Greater London · TR19 inspections and grease testing
St Johns TR19 inspection
TR19 inspection for St Johns, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
St Johns questions
Do you work at weekends in St Johns?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The work in St Johns can fit around your hours. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we will book within them.
Is parking a problem for work in St Johns?
Tell us where a van can stop near your site in St Johns, and about any building rules on loading. Where restrictions apply in the day, an evening or overnight visit normally gets round them.
What happens to the waste?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, including grease, debris and dirty water. We don’t leave it behind.
What about areas you can’t get to?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
What is TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked and expects a risk-based approach.
What types of premises do you cover?
We work for restaurants, pubs, hotels, schools, colleges, hospitals, care homes, offices and shops, plus food production and leisure sites.
How much notice should we give?
Earlier is better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We normally quote within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
Do you cover St Johns?
Yes. We cover St Johns and the rest of Greater London, within our South East and London area. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in St Johns
BESA’s minimum cleaning frequencies depend on how long the kitchen cooks each day: heavy use (12 to 16 hours a day) every 3 months, moderate use (6 to 12 hours) every 6 months and light use (2 to 6 hours) every 12 months. Grease testing shows whether your kitchen needs cleaning more often than that. If you have missing access panels found on survey and an insurer’s request for a TR19 audit, we can help.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. In St Johns, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. That’s why every job is written up in a report with pictures, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- St Johns (SE13, SE10, SE8)
- Region
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
For landlords and multi-site operators
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Greater London. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
When it’s something else
In fairness, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
- Mechanical faults in the extract
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll give you a straight answer.
What we work on in St Johns
- Deposit thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Access surveys
- Pre-clean surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
Between visits
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Keep the route to access panels clear
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
- Keep to the recommended interval
You get a report with the grease readings, where they were taken and pictures of each point. File it alongside your TR19 certificates.
Close the access gaps found during inspection, so every part of the duct can be cleaned.
Why act early in St Johns
Catching heavy deposits early keeps the fix small. Ignored, the layer only gets thicker. London buildings are shared, so a fire or failure in one system can reach the neighbours above and beside you.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, and a neglected system can mean more work. If you are unsure, ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why book with us
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Full insurance on every job
- Trading since 2009
- Photo reports with every job
Read how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in St Johns
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- The condition we find in the survey
- How easy every part is to reach
Working hours, access and the scale of the site can all change the price. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before we start.
What to send for a quote
We can often survey from pictures. Try to include:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The site address and the type of premises
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.
What the work involves, part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
We fit testing around service times and school holidays to avoid disruption.
Vertical risers
In buildings with several floors, the riser may pass through other tenants’ space, so we arrange access ahead of time.
Kitchen extracts in St Johns
The Food Standards Agency lists about 79 pubs and bars and about 11 hotels and B&Bs as registered food businesses within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of St Johns. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Kitchens in St Johns get their food hygiene inspections from Greenwich council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Most London extract cleaning happens at night, after the last service.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St John, or anywhere in St Johns, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Term dates shape school work: for a school like Ashmead Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. If you cook for passing trade around St Johns station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
St Johns is about 4 miles south-east of London, in Greater London. If you need TR19 inspection in St Johns, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Our area covers London and the South East, including St Johns. St Johns is one of 764 towns, villages and districts in Greater London we cover for TR19 inspection.
Work in SE13, SE10 and SE8 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need TR19 inspection at premises on Avon Road, Mill Lane and Clare Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. You will find St Johns on the A2210 and A2211, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for out-of-hours visits. Other places close to St Johns include New Cross (1 mile west), Deptford (1 mile north), Lewisham (1 mile south-east), Telegraph Hill (1 mile west) and Ladywell (1 mile south). Further out, we also cover London (4 miles north-west), City of Westminster (6 miles north-west), Marylebone (6 miles north-west), Kensington (8 miles west), St Pancras (6 miles north-west) and Shoreditch (5 miles north-west).
Landmarks near St Johns
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Wickham Arms, Brookmill Park and Addey and Stanhope School. You will also find St. Paul's (0.7 miles north) and Laban Centre (0.8 miles north). St Johns has its own railway station: St Johns station. Well-known places in the area include Fan Museum (0.9 miles north-east) and Lewisham Shopping Centre (0.7 miles south-east). Open spaces near St Johns include Brookmill Road Local Nature Reserve and Tower Hill.
What else we do in St Johns
The process
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Before any visit in St Johns, we agree where the van can stop and how equipment reaches the system.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before any work starts.