Essex · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections and grease testing in Tye Green, Essex
Specialist TR19 inspection for Tye Green: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
How we handle TR19 inspection in Tye Green
BESA sets minimum cleaning intervals by daily use: heavy use (12 to 16 hours a day) every 3 months, moderate use (6 to 12 hours) every 6 months and light use (2 to 6 hours) every 12 months. Those are minimums, and grease readings help set the real interval. If you have heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts and uncertainty over how often to clean, we can put it right, from pre-clean surveys, access surveys and wet film thickness tests onwards.
For a kitchen in or near Tye Green, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, 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.
Good records are part of the job. Each visit is written up with photos, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s ready for an insurer, fire officer or EHO.
- Where
- Tye Green (CM77)
- Region
- Essex
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Do you need TR19 inspection in Tye Green?
Kitchens change: a new menu, longer hours or more frying can all add grease. The old cleaning schedule may not match the kitchen any more.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as William Julien Courtauld Hospital (about 2.3 miles north-west), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
What to look for in a quote
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether they’re fully insured
- When the next visit should be, and why
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
The process
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so the site can open as normal afterwards. On site, the work takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Tye Green.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- Grease readings are taken and pictures recorded.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
Preparing for the visit
- Clear the space around the work
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Ask for a quote
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, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
What TR19 inspection can’t fix
TR19 inspection cannot fix everything, and we will tell you before work begins. It will not put right:
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly before booking.
What the work covers
- Deposit thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Pre-clean surveys
TR19 inspection in Tye Green: the local picture
There are about 25 restaurants, cafés and works canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Tye Green, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Kitchens like these cook for very different hours, and grease testing shows which extracts need cleaning soonest. Tye Green sits within the area of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Food hygiene inspections in Tye Green are the job of Braintree council’s environmental health team. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Cressing Primary School or anywhere near Tye Green, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Commuter trade near Cressing station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands.
Tye Green is about 2 miles south-east of Braintree, in Essex. Whether your site is in the middle of Tye Green or further out, we cover TR19 inspection for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Tye Green is one of 644 towns, villages and districts in Essex where we work for commercial clients. We also work in Chelmsford, around 9 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: CM77. You will find streets such as Halls Grove, The Westering and Heycroft Drive, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Hawbush Green (1 mile east), Long Green (1 mile north), The Green (1 mile south-west), Black Notley (1 mile west) and White Notley (1 mile south). Further out, we also cover Colchester (14 miles east), Chelmsford (9 miles south-west), Maldon (10 miles south-east), Witham (4 miles south-east), Camulodunum (12 miles east) and Halstead (6 miles north).
Around Tye Green
Typical jobs here are in premises near Alec Hunter Academy and The Three Ashes pub and the streets around them. Tye Green has its own railway station: Cressing station. Well-known places in the area include Cressing Temple (1.6 miles south-east) and William Julien Courtauld Hospital (2.3 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Sandylay and Moat Woods.
Part by part
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
We test between services, early in the morning or after close so trading is not affected.
Horizontal duct runs
If a run has no access panel, we note it so panels can be added.
Leave it or put it right?
If a kitchen in Tye Green has been cleaned on the same calendar for years, there’s no way to know if that interval is right without measuring. Measured readings let a competent person set the interval. It’s worth booking a check, because nobody sees inside a duct day to day.
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You’ll have a fixed price before work begins.
What you get with us
- Each visit written up, with pictures
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- A fixed price before any work starts
- One number for every site across the South East and London
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 can quote for the whole system.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
Tye Green questions
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Tye Green?
Tye Green is in the area of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Records of extract cleaning are a sensible thing to have ready if a fire safety officer carries out an audit.
Is Tye Green within the area you cover?
Yes. Tye Green is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
What accreditations do you have?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
How much notice should we give?
Earlier is better, particularly for night and weekend visits. We usually quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7 for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
What happens if you cannot reach some of it?
We never leave them off the paperwork. The report says which parts couldn’t be reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Do you work out of hours?
Yes. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote and we’ll plan the visit around them.
How do you protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before work begins, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
What staff can safely do
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
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. Leave those to us.