Thurrock · TR19 inspections and grease testing
West Tilbury TR19 inspection
TR19 inspection for commercial sites in West Tilbury and across Thurrock. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
TR19 inspection in West Tilbury
Not every kitchen fits neatly into a calendar. Some kitchens build up grease faster than the minimum intervals assume, and only measurement shows it. Our readings give your risk assessment real numbers to work from. If you have systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements and insurers asking for TR19 evidence, we can help.
For a kitchen in or near West Tilbury, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, with full insurance on top.
- Place
- West Tilbury (RM18)
- Region
- Thurrock
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Questions from West Tilbury
Do you work in villages like West Tilbury?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, West Tilbury included. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in West Tilbury?
That’s Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
What should I send you?
Some photos and a quick description of the system, with the address and opening hours. We’ll ask for anything else we need.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, any time. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line and we will talk you through the next steps.
Do you work with multi-site operators?
Yes. One number covers all your sites in our area, with visits on a regular schedule.
How do you measure grease in a kitchen extract?
It’s a measurement of how much grease is coating the inside of the extract, by WFTT or DTT. The results are given in microns.
What is post-clean verification?
It’s an inspection after cleaning, to show what state the system was left in, whoever did the clean.
What do the grease readings need to be?
Under TR19® Grease, the mean thickness should not exceed 200 microns between cleans. 500 microns or more at any point calls for immediate spot cleaning.
Towns and villages near West Tilbury
Other services in West Tilbury
Looking after it afterwards
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep TR19 certificates, readings and reports together
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Keep access panels clear and unpainted
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
The report recommends when the system should next be cleaned and tested, from the measured grease and the kitchen’s hours.
Regular grease readings keep the cleaning interval honest. It shows if build-up is speeding up.
Different parts, different methods
Horizontal duct runs
Bends and long runs can hold heavy deposits, out of sight of the kitchen.
Extract fan and discharge
Grease builds up on the fan blades and inside the housing. We check and test them as part of the inspection.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
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 are happy to quote for all of it.
How the visit works
A visit follows the same order every time: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, carry out the TR19 inspection, tidy up and hand over the paperwork. On site, the work takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. Somewhere like West Tilbury, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- The same access points are opened up.
- We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
- We photograph each area to record how it was left.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
Getting a quote
For a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. A few pictures and your last certificate or report help a lot. You’ll normally have a quote within one working day.
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Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by TR19 inspection, and we’ll tell you before work begins. It will not put right:
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
If you are not sure, just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Deposit thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
- Access surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
Grease, kitchens and West Tilbury
At about 2 miles from the coast, West Tilbury is close enough for sea air to matter. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. Look up West Tilbury on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you’ll find about 8 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 16 takeaways and sandwich shops across West Tilbury and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Kitchens like these cook for very different hours, and grease testing shows which extracts need cleaning soonest. West Tilbury is covered by Essex County 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.
Where a hall near St James' Church, or anywhere in West Tilbury, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Orsett Hospital is the nearest hospital to West Tilbury, about 2.4 miles north-west. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Herringham Primary Academy or anywhere near West Tilbury, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
West Tilbury is about 3 miles east of Grays, in Thurrock. Sites in West Tilbury get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with photos. We cover 26 places across Thurrock, from busy centres to quieter spots. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page (16 miles or so).
Our technicians cover all of the RM18 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. You will find streets such as Church Road, Blue Anchor Lane and Rectory Road, and we cover them all for TR19 inspection. Other places close to West Tilbury include Biggin (1 mile west), Chadwell St Mary (1 mile north-west), Tilbury (2 miles south-west), Orsett Heath (2 miles north-west) and Little Thurrock (2 miles west). Larger places within reach include Stanford-le-Hope (4 miles north-east), South Ockendon (5 miles north-west), Balstonia (3 miles north-east), Corringham (4 miles north-east), Aveley (6 miles west) and South Stifford (4 miles west).
Near you in West Tilbury
In West Tilbury, that means kitchens and buildings near The Gateway Academy and The Kings Head pub, among other places. The nearest railway station is East Tilbury station, roughly 1 mile north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Orsett Hospital (2.4 miles north-west) and Walton Hall Museum (1.5 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Thurrock Thameside Nature Park and Sawyers Lake.
What happens if it’s left?
If there’s a fire or a claim, your insurer may ask for TR19 records. Without them, a claim can be reduced or refused. Getting an inspection done now starts that paper trail. Somewhere as small as West Tilbury, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
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’ll price it together.
What you get with us
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Photo reports with every job
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
Read how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.