Hampshire · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Winchester TR19 inspection
Specialist TR19 inspection for Winchester: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
Winchester questions
Can you come to Winchester after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The work in Winchester can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Winchester in the summer holidays?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Food Standards Agency records list about 15 schools, colleges and universities with registered kitchens within about a mile and a half of Winchester. Send us your term dates when you call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email, and we’ll fit the work in.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Do you check other contractors’ cleans?
Post-clean verification is a check after a clean, with fresh grease readings and pictures. It can follow our own cleans or another contractor’s.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that cannot wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
When should we have our next grease test?
It depends on how heavily the kitchen cooks. BESA’s minimum cleaning intervals are every 3, 6 or 12 months for heavy, moderate and light use, and testing shows if your kitchen needs more.
What is grease thickness testing?
Readings are taken using the Wet Film Thickness Test or the Deposit Thickness Test, then compare them with the TR19® Grease figures.
TR19 inspection in Winchester
Many insurers ask for proof that kitchen extract systems are cleaned and inspected to TR19®. Without it, a claim can be refused or reduced. Our TR19 audits give sites in Winchester and across Hampshire a clear record of the system’s condition. Common call-outs are for checking the result of a recent clean and systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements, on access surveys, insurer audits and pre-clean surveys.
In the busier parts of Winchester, kitchens are often on the ground floor with flats or offices above, and the extract can climb several storeys before it discharges. Vertical risers like that need access panels in the right places, and anything we cannot reach goes on the report.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with photos of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
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How it works
The visit has three parts: getting the area ready, doing the work and signing it off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and photos. The middle part takes longest, and that takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. Where a site in Winchester has more than one system, we can take them one at a time to keep the rest running.
- The visit is arranged for when the kitchen isn’t busy.
- We look over the canopy, plenum, ducts, fan and discharge.
- Grease readings are taken at set points using WFTT or DTT.
- We photograph the test points and record any sections we can’t reach.
- You get a report with readings, pictures and recommendations.
Before we arrive
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Get a fixed quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before work begins.
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Different parts, different methods
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
BESA’s minimum for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day is a clean every 3 months, with testing showing whether more is needed.
Horizontal duct runs
Grease can gather thickly at bends and along long runs, out of sight of the kitchen.
TR19 inspection in Winchester: the local picture
Food Standards Agency records list about 121 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 29 takeaways and sandwich shops within about 1.5 miles of central Winchester. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. Fire safety in Winchester falls to Hampshire and Isle of Wight 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. Environmental health officers from Winchester City council inspect food businesses in Winchester. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
A kitchen near Winchester station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. Church and community hall kitchens, near St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate Church or anywhere around Winchester, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other.
Winchester is in Hampshire. Anywhere in SO22, we can take on TR19 inspection. Winchester is one of 683 towns, villages and districts in Hampshire where we work for TR19 inspection. You can also see our page for Southampton, roughly 10 miles from Winchester.
Every address in SO22, SO23, SO32 and SO21 is within our area for TR19 inspection, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Whether your site is on The Square, Market Street and Market Lane or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Main roads around Winchester include the A31 and A32, so getting to you is simple for TR19 inspection. Nearby, we also carry out TR19 inspection in Bar End (1 mile south-east), Highcliffe (1 mile east), Hyde (1 mile north), St Cross (1 mile south) and Stanmore (1 mile south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Eastleigh (6 miles south), Fareham (15 miles south), Andover (13 miles north-west), Totton (13 miles south-west), Chandler's Ford (6 miles south-west) and Hedge End (10 miles south). Winchester is one of the larger places we cover in Hampshire for TR19 inspection.
What’s near Winchester
In Winchester, that means kitchens and buildings near Peter Symonds College, The Green Man pub and Leigh House Hospital. The nearest railway station is Winchester station, about 0.6 miles north of the centre. Nearby you will also find Winchester City Museum (less than half a mile north-east) and St John's Rooms And Chapel (under half a mile east). For a walk, there’s Winnall Moors and Twyford Down.
What your team can do, and what needs us
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and pictures, so records stay tidy.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
Looking after it afterwards
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep the route to access panels clear
- Book the next test on the date in the report
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
Keep the verification report next to the certificate it relates to. Together they show the system was cleaned and checked.
Close the access gaps found during inspection, so grease is not left building in hidden parts.
Common problems we fix in Winchester
Some parts of a system are hard to reach, and grease can be missed there clean after clean. A survey finds the sections that can’t be reached, so panels can be fitted.
Common reasons sites call us include:
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Checking the result of a recent clean
For schools such as St Bede Church of England Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or pictures
- Proof of insurance
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- Whether inaccessible sections are listed on the report
Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in Winchester
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- Parking and loading at the site
- The scale of the work
- What state the system is in
- Whether several sites go on one quote
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
What to send for a quote
We can often survey from photos. The most useful are:
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Any previous report or certificate
- Problems your staff have spotted
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
We do not publish a price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To get going, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.