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TR19 Inspection in Tottenham Green
Our technicians work in Tottenham Green on TR19 inspections, grease thickness testing, pre-clean surveys and post-clean verification. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with pictures as standard.
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
Questions from Tottenham Green
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Tottenham Green in the summer holidays?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. There are about 45 schools, colleges and universities on the FSA’s food hygiene register within about 1.5 miles of Tottenham Green. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Do you work at weekends in Tottenham Green?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in Tottenham Green can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
What is a WFTT or DTT grease test?
WFTT and DTT are the two methods for measuring grease thickness, in microns. We take readings at set points from canopy to fan.
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.
Are you accredited?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We have been trading since 2009 and we are fully insured.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Will you produce a report for our insurer?
Yes, for kitchens across the South East and London. Tell us what your insurer has asked for and we’ll set the report out to match.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, day and night, every day of the year. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, and the emergency line covers the rest.
About our TR19 inspection in Tottenham Green
A fixed schedule doesn’t always match how a kitchen really cooks. In a busy kitchen, grease can build faster than the minimum intervals allow for, and only measurement shows it. Our readings give your risk assessment real numbers to work from. The work covers insurer audits, access surveys and deposit thickness tests, and people most often call us about an insurer’s request for a TR19 audit and kitchens taken over with no cleaning records.
Kitchens in Tottenham Green, like many across London, can share a building with flats or offices, with the duct running up through shared risers. A duct fire there can reach parts of the building far from the range, which is why keeping it clean to TR19® matters.
The paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with pictures, listing what was done, anything we couldn’t reach and when the next visit is due. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Where
- Tottenham Green (N15, N17, N16)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
Where sections couldn’t be reached, the report says where access panels would help. Fitting them before the next clean means the whole system gets done.
Test grease regularly instead of relying on the calendar. It shows if build-up is speeding up.
What we do, step by step
We turn up at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool before we start, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. On site, it takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. Security desks and permits-to-work are routine in London, so let us know what your building in Tottenham Green needs from us.
- We agree a time when the kitchen is closed or quiet.
- The system is checked from canopy to discharge.
- We take WFTT or DTT readings at set points along the system.
- Each test point and any access problems are photographed.
- The findings go into a report with readings, pictures and a recommended next clean.
Preparing for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
Getting a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
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For landlords and multi-site operators
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Greater London. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
What your team can do, and what needs us
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
Part by part
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge at the end of the system is checked as well, since grease reaches the very end of the system.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
BESA’s minimum for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day is a clean every 3 months, and readings show whether that is enough.
TR19 inspection in Tottenham Green: the local picture
Food Standards Agency data counts about 338 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 125 takeaways across Tottenham Green and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Where they cook under a canopy, a grease reading is the way to tell whether the extract is due a clean. Kitchens in Tottenham Green get their food hygiene inspections from Haringey council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. London Fire Brigade covers Tottenham Green. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
A kitchen near Seven Sisters station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; North Middlesex University Hospital is the nearest hospital to Tottenham Green, about 1.9 miles north.
Tottenham Green is about 2 miles west of Walthamstow, in Greater London. Sites in Tottenham Green get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. Our Greater London coverage runs to 764 places, Tottenham Green among them. For sites nearby, see our London page, about 6 miles away.
TR19 inspection in N15, N17 and N16 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. If you need TR19 inspection at premises on Ida Road, High Road and Hale Road or anywhere close by, we can help. We also cover the places around Tottenham Green: South Tottenham (1 mile south), Seven Sisters (1 mile south), Tottenham Hale (1 mile east), St Ann's (1 mile south-west) and Broadwater Farm (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover London (6 miles south), City of Westminster (6 miles south-west), Marylebone (6 miles south-west), Kensington (8 miles south-west), St Pancras (5 miles south-west) and Shoreditch (4 miles south).
Landmarks near Tottenham Green
Around Tottenham Green, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Church of St Andrew, Gladesmore Community School and Ada College. Other local landmarks include The Beehive Public House (0.5 miles north) and Chestnuts Park (0.8 miles west). Tottenham Green has its own railway station: Seven Sisters station. Well-known places in the area include Markfield Beam Engine and Museum (0.6 miles south-east) and The Mall Wood Green (1.6 miles west). Not far away are Woodberry Wetlands and Hollow Pond.
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Signs you need TR19 inspection in Tottenham Green
When a site in Tottenham Green changes owner or cleaning contractor, the records don’t always follow. Without them, nobody knows how much grease is in the system or when it was last cleaned.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
Where a hall near Church of Holy Trinity, or anywhere in Tottenham Green, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Questions to ask before you book
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What paperwork you get at the end
When it’s something else
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so here are the limits:
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
If you’re not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer before you book.
What we work on in Tottenham Green
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Deposit thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits