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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Tilty, Essex
TR19 inspection for Tilty and the surrounding area: diagnosis first, then a fixed quote, the work and a report with photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Missing access panels found on survey
What affects the quote in Tilty
We do not publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- How big the system is
- Travel, parking and unloading
- What state the system is in
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Helping us quote
What to send for a quote:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The site address and the type of premises
- Your last certificate, test record or report
To get a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. A few photos and your last certificate or report help a lot. You will usually have a quote within one working day.
TR19 inspection in Tilty
After a clean, post-clean verification checks the result, with new readings and photos of the cleaned areas. It gives you evidence of how the system was actually left. If you are dealing with kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings and ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits, we can put it right.
Work in a small place like Tilty starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Think of the report as the system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Where
- Tilty (CM6)
- Region
- Essex
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
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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 hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
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.
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Tilty
Which fire service covers Tilty?
That’s Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Which environmental health team covers Tilty?
In Tilty, it’s Uttlesford council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. For many sites, pictures and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
What should I send you?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, along with a few photos and any previous report.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Protection goes down first: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
What grease levels does TR19 allow?
Two figures matter: a mean of no more than 200 microns between cleans, and 500 microns at any single point, which needs immediate spot cleaning. We show your readings against those figures.
Keeping the system healthy
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
- Do not box in or cover duct access panels
- Book the next test on the date in the report
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
If any reading is 500 microns or more, the report flags it for immediate spot cleaning, and we can arrange it.
Clean, correctly fitted filters stop more grease reaching the duct. Gaps around filters let grease get past them.
Tilty kitchens: local notes
Food Standards Agency records include about 4 bars, pubs and nightclubs in Tilty and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Kitchens in Tilty get their food hygiene inspections from Uttlesford council. 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. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service covers Tilty. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Mary the Virgin or elsewhere in Tilty, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Tilty (Horham Hall is about 2 miles north), fitting access panels needs care.
Tilty is about 3 miles north-west of Great Dunmow, in Essex. If you need TR19 inspection in Tilty, please ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, Tilty included. We cover 644 places across Essex, large and small. Chelmsford is in our area too, around 14 miles away.
TR19 inspection in CM6 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Duton Hill (1 mile north-east), Great Easton (1 mile south-east), Chickney (1 mile west), Sibley's Green (2 miles north-east) and Monk Street (2 miles north-east). Larger places within reach include Chelmsford (14 miles south-east), Braintree (10 miles east), Harlow (13 miles south-west), Witham (15 miles south-east), Saffron Walden (8 miles north-west) and Halstead (13 miles east).
Local landmarks in Tilty
Around Tilty, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Rising Sun Public House and the streets around them. The closest station to Tilty is Stansted Airport station, about 3.2 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Little Easton Moat (1.8 miles south). The countryside around Tilty includes West Wood.
Part by part
Horizontal duct runs
Grease can gather thickly at bends and along long runs, well away from where anyone looks.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Education kitchens need TR19 inspections like any other. Readings show if the interval is right.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
What happens on the day
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. The timing of a visit to Tilty is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- We agree a time when the kitchen is closed or quiet.
- We look over the canopy, plenum, ducts, fan and discharge.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points by WFTT or DTT.
- Each test point and any access problems are photographed.
- We send a report setting out the readings, pictures and next steps.
How to prepare
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Getting a quote
Want a quote for TR19 inspection? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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Honest limits
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
- Fan breakdowns, which need a repair visit
- Fire safety duties beyond the extract system
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll say what we think.
What we work on in Tilty
- Post-clean checks
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Deposit thickness tests