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TR19 inspections and grease testing in West Horsley, Surrey
TR19 inspection for businesses, landlords and public buildings in West Horsley. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
Do you need TR19 inspection in West Horsley?
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers look to TR19® as the benchmark. It isn’t legislation; the legal duty comes from the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping grease under control.
Keep an eye out for these warning signs:
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
If you run a café or takeaway near Horsley station, early starts and late finishes leave little time to clean, so overnight extract cleaning suits.
What your quote should include
- Whether a survey comes first
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- What records you will receive afterwards
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
TR19 inspection in West Horsley, done properly
Think of a TR19 inspection as the diagnosis before the treatment. We look at the system, take grease readings and photograph what we find, so the quote and the clean fit the real system. Common call-outs are for checking the result of a recent clean and missing TR19 certificates or history, across wet film thickness tests, insurer audits and access surveys.
In a smaller place like West Horsley, many kitchens sit in older buildings or later extensions, where the duct may cross a roof void or climb an outside wall. Long horizontal runs like that hold grease and need access panels to reach.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with photos of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal, ready for your insurer.
- Location
- West Horsley (KT24, GU23)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
How the visit works
Everything the job needs comes with us, including protection sheets, the right tools and access kit. All we need from you is clear access and the right equipment switched off. On site, the work takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. In a smaller place like West Horsley, parking is rarely the issue, but tell us about gates, roof access and opening hours.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- We open the access points used on the clean.
- We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
Before we arrive
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
How to get a quote
Want a quote for TR19 inspection? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before anything is booked.
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Aftercare tips
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Keep TR19 certificates, readings and reports together
- Clean grease off the canopy between professional cleans
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
- Flag oily drips near the extract
The report recommends when the system should next be cleaned and tested, from the measured grease and the kitchen’s hours.
Test grease regularly instead of relying on the calendar. It shows if build-up is speeding up.
TR19 inspection in West Horsley: the local picture
Food Standards Agency records list about 10 restaurants, cafés and canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of West Horsley. Where they cook under a canopy, a grease reading is the way to tell whether the extract is due a clean. Kitchens in West Horsley get their food hygiene inspections from Guildford council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. The fire and rescue service for West Horsley is Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Woking Community Hospital is the nearest hospital to West Horsley, about 5.2 miles north-west. If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Mary the Virgin or elsewhere in West Horsley, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event.
West Horsley is about 6 miles west of Leatherhead, in Surrey. Across the KT24 area, we cover TR19 inspection for commercial sites. We cover 395 places across Surrey, from busy centres to quieter spots. Our Guildford page covers sites nearby (6 miles or so).
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: KT24 and GU23. You will find streets such as The Street, Woodside and Long Reach, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. West Horsley sits on or near the A246 and B2039, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. We also cover East Horsley (1 mile east), Ockham (2 miles north), East Clandon (2 miles south-west), Effingham (2 miles east) and Ripley (3 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Guildford (6 miles west), Woking (6 miles north-west), Camberley (13 miles west), Epsom (9 miles north-east), Horley (14 miles south-east) and Redhill (13 miles east).
Local landmarks in West Horsley
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around Howard of Effingham School, The Barley Mow pub and The Forest and the Highlands. The nearest railway station is Horsley station, roughly 0.7 miles east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Woking Community Hospital (5.2 miles north-west) and Send and Ripley History Society Museum (2.4 miles north-west). Green spaces nearby include St Martha's Hill and Papercourt Marshes.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
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.
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, alongside our reports.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Where a tenant occupies the premises but the landlord owns the building, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We’re happy to deal with either side, and the report can go to both.
Facilities teams in offices, schools and healthcare sites book us too across Surrey. Larger estates can be phased building by building to keep disruption down.
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Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in West Horsley
The price is fixed before any work begins. It’s based on:
- The times the site is available
- The number of sites or systems
- Parking and loading at the site
- The size of the system
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
When you call or email, it’s useful to have:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The postcode and the type of business
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and pictures, and we normally reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Questions from West Horsley
Which environmental health team covers West Horsley?
That is Guildford council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in West Horsley. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Do you work at weekends in West Horsley?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. That way a site in West Horsley doesn’t have to lose a day’s trading. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, every time. We diagnose before we treat: the survey shows what needs doing and what access we need and the fixed quote is built on it.
What happens to the waste?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
What is grease thickness testing?
It’s a measurement of how much grease is coating the inside of the extract, using the Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or Deposit Thickness Test (DTT). Each reading is recorded in microns.
What does a pre-clean survey involve?
We survey, measure and photograph the system first. We can work from pictures and details, or visit, whichever suits the system.
Do you check other contractors’ cleans?
Post-clean verification is a check after a clean, with fresh grease readings and photos. It can follow our own cleans or another contractor’s.
Part by part
Canopy and plenum
Clean-looking filters do not mean a clean plenum. That’s why we test behind them.
Extract fan and discharge
We look at where the extract discharges outside, since grease reaches the very end of the system.