Oxfordshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections in Watlington
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Watlington, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Watlington
A grease test measures how thick the grease is inside a kitchen extract system. Readings are taken at set points using the Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or the Deposit Thickness Test (DTT). From the numbers, you can see whether cleaning is due. The work covers pre-clean surveys, access surveys and post-clean checks, and people most often call us about post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean and extracts that have never been grease tested.
Size does not change the work: a kitchen in a place like Watlington gets the whole system cleaned, canopy to discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we carry full insurance.
- Location
- Watlington (OX49)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before work begins
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
When to call us in Watlington
When a site in Watlington changes owner or cleaning contractor, the records don’t always follow. With no history, the current state of the extract is a guess.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Leonard, or anywhere in Watlington, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Proof of insurance
Watlington questions
Which environmental health team covers Watlington?
The local authority for Watlington is South Oxfordshire council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Can you come to Watlington after we close?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. It means the site in Watlington keeps running as normal. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we’ll book within them.
What if parts of the system cannot be reached?
The report shows them clearly. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, which we can install.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Usually, yes. Send a few wide pictures plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and we typically come back within one working day. If pictures aren’t enough, we’ll survey first.
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.
What happens on a pre-clean survey?
We check the layout, the grease levels and the access, before anyone starts cleaning. Any access problems are flagged so they can be sorted first.
Can you verify a clean after it’s been done?
A post-clean check records grease readings and pictures after the work, whoever did the clean.
How often should a kitchen extract be inspected?
Often enough to know the mean stays under 200 microns between cleans. If readings rise, the interval should shorten.
TR19 inspection in Watlington: the local picture
Look up Watlington on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 7 restaurants, cafés and canteens in and around Watlington, up to about a mile and a half out. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. Environmental health officers from South Oxfordshire council inspect food businesses in Watlington. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand. Fire safety in Watlington falls to Oxfordshire 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.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Watlington (Adwell House is about 3.2 miles north), fitting access panels needs care. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Watlington Primary School or anywhere near Watlington, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Watlington is about 7 miles south of Thame, in Oxfordshire. If you need TR19 inspection in Watlington, please phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, Watlington included. Watlington is one of 443 places in Oxfordshire we cover for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Oxford page, about 12 miles away.
Here we cover the OX49 postcode area for TR19 inspection. Streets in the area include High Street, Brookside and Quarrington Place, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. With the B480 and B4009 close by, Watlington is simple for us to get to at any hour. Nearby, we also carry out TR19 inspection in Pyrton (1 mile north), Britwell Salome (1 mile south-west), Brightwell Baldwin (2 miles west), Ewelme (3 miles south-west) and Chalgrove (3 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Oxford (12 miles north-west), Didcot (10 miles west), Abingdon-on-Thames (12 miles west), Thame (7 miles north), Henley-on-Thames (9 miles south-east) and Benson (4 miles west).
Landmarks near Watlington
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to St Mary's Church, Royal Oak pub and Icknield Community College, among other places. Not far away are Aston Rowant NNR and Bald Hill.
For landlords and multi-site operators
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 pictures, so each one has its own record.
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, the lease normally sets out who maintains what. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
Towns and villages near Watlington
Also in Watlington
What affects the quote in Watlington
Your quote is based on your site. We consider:
- The condition of the system
- Parking and loading at the site
- How big the system is
- Whether several sites go on one quote
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 will talk you through it.
What we need to know
To speed up the quote, please include:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Your last certificate, test record or report
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.
What the work involves, part by part
Extract fan and discharge
Grease builds up on the fan blades and inside the housing. They’re included in the readings and photos.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
We test between services, early in the morning or after close so trading isn’t affected.
Honest limits
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer before booking.
Where we work
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
- Deposit thickness tests
- Insurer audits
How it works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. A site near Watlington normally has room to park, so the questions are about access to the system and your hours.
- The visit is arranged for when the kitchen isn’t busy.
- The system is checked from canopy to discharge.
- We take WFTT or DTT readings at set points along the system.
- Photos are taken at each point, and access gaps noted.
- You get a report with readings, pictures and recommendations.
Before we arrive
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Tell us where we can park and unload
Ask for a quote
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with a few details about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.