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TR19 inspections in Surrey Canal
TR19 inspection for Surrey Canal and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
About our TR19 inspection in Surrey Canal
A fixed schedule doesn’t always match how a kitchen really cooks. Some kitchens build up grease faster than the minimum intervals assume, and only measurement shows it. We give your risk assessment measured figures rather than guesses. The work covers wet film thickness tests, post-clean checks and pre-clean surveys, and people most often call us about kitchens whose menu or hours have changed and post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean.
In London, few kitchens can spare a day to close, so work in Surrey Canal is normally booked for the night or the early hours. Before the clean, we agree loading, parking and roof access with whoever manages the building.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Surrey Canal (SE16, SE15, SE14)
- Region
- Greater London
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
- Never cook with filters missing
- Keep to the recommended interval
- Share inspection reports with your insurer or broker when asked
Readings of 500 microns or more are highlighted as needing immediate spot cleaning, and we can quote to do it.
Close the access gaps found during inspection, so every part of the duct can be cleaned.
Leave it or put it right?
After an incident, an insurer can ask to see proof of TR19 cleaning and inspection. Without them, a claim can be reduced or refused. Getting an inspection done now starts that paper trail. Leaving it on a busy London site only adds to the work.
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, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why Surrey Canal businesses choose us
- Photo reports with every job
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
What staff can safely do
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
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.
Surrey Canal: your questions answered
Do you work at weekends in Surrey Canal?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. That way a site in Surrey Canal does not have to lose a day’s trading. When you ring 0345 646 2711 or email us, mention when the site is quiet.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Surrey Canal?
London Fire Brigade is the fire and rescue service for Surrey Canal. 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 do the grease readings need to be?
Under TR19® Grease, the mean thickness should not exceed 200 microns between cleans. Any reading of 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning.
What is post-clean verification?
Verification means repeat readings and photos once the clean is done. Any areas that weren’t cleaned properly are flagged.
When should we have our next grease test?
It depends on how heavily the kitchen cooks. BESA sets minimum cleaning intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months by daily use, and grease readings help set the real interval.
What types of premises do you cover?
Commercial premises of every kind: kitchens, offices, schools, healthcare, retail, leisure and food production. We fit the work around how the site operates.
What do you need from me for a quote?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, plus pictures of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
Is TR19 cleaning the law?
No. TR19® is not law; it’s BESA’s specification. The legal duty comes from the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which requires the responsible person to reduce fire risk, and insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark.
Part by part
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
BESA’s minimum for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day is a clean every 3 months, with testing showing whether more is needed.
Extract fan and discharge
Grease builds up on the fan blades and inside the housing. They’re included in the readings and pictures.
Places near Surrey Canal
What else we do in Surrey Canal
What we do, step by step
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. Managed blocks in London often need contractors booked in ahead, and we’re happy to deal with the agent directly for a site in Surrey Canal.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- We note where access panels are and where more are needed.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Getting a quote
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you will typically have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by TR19 inspection, and we will tell you before we start. It does not solve:
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
What the work covers
- Pre-clean surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Access surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits
Kitchen extracts in Surrey Canal
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 93 bars, pubs and nightclubs and about 14 hotels and B&Bs across Surrey Canal and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Food hygiene inspections in Surrey Canal are the job of Southwark council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Overnight is the normal time to clean a London kitchen extract, so trading is not affected.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Surrey Canal is New Cross Hospital, about 0.5 miles south. If you run a café or takeaway near South Bermondsey station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near St Katharine with St Bartholomew or elsewhere in Surrey Canal, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
Surrey Canal is about 1 mile north-west of New Cross, in Greater London. Across the SE16 area, we can carry out TR19 inspection at your premises. Surrey Canal is one of 764 places in Greater London we cover for TR19 inspection.
Work in SE16, SE15 and SE14 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If you need TR19 inspection at premises on Pump Lane, Bush Road and Water Lane or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Being close to the A200 and A2208, Surrey Canal is easy for our technicians to reach for TR19 inspection. Other places close to Surrey Canal include South Bermondsey (1 mile west), Surrey Quays (1 mile north-east), Rotherhithe (1 mile north), Peckham (1 mile south-west) and Deptford (1 mile south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover City of Westminster (5 miles north-west), Marylebone (5 miles north-west), Kensington (7 miles west), St Pancras (4 miles north-west), Shoreditch (3 miles north-west) and Walthamstow (7 miles north).
Near you in Surrey Canal
Around Surrey Canal, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near City of London Academy, Deptford Park and The Surrey Docks pub and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Surrey Canal itself: South Bermondsey station. Other landmarks nearby include New Cross Hospital (0.5 miles south) and Surrey Quays Shopping Centre (0.7 miles north). Not far away are New Cross Gate Cutting and Tower Hill.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.