Oxfordshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Sunnymead
TR19 inspection for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Sunnymead. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Missing access panels found on survey
FAQs for Sunnymead
Which environmental health team covers Sunnymead?
Kitchens in Sunnymead are inspected by Oxford City council’s environmental health officers. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Sunnymead in the summer holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Around Sunnymead, the Food Standards Agency lists about 24 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Just call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with your term dates and we’ll plan around them.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
By covering it before any work starts. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Typically, yes. Send a few wide pictures plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and we typically come back within one working day. If pictures aren’t enough, we’ll survey first.
Why survey before a clean?
We look at the system from canopy to discharge, take grease readings and check access. From it, we plan the clean and quote a fixed price.
Can you work evenings and weekends?
Yes, and that is how we prefer to work. We book the visit for when the area is out of use, such as late evening, overnight or a weekend.
How much time does an inspection need?
An inspection takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. Sites with several canopies take longer, and you can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email to book it in.
At what point does grease need cleaning?
Under TR19® Grease, the mean thickness should not exceed 200 microns between cleans. Any reading of 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning.
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Sunnymead
A fixed schedule doesn’t always match how a kitchen really cooks. Some kitchens build up grease faster than the minimum intervals assume, which is why measurement matters. We give your risk assessment measured figures rather than guesses. Typical jobs include insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning and extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean, on deposit thickness tests, post-clean checks and pre-clean surveys.
Around a smaller place like Sunnymead, kitchen extracts tend to belong to pubs, cafés, takeaways and school or care home kitchens. A kitchen that cooks fewer hours still builds up grease, so the interval is set by hours of use and grease readings.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Location
- Sunnymead (OX2)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Common problems we fix in Sunnymead
Grease is fuel. A flare-up on the range can be drawn into the canopy and duct, and from there a fire can spread through the ductwork. Knowing how much there is lets you act before it becomes a hazard.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
A hospital like Acland Hospital, about 1.7 miles south, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Questions to ask before you book
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
Also near Sunnymead
Other services in Sunnymead
Honest limits
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
- A faulty or failing extract fan
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Deposit thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
Between visits
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. Our tips:
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
- Flag changes in how much frying the kitchen does
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
The audit report is set out to pass straight to your insurer or broker, with readings, photos and any areas not accessible.
Clean, correctly fitted filters stop more grease reaching the duct. Gaps around filters let grease get past them.
Multi-site and managed buildings
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
TR19 inspection around Sunnymead
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 35 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 4 takeaways in Sunnymead and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Each kitchen extract among them can be measured for grease to set the right cleaning interval. The fire and rescue service for Sunnymead is Oxfordshire 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. It’s Oxford City council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Sunnymead. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Roman Catholic Church of St Gregory and St Augustine or elsewhere in Sunnymead, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Cutteslowe Primary School or anywhere near Sunnymead, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Sunnymead is about 3 miles north-west of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. For TR19 inspection in and around Sunnymead, please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Sunnymead. Sunnymead is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire we cover for commercial clients.
Here we cover the OX2 postcode area for TR19 inspection. Whether your site is on Wren Road, Scott Road and Wyatt Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Sunnymead sits on or near the A4165, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. We also cover Cutteslowe (1 mile north), Summertown (1 mile south), North Oxford (1 mile south), Wolvercote (1 mile west) and Park Town (1 mile south). Larger places within reach include Oxford (3 miles south-east), Didcot (12 miles south), Bicester (9 miles north-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (7 miles south), Witney (10 miles west) and Carterton (14 miles west).
Near you in Sunnymead
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around St Hugh's College Main Building Including Library, Oxford University Parks and Dew Drop Inn. You’ll also find Summer Fields School (0.5 miles south) and Oxford Academy (0.7 miles south). The nearest railway station is Oxford Parkway station, about 1.4 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include Oxford Castle (2.3 miles south) and Oxford University Museum of Natural History (1.8 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds and Headington Hill.
Different parts, different methods
Horizontal duct runs
Grease can gather thickly at bends and along long runs, well away from where anyone looks.
Extract fan and discharge
We look at where the extract discharges outside, as grease can build up there too.
What we do, step by step
Your staff don’t need to do much on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Tell us when your site near Sunnymead is quiet and the visit will be booked for then.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- 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.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
Preparing for the visit
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Clear the space around the work
How to get a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
Advice
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- What state the system is in
- The number of sites or systems
- The scale of the work
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before work begins, so there are no surprises.
Helping us quote
A few details help us quote accurately. With your enquiry, please include:
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
The quickest way to a quote is to send pictures: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.