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TR19 Inspection in Tooting Bec
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Tooting Bec, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Tooting Bec
BESA sets minimum cleaning intervals by daily use: every 3 months for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day, every 6 months for moderate use of 6 to 12 hours, and every 12 months for light use of 2 to 6 hours. Those are minimums, and grease readings help set the real interval. If you are dealing with pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean and insurers asking for TR19 evidence, we can help.
London kitchens tend to trade late and open early, so work in Tooting Bec 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.
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers all look at records. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Tooting Bec (SW17, SW19, CR4)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How we price TR19 inspection
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. The main factors:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The scale of the work
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- What state the system is in
You won’t find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Asking for a quote
We can often survey from pictures. The most useful are:
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Any previous report or certificate
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
Photos are enough for some jobs, while others need a look on site. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in pictures, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
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 Tooting Bec a current picture. London buildings are shared, so a fire or failure in one system can reach the neighbours above and beside you.
What you pay depends on the size of the system, 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.
What you get with us
- Photo reports with every job
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations.
Questions from Tooting Bec
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Tooting Bec?
The local authority for Tooting Bec is Wandsworth council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Tooting Bec?
London Fire Brigade is the fire and rescue service for Tooting Bec. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Is TR19 cleaning the law?
No, not in itself. The Fire Safety Order 2005 still requires the responsible person to manage fire risk, which in a kitchen includes grease in the extract. Many insurers also expect TR19 cleaning.
What information do you need?
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.
Do you cover Tooting Bec?
Yes. Our area takes in London and the counties of South East England, Tooting Bec included.
Do you work out of hours?
Yes, and that’s how we prefer to work. The visit is timed for when the area isn’t in use, whether that’s late evening, overnight or a weekend.
What happens to the waste?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on rather than letting it spread.
Which accreditations do you hold?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
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Aftercare tips
Results last longer with the right care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Keep access panels clear and unpainted
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
You get a report with the grease readings, where they were taken and photos of each point. Keep it with your fire safety and TR19 records.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so the history is easy to show.
Part by part
Vertical risers
Risers carry the extract up through the building. Grease can run down and collect at the base, so we check there.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Heavy use under BESA guidance, 12 to 16 hours a day, means a clean at least every 3 months, and readings show whether that’s enough.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Tooting Bec
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We are happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
How the visit works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. Night and weekend working is normal for us in London, and a site in Tooting Bec is no exception.
- First we book a time that will not disrupt cooking.
- We look over the canopy, plenum, ducts, fan and discharge.
- Grease readings are taken at set points using WFTT or DTT.
- We photograph the test points and record any sections we cannot reach.
- You get a report with readings, pictures and recommendations.
Getting ready for the visit
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Move anything stored near the system
- Find the previous report, if there is one
How to get a quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and photos, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
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What we are called out for in Tooting Bec
Grease builds up as cooking vapour cools inside the extract. The thickest layers can sit out of sight in the plenum, at bends and along flat runs.
Common reasons sites call us are:
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Grove Hospital is the nearest hospital to Tooting Bec, about under half a mile south-west.
What your quote should include
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- When the next visit should be, and why
Kitchen extracts in Tooting Bec
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 582 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 136 takeaways across Tooting Bec and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Kitchens like these cook for very different hours, and grease testing shows which extracts need cleaning soonest. Kitchens in Tooting Bec get their food hygiene inspections from Wandsworth council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Tooting Bec sits within the area of London Fire Brigade. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
For schools such as St Boniface RC Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near St Augustine, or anywhere in Tooting Bec, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Tooting Bec is about 3 miles south-west of Stockwell, in Greater London. Every kind of commercial site in Tooting Bec, TR19 inspection is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, Tooting Bec among them. We also work in London, about 6 miles from Tooting Bec.
Our technicians cover all of SW17, SW19 and CR4 for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. You’ll find streets such as Vant Road, Byton Road and Avarn Road, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Tooting (1 mile south-east), Colliers Wood (1 mile south), Furzedown (1 mile east), Summerstown (1 mile north-west) and Streatham Park (1 mile east). Further out, we also cover London (6 miles north-east), City of Westminster (6 miles north), Marylebone (6 miles north), Kensington (5 miles north), St Pancras (7 miles north) and Shoreditch (8 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Tooting Bec
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Wandle Park, King's Head pub and Ernest Bevin College. The nearest railway station is Tooting station, about 0.6 miles south. Nearby you will also find Grove Hospital (within half a mile south-west) and Southside Wandsworth (2.1 miles north-west). Not far away are Henman Hill and Battersea Park Lake.