West Sussex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Tangmere
TR19 inspection for Tangmere, from a team that has been trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
Questions from Tangmere
Which fire service covers Tangmere?
It’s West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Tangmere. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Can a school canteen extract in Tangmere be done out of term time?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. There are about 3 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Tangmere. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Is a quote from photos possible?
Yes, if we can see what we need. If not, a site survey comes first, and the quote follows that.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Do you cover Tangmere?
Yes. We work in Tangmere and across West Sussex, within our South East and London area. To book, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
What do the grease readings need to be?
TR19® Grease says the mean shouldn’t exceed 200 microns between cleans, with 500 microns or more anywhere needing immediate spot cleaning.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Tangmere
If you’ve taken over a kitchen in Tangmere and do not 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 wet film thickness tests, post-clean checks and access surveys, and people most often call us about sites with gaps in their extract records and surveys needed before quoting a full clean.
Around a smaller place like Tangmere, 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 cleaning is planned around how much it cooks and what the readings show.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Where
- Tangmere (PO20, PO18)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Grease, kitchens and Tangmere
Food Standards Agency data counts about 6 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Tangmere. Kitchens like these cook for very different hours, and grease testing shows which extracts need cleaning soonest. Food hygiene inspections in Tangmere are the job of Chichester council’s environmental health team. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Tangmere sits within the area of West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Tangmere (Goodwood House is about 1.8 miles north-west), fitting access panels needs care. A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near St Andrew's Church or elsewhere in Tangmere, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Tangmere is about 3 miles east of Chichester, in West Sussex. For TR19 inspection in and around Tangmere, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us. We work across South East England and London, including Tangmere. Tangmere is one of 371 places in West Sussex we cover for TR19 inspection. You can also see our page for Portsmouth, roughly 16 miles from Tangmere.
Here we cover the PO20 and PO18 postcode area for TR19 inspection. If you need TR19 inspection at premises on Garland Square, Derwent Close and Jerrard Road or anywhere close by, we can help. Other places close to Tangmere include Boxgrove (1 mile north), Strettington (1 mile north-west), Oving (1 mile south), Halnaker (1 mile north) and Maudlin (1 mile west). Further out, we also cover Worthing (14 miles east), Bognor Regis (4 miles south), Chichester (3 miles west), Selsey (9 miles south), Littlehampton (8 miles east) and Emsworth (10 miles west).
Around Tangmere
In Tangmere, that means kitchens and buildings near Ormiston Six Villages Academy and Westbourne House School, among other places. The closest station to Tangmere is Chichester station, about 3.2 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include The Chichester City Museum (2.8 miles west) and Chichester Centre (2.5 miles west). For a walk, there’s Levin Down.
What affects the quote in Tangmere
The survey tells us what the work involves. The main factors are:
- The condition of the system
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- How big the system is
- Travel, parking and unloading
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before we start.
Asking for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from photos and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before work begins.
Multi-site and managed buildings
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. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too in Tangmere and across West Sussex. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
Keeping the system healthy
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
- Keep TR19 certificates, readings and reports together
- Flag changes in how much frying the kitchen does
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
Keep the verification report next to the certificate it relates to. Together they show the system was cleaned and checked.
Close the access gaps found during inspection, so grease isn’t left building in hidden parts.
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How the visit works
A visit follows the same order every time: protect the area, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the TR19 inspection, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. The visit itself takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. In a smaller place like Tangmere, parking is rarely the issue, but tell us about gates, roof access and opening hours.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- The same access points are opened up.
- We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
Before we arrive
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Ask for a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Add the site type and your opening hours, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
What your team can do, and what needs us
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
Staff cleaning does not replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
What we’re called out for in Tangmere
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.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
School kitchens, at schools like Tangmere Primary Academy for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Comparing quotes
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- If they look at the system before pricing
- How VAT is shown on the quote
Why act early in Tangmere
Surveying first means the clean goes to plan. Access problems are spotted in advance rather than on the night, so the clean covers the whole system. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before we start.
Why us?
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Fully insured
- Photo reports with every job
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
See what affects the cost and our accreditations.