what needs doing, so the next step is based on facts. If you’re dealing with systems that need surveying before cleaning and extracts that have never been grease tested, we can help, from deposit thickness tests, post-clean checks and access surveys onwards.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so work in South Bermondsey is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with pictures, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Place
- South Bermondsey (SE16, SE15, SE1)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What we are called out for in South Bermondsey
Not every section of a kitchen extract is easy to get to, and grease can be missed there clean after clean. An inspection of a system in South Bermondsey shows where access panels are missing, so the gaps can be closed.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
A hospital like New Cross Hospital, about 0.6 miles south-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
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
- Proof of insurance
Why act early in South Bermondsey
If a kitchen in South Bermondsey has been cleaned on the same calendar for years, there’s no way to know if that interval is right without measuring. Measured readings let a competent person set the interval. A busy site in South Bermondsey builds up dirt and wear quickly, so putting it off makes the eventual job larger.
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. The price is fixed before work begins.
What you get with us
- A written report with photos after each visit
- Fully insured
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Multi-site and managed buildings
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We are happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
Questions from South Bermondsey
How do you handle parking and loading in South Bermondsey?
Tell us where a van can stop near your site in South Bermondsey, and about any building rules on loading. Working overnight, as we often do in London, normally makes it simpler.
Which environmental health team covers South Bermondsey?
In South Bermondsey, it’s Southwark council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Every job is surveyed first, either from photos and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
What is TR19?
A BESA specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Why survey before a clean?
We survey, measure and photograph the system first. We can work from photos and details, or visit, whichever suits the system.
What does TR19 inspection cost?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. To get one, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the site type, opening hours and a few pictures.
What is post-clean verification?
A post-clean check records grease readings and pictures after the work, for our cleans and other firms’ alike.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us at the end of the visit. While we work, it’s kept contained to keep the area clean.
When it’s something else
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
- Fan breakdowns, which need a repair visit
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
Where we work
- Pre-clean surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Access surveys
- Insurer audits
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We’ll take a look and give you a fixed quote.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
What happens on the day
Protection comes first: floors, worktops and anything near the work are covered. Then we make the system safe and start. The work on site takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems, and we clear up before we go. Loading bays, visitor permits and roof access are the first things we ask about for a site in South Bermondsey.
- 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.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Getting a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: 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.
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TR19 inspection around South Bermondsey
Look up South Bermondsey on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 556 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 392 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central South Bermondsey. Kitchens like these cook for very different hours, and grease testing shows which extracts need cleaning soonest. South Bermondsey sits within the area of London Fire Brigade. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Food hygiene inspections in South Bermondsey are the job of Southwark council’s environmental health team. 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.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Augustine, or anywhere in South Bermondsey, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Ilderton Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
South Bermondsey is about 2 miles north-west of New Cross, in Greater London. Across the SE16 area, we can carry out TR19 inspection at your premises. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, and South Bermondsey is one of them.
TR19 inspection in SE16, SE15 and SE1 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. That includes premises on Tenda Road, Rolls Road and Simms Road and the roads around them. South Bermondsey sits on or near the A2208, which makes travel easy for TR19 inspection. We also cover the places around South Bermondsey: Surrey Canal (1 mile east), Surrey Quays (1 mile north-east), Bermondsey (1 mile north-west), Peckham (1 mile south) and Rotherhithe (1 mile north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as City of Westminster (4 miles north-west), Marylebone (4 miles north-west), Kensington (6 miles west), St Pancras (4 miles north-west), Shoreditch (3 miles north) and Walthamstow (7 miles north).
Local landmarks in South Bermondsey
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Kentish Drovers Public House, Paterson Park and City of London Academy. South Bermondsey has its own railway station: South Bermondsey station. Other landmarks nearby include New Cross Hospital (0.6 miles south-east) and Surrey Quays Shopping Centre (0.8 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s St. James's Park Lake and Tower Hill.