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TR19 inspections and grease testing in West Hampstead, Greater London
We cover West Hampstead for TR19 inspections and grease testing. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos on every job.
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Missing access panels found on survey
About our TR19 inspection in West Hampstead
Insurance policies often require evidence of TR19® cleaning and inspection. Missing records can lead to a claim being reduced or refused. A TR19 audit sets out the system’s condition, with readings and photos, for sites in West Hampstead and the rest of Greater London. Typical jobs include missing access panels found on survey and ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits, on post-clean checks, insurer audits and access surveys.
Across London, many commercial kitchens are squeezed into basements and narrow back-of-house spaces, and the duct may run up through several floors before it discharges at the roof. In West Hampstead, as elsewhere in the capital, a long duct run means more access points to open and more grease to remove.
Good records are part of the job. 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
- West Hampstead (NW3, NW6, NW2)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Leave it or put it right?
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 West Hampstead a current picture. It’s better booked as a planned job in West Hampstead than handled as an emergency.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That is why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before we start.
Why book with us
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- We are fully insured
See our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
How the job changes from site to site
Schools, hospitals and care homes
We fit testing around service times and school holidays to avoid disruption.
Horizontal duct runs
Grease can gather thickly at bends and along long runs, out of sight of the kitchen.
Looking after it afterwards
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, short and simple:
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
Any access problems we found are listed with a suggested fix. 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.
The process
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. Anything we couldn’t reach or that needs attention is pointed out there and then, and the same goes into the written report. All told, the work takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. Most London sites cannot stop for the day, so work in West Hampstead is usually done overnight, early in the morning or at weekends.
- 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.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Before we arrive
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
How to get a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
Related advice
For landlords and multi-site operators
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
West Hampstead kitchens: local notes
The Food Standards Agency lists about 51 pubs, bars and clubs and about 19 hotels and B&Bs as registered food businesses in West Hampstead and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. London Fire Brigade covers West Hampstead. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. It’s Camden council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in West Hampstead. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
If you cook for passing trade around Finchley Road & Frognal station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer. Where a hall near Presbyterian Church Of St Andrew, or anywhere in West Hampstead, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
West Hampstead is about 3 miles north-west of City of Westminster, in Greater London. For TR19 inspection in and around West Hampstead, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. We work across South East England and London, including West Hampstead. Across Greater London, we cover 764 places, and West Hampstead is one of them. London is in our area too, around 6 miles away.
Here we cover the NW3, NW6 and NW2 postcode area for TR19 inspection. TR19 inspection is available to premises on Mill Lane, Acol Road and Ajax Road and the roads around them. Main roads around West Hampstead include the A502, so getting to you is simple for TR19 inspection. Close by, we work in Fortune Green (1 mile west), Hampstead (1 mile east), Greenhill (1 mile east), Childs Hill (1 mile north-west) and Vale of Health (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include London (6 miles south-east), City of Westminster (3 miles south-east), Marylebone (3 miles south-east), Kensington (4 miles south), St Pancras (4 miles south-east) and Shoreditch (5 miles east).
Local landmarks in West Hampstead
Around West Hampstead, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near South Hampstead High School, Holly Bush pub and Kilburn Grange Park and the streets around them. West Hampstead has its own railway station: Finchley Road & Frognal station. Nearby you will also find Isokon Gallery (1.2 miles east) and New End Hospital (0.5 miles north-east). Not far away are Parliament Hill and Westbere Copse.
FAQs for West Hampstead
Do you work overnight in West Hampstead?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. That way a site in West Hampstead doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Who inspects food businesses in West Hampstead?
Kitchens in West Hampstead are inspected by Camden council’s environmental health officers. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Can you price the work without visiting?
In many cases, yes. Photos of the system and the access, plus your opening hours and last report, are often enough. Where we cannot see enough, we arrange a survey.
How often should grease be tested?
We suggest a next test date in every report, taking the readings and the kitchen’s hours into account. A risk assessment based on measured grease should set the interval.
What about areas you can’t get to?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
What do you do with what you remove?
It’s contained and taken away. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it doesn’t spread.
What happens on a pre-clean survey?
We survey, measure and photograph the system first. We can work from pictures and details, or visit, as suits the job.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Tell us the addresses and what each needs and you will get one fixed quote.
Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in West Hampstead
Sites vary more than people expect. The main factors:
- How big the system is
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Travel, parking and unloading
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before any work starts.
What we need to know
What to send for a quote:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- A few general shots of the system
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The site address and the type of premises
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, you get a fixed price before we start.
Signs you need TR19 inspection in West Hampstead
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers look to TR19® as the benchmark. TR19® itself is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and grease in the extract is part of that risk.
If you notice any of these, it’s worth a diagnosis:
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Checking the result of a recent clean
A hospital like New End Hospital, about 0.5 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Comparing quotes
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether VAT is included
- Proof of insurance