Windsor and Maidenhead · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in The Village
We cover The Village for TR19 inspections, grease thickness testing, pre-clean surveys and post-clean verification. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
The process
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. All told, 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. If you can send pictures, we can arrive in The Village knowing what to expect.
- First we book a time that won’t disrupt cooking.
- The system is checked from canopy to discharge.
- We take WFTT or DTT readings at set points along the system.
- Photos are taken at each point, and access gaps noted.
- The findings go into a report with readings, photos and a recommended next clean.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Move anything stored near the system
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Getting a quote
Getting a quote doesn’t take long. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
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TR19 inspection in The Village
Insurance policies often require evidence of TR19® cleaning and inspection. Missing records can lead to a claim being reduced or refused. A TR19 audit sets out the system’s condition, with readings and pictures, for sites in The Village and the rest of Windsor and Maidenhead. If you have missing access panels found on survey and pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean, we can put it right, from post-clean checks, deposit thickness tests and pre-clean surveys onwards.
In a small place like The Village, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, 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.
- Where
- The Village (SL4)
- Wider area
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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 pictures.
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
FAQs for The Village
Do you cover smaller places like The Village?
Yes, The Village is part of our area, however small the site. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Which council inspects kitchens in The Village?
The local authority for The Village is Windsor and Maidenhead council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Why survey before a clean?
The survey covers the whole system, grease readings and access to each section. From it, we plan the clean and quote a fixed price.
Can you verify a clean after it’s been done?
A post-clean check records grease readings and pictures after the work, whoever did the clean.
What does TR19 mean?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extracts and TR19® Air for supply and extract systems. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. We always survey first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
How much notice should we give?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
Do you need TR19 inspection in The Village?
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers look to TR19® as the benchmark. It isn’t legislation; the legal duty comes from the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and grease in the extract is part of that risk.
The symptoms we’re asked about most include:
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; King Edward VII Hospital is the nearest hospital to The Village, about 2.3 miles north-east.
Questions to ask before you book
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
What a clean won’t put right
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- Fire safety duties beyond the extract system
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think before you book.
Where we work
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Wet film thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
TR19 inspection around The Village
The Village, about 24 miles from central London, is within our usual area. A survey and a fixed quote come first, then the visit at a time that suits you. Environmental health officers from Windsor and Maidenhead council inspect food businesses in The Village. 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.
School kitchens, at schools like Windsor Girls' School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around The Village (St Leonard's Hill is about 1.7 miles north), fitting access panels needs care.
The Village is about 2 miles south of Windsor, in Windsor and Maidenhead. Across the SL4 area, we cover TR19 inspection for commercial sites. Our Windsor and Maidenhead coverage runs to 57 places, and The Village is one of them. There’s also a page for Guildford, about 14 miles away.
Here we cover the SL4 postcode area for TR19 inspection. TR19 inspection is available to premises on Sheet Street Road and Forest Road and the roads around them. We also cover Cranbourne (1 mile west), Woodside (1 mile south-west), Plaistow Green (2 miles west), Cheapside (2 miles south) and Brookside (2 miles south-west). Further out, we also cover Maidenhead (7 miles north-west), Boyn Hill (6 miles north-west), North Ascot (3 miles south-west), Cookham (9 miles north-west), Furze Platt (8 miles north-west) and Broomhall (4 miles south).
What’s near The Village
Typical jobs here are in premises near Windsor Great Park. The Village’s nearest station is Windsor & Eton Central station, roughly 3 miles north-east. Other landmarks nearby include Windsor Castle (3.1 miles north-east) and King Edward VII Hospital (2.3 miles north-east). Open spaces near The Village include Bray Pit and Virginia Water Lake.
What affects the quote in The Village
You’ll get a fixed price before work begins. It’s based on:
- The condition we find in the survey
- How easy every part is to reach
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- Any permits to work or inductions
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and the price is agreed before we start.
Asking for a quote
What to send for a quote:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The postcode and the type of business
- Problems your staff have spotted
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Nearby places to The Village
Other services in The Village
What happens if it’s left?
An EHO visit, an insurance renewal or a fire risk assessment is a bad time to find your extract records are thin. An inspection now gives a site in The Village a current picture. A planned visit to The Village is easier to arrange than an emergency callout.
Leaving it longer rarely makes the work cheaper. Build-up, wear and faults tend to get worse, not better, which can make the next visit longer. If you are unsure, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line for straight advice and a fixed quote.
Why us?
- We are fully insured
- Trading since 2009
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London