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TR19 inspections in Stocking Pelham
TR19 inspections and grease testing for commercial sites in Stocking Pelham and across Hertfordshire. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
TR19 inspection in Stocking Pelham, done properly
If you’ve taken over a kitchen in Stocking Pelham 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. The work covers post-clean checks, pre-clean surveys and wet film thickness tests, and common reasons people get in touch are kitchens whose menu or hours have changed and ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits.
For a kitchen in or near Stocking Pelham, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. That is why every job is written up in a report with photos, plus a TR19® certificate through the BESCA VHE portal where the work is a TR19® Grease clean.
- Where
- Stocking Pelham (SG9)
- Region
- Hertfordshire
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Stocking Pelham: your questions answered
Who inspects food businesses in Stocking Pelham?
The local authority for Stocking Pelham is East Hertfordshire council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Stocking Pelham?
That’s Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
What should I send you?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, plus photos of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
What is post-clean verification?
A post-clean check records grease readings and pictures after the work, whoever did the clean.
What’s TR19?
TR19® is BESA’s specification for ventilation hygiene. Since 2019, TR19® Grease has been a standalone specification for grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
How do you measure grease in a kitchen extract?
WFTT and DTT are the two methods for measuring grease thickness, in microns. Readings are taken at set points through the system.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. It’s the benchmark rather than the law. In practice, an insurer can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of TR19 cleaning, so following it is the sensible course.
What about areas you can’t get to?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
What TR19 inspection looks like in Stocking Pelham
Fire safety in Stocking Pelham falls to Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. About 32 miles out from central London, Stocking Pelham is part of the South East area we work across. A survey and a fixed quote come first, then the visit at a time that suits you.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Mary or anywhere around Stocking Pelham, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Stocking Pelham is about 5 miles north of Bishop's Stortford, in Hertfordshire. For TR19 inspection in and around Stocking Pelham, please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Stocking Pelham. Our Hertfordshire coverage runs to 381 places, and Stocking Pelham is one of them. For sites nearby, see our Chelmsford page, about 21 miles away.
We work across SG9 for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. We also cover The Willows (1 mile south-west), Berden (1 mile east), Starling's Green (1 mile north), Uppend (2 miles south-east) and Mount Pleasant (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Stevenage (13 miles west), Bishop's Stortford (5 miles south), Hoddesdon (14 miles south-west), Hertford (13 miles south-west), Letchworth (14 miles west) and Ware (11 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Stocking Pelham
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to The Cock pub and the streets around them. The closest station to Stocking Pelham is Stansted Mountfitchet station, roughly 4.7 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include Brent Pelham (2.1 miles north-west) and Herts and Essex Hospital (5.9 miles south-east). The countryside around Stocking Pelham includes Aubrey Buxton Nature Reserve.
Why act early in Stocking Pelham
If a kitchen in Stocking Pelham 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. Equipment tucked in a roof space or outbuilding near Stocking Pelham rarely gets looked at unless someone books it.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before work begins.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Stocking Pelham
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.
What TR19 inspection can’t fix
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
If in doubt, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
What your team can do, and what needs us
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
What we do, step by step
We start by comparing what we find with the survey or your photos. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. The timing of a visit to Stocking Pelham is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- The visit is arranged for when the kitchen is not busy.
- Every part of the system is examined, end to end.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points by WFTT or DTT.
- Photos are taken at each point, and access gaps noted.
- We send a report setting out the readings, photos and next steps.
How to prepare
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Find the previous report, if there is one
Get a fixed quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
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Looking after it afterwards
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Clean grease off the canopy between professional cleans
Readings of 500 microns or more are highlighted as needing immediate spot cleaning, and we can arrange it.
Keep all TR19 records together so you can produce them quickly.
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For landlords and multi-site operators
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
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.
Do you need TR19 inspection in Stocking Pelham?
Some parts of a system are hard to reach, and grease can be missed there clean after clean. An inspection of a system in Stocking Pelham shows where access panels are missing, so panels can be fitted.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Herts and Essex Hospital about 5.9 miles south-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Comparing quotes
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
- What insurance they carry
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them