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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Upton, Slough
Need TR19 inspection in Upton? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and photos.
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Upton
BESA’s minimum cleaning frequencies depend on how long the kitchen cooks each day: 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. Common call-outs are for heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts and checking the result of a recent clean, across insurer audits, access surveys and pre-clean surveys.
In a smaller place like Upton, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, with the duct running through a roof space or up an outside wall. Flat runs collect grease and need proper access to clean.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- Upton (SL1, SL3, SL2)
- Wider area
- Slough
- Reporting
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
What your team can do, and what needs us
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. That’s our job.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
What a clean won’t put right
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
- Mechanical faults in the extract
If you are not sure, just call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
Where we work
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in Upton
The price is fixed before any work begins. It takes into account:
- Travel, parking and unloading
- The scale of the work
- A single visit or a regular plan
- The times the site is available
You will not find a price list here, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll explain what it covers.
Helping us quote
You don’t need the technical terms. Just send:
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Upton
Can you work in Upton outside opening hours?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. That way a site in Upton does not have to lose a day’s trading. Just call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Can you get to a site in Upton?
Yes. Upton is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together as one programme. Every site has its own report.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
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.
Are you accredited?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
What types of premises do you cover?
Restaurants and pubs, hotels, schools and colleges, hospitals and care homes, offices and retail, as well as food production and leisure sites.
Can you quote from photos?
Normally, yes. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and we normally come back within one working day. If pictures are not enough, we will survey first.
What is post-clean verification?
After a clean, we take new readings and photos to show how the system was left. It works whoever carried out the clean.
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What the work involves, part by part
Extract fan and discharge
We look at where the extract discharges outside, since grease reaches the very end of the system.
Canopy and plenum
Behind the filters, the plenum catches plenty of grease. Readings and pictures are taken in the plenum as part of every survey.
Why act early in Upton
Without readings, you are guessing when to clean. If grease reaches 500 microns anywhere, TR19® Grease calls for immediate spot cleaning, and you can only act on that if you’ve measured it. You choose the date of a planned visit, and a breakdown never asks.
Combining work into one visit or one programme can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Why us?
- We are fully insured
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- A written report with pictures after every visit
See how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
What we are called out for in Upton
Menus, opening hours and cooking styles change over time, and more frying or longer hours mean more grease. The old cleaning schedule may not match the kitchen any more.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Upton Hospital is the nearest hospital to Upton, about under half a mile north-west.
Before booking anyone
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
The process
On the day, we arrive at the time agreed with you, which is often after service, overnight or at a weekend. Equipment that has to be off is switched off and allowed to cool first, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. On site, it takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. Getting to the system matters more than parking in a place like Upton, so let us know how to reach it.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- The same access points are opened up.
- Grease readings are taken again at set points.
- We photograph each area to record how it was left.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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What TR19 inspection looks like in Upton
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 18 pubs and bars and about 10 hotels, B&Bs and guest houses within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Upton. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Fire safety in Upton falls to Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. In Upton, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Slough council. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Term dates shape school work: for a school like St Mary's Church of England Primary School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break. Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Laurence or anywhere around Upton, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Upton is about 1 mile south-east of Slough, in Slough. Every kind of commercial site in Upton, we can take on TR19 inspection. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so trading isn’t interrupted. Our area takes in 31 places across Slough, large and small. We also work in Reading, around 17 miles away.
We cover every part of the SL1, SL3 and SL2 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. We cover sites on Mere Road, Upton Road and High Street and nearby roads. Main roads around Upton include the M4 and A332, so getting to you is simple for TR19 inspection. Other places close to Upton include Middlegreen (2 miles east), Langley (2 miles east), George Green (2 miles north-east), Wexham Court (2 miles north) and Wexham Street (3 miles north). Further out, we also cover Britwell (3 miles north-west), Burnham (3 miles north-west), Stoke Poges (3 miles north), Huntercombe (3 miles north-west), Farnham Common (4 miles north) and Farnham Royal (3 miles north-west). Upton is among the bigger places we cover in Slough for TR19 inspection.
Landmarks near Upton
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Red Cow Public House, Upton Court Grammar School and Long Close School and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Slough station, about 0.6 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Windsor Castle (1.5 miles south-west) and Museum of Eton Life (1.2 miles south-west). Not far away are Stoke Common and Taplow Lake.