Essex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections and grease testing in Stanway, Essex
TR19 inspection for Stanway, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Out-of-hours visits and 24/7 emergency callout.
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
What your team can do, and what needs us
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.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
About our TR19 inspection in Stanway
Grease thickness testing tells you how much grease is sitting in the canopy, ducts and fan. We use the Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or the Deposit Thickness Test (DTT), taking readings at set points. The results show whether the system needs cleaning and how soon. The work covers insurer audits, access surveys and pre-clean surveys, and people most often call us about insurers asking for TR19 evidence and sites with gaps in their extract records.
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. We agree access and timings in advance.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- Stanway (CO3, CO6)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Extract fan and discharge
We look at where the extract discharges outside, since grease reaches the very end of the system.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Inspections are done when the kitchen is closed or quiet so trading isn’t affected.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Towns and villages near Stanway
What else we do in Stanway
What affects the quote in Stanway
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We check:
- The condition of the system
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The times the site is available
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. The price is fixed before work begins.
Helping us quote
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Useful things to send:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work, before any work starts.
Common problems we fix in Stanway
Records can go missing when a business changes hands or contractors. Without them, nobody knows how much grease is in the system or when it was last cleaned.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Parish Church of St Albright, or anywhere in Stanway, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
What your quote should include
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Whether they’re fully insured
Kitchen extracts in Stanway
There are about 31 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 5 takeaways within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Stanway, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. For any of them with a canopy, measuring grease is better than guessing when to clean. Kitchens in Stanway get their food hygiene inspections from Colchester council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers Stanway. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like Stanway Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Stanway (Layer Marney Tower is about 4.2 miles south), fitting access panels needs care.
Stanway is about 2 miles west of Camulodunum, in Essex. Stanway 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. Our Essex coverage runs to 644 places, and Stanway is one of them. Our Chelmsford page covers sites nearby (17 miles or so).
Every address in CO3 and CO6 is within our area for TR19 inspection, from busy streets to back roads. That includes premises on Church Lane, Red Panda Road and Turkey Cock Lane and the roads around them. Other places close to Stanway include Beacon End (1 mile east), Copford Green (1 mile south-west), Eight Ash Green (1 mile north), Heckfordbridge (2 miles south) and Lexden (2 miles east). Larger places within reach include Colchester (4 miles east), Braintree (11 miles west), Clacton-on-Sea (15 miles east), Maldon (12 miles south-west), Witham (10 miles south-west) and Halstead (9 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Stanway
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around White Hart Toby Carvery pub and The Stanway School, among other places. Stanway’s nearest station is Marks Tey station, roughly 1.5 miles west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Social History Museum (3.5 miles east) and Birch Castle (2.6 miles south). Not far away are Iron Latch.
Stanway questions
Will you come out to Stanway?
Yes, Stanway is part of our area, however small the site. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
Can the work in Stanway be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. That way a site in Stanway does not have to lose a day’s trading. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
What does TR19 mean?
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 it takes a risk-based approach.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes, every time. We diagnose before we treat: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need and the fixed quote is built on it.
What does a pre-clean survey involve?
We survey, measure and photograph the system first. The survey can be done from photos and details or on site, as suits the job.
What information do you need?
Some photos and a quick description of the system plus the address and your hours. We will ask for anything else we need.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
How much notice do you need?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
When something else is needed
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
- Design faults in the extract system
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Wet film thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Insurer audits
How it works
We turn up at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool first, and the area around the work is covered and protected. On site, it takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Stanway, let us know and we will plan around it.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- We open the access points used on the clean.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Get a fixed quote
If you need TR19 inspection in Stanway, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.