Oxfordshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Stubbles
We cover Stubbles for TR19 inspection. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos as standard.
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
About our TR19 inspection in Stubbles
Before any clean in Stubbles, we survey the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, fan and discharge. We check where the access panels are and whether every section can be reached, and record grease readings at set points. The work covers deposit thickness tests, wet film thickness tests and pre-clean surveys, and the jobs we see most are uncertainty over how often to clean and insurers asking for TR19 evidence.
Somewhere as small as Stubbles, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with pictures of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Place
- Stubbles (RG8)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Vertical risers
Vertical risers take the extract up through the floors. Grease can run down and collect at the base, so we check there.
Horizontal duct runs
Grease can gather thickly at bends and along long runs, well away from where anyone looks.
TR19 inspection in Stubbles: the local picture
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Stubbles. Each kitchen extract among them can be measured for grease to set the right cleaning interval. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service covers Stubbles. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. Kitchens in Stubbles get their food hygiene inspections from West Berkshire council. 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.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Clement or elsewhere in Stubbles, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Stubbles is about 7 miles north-east of Thatcham, in Oxfordshire. For TR19 inspection in and around Stubbles, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Our area covers London and the South East, including Stubbles. Stubbles is one of 443 towns, villages and districts in Oxfordshire where we work for TR19 inspection. For sites nearby, see our Reading page, about 9 miles away.
TR19 inspection in RG8 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Nearby, we also carry out TR19 inspection in Ashampstead (1 mile north-west), Ashampstead Green (1 mile north-west), Upper Basildon (1 mile east), Burnt Hill (1 mile south) and New Town (2 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Didcot (9 miles north), Abingdon-on-Thames (14 miles north), Wantage (13 miles north-west), Henley-on-Thames (12 miles east), Grove (14 miles north-west) and Benson (10 miles north).
Around Stubbles
Stubbles’s nearest station is Goring & Streatley station, about 3.1 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Yattendon Castle (1.8 miles south-west). Not far away are Hartslock.
What staff can safely do
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Staff cleaning and specialist work aren’t the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Stubbles
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: a survey first, a fixed quote, the work timed around the site and a report with photos.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Leave it or put it right?
If a kitchen in Stubbles has been cleaned on the same calendar for years, there’s no way to know if that interval is right without measuring. Testing gives you the evidence to set it properly. In a small place like Stubbles, a system that fails can take a site out of use.
What you pay depends on how big the system is, what state it’s in and access to every part of it. We give you a fixed price before we start, so there are no surprises.
Why us?
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- Every job surveyed first
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations.
FAQs for Stubbles
Do you work at weekends in Stubbles?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. It means the site in Stubbles keeps running as normal. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Which fire service covers Stubbles?
Stubbles is in the area of Oxfordshire 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.
At what point does grease need cleaning?
TR19® Grease says the mean shouldn’t exceed 200 microns between cleans, with 500 microns or more anywhere needing immediate spot cleaning.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. Photos often do the job, and larger or hidden systems get a visit.
Can you verify a clean after it’s been done?
Post-clean verification is a check after a clean, with fresh grease readings and photos. It works whoever carried out the clean.
Are you accredited?
We are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
Which sectors do you work in?
All kinds of commercial and public premises: from restaurants, pubs and hotels to schools, hospitals, care homes, offices, shops and food production sites. Work is timed around how each site runs.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. Scheduled maintenance plans are part of what we do, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
What a clean won’t put right
It’s worth knowing the limits before booking:
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
- Fire safety duties beyond the extract system
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll say what we think before you book.
Where we work
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
Also near Stubbles
What else we do in Stubbles
What happens on the day
Everything the job needs comes with us, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. On site, the work takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. For a village or hamlet like Stubbles, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- The layout is traced from the canopy to the discharge.
- We note where access panels are and where more are needed.
- Grease readings are taken and photos recorded.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Preparing for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos with a few details about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Advice
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Stubbles
You cannot judge grease thickness by eye. A system can look clean at the filters and be heavily coated further in, which is why readings matter.
The symptoms we’re asked about most are:
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Missing access panels found on survey
Basildon Park, about 2.5 miles north-east, is one of the historic houses near Stubbles; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
Before you book anyone
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- What insurance they carry
- Whether a written report and pictures are included