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TR19 Inspection in Witney
TR19 inspections and grease testing in Witney, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Call for a fixed quote.
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
FAQs for Witney
Which fire authority looks after Witney?
Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Witney. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Which environmental health team covers Witney?
In Witney, it’s West Oxfordshire council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
What is TR19?
It’s the industry benchmark for cleaning ventilation and kitchen extract systems, written by BESA. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Can you inspect our extract for our insurance company?
Yes. Many insurers ask for proof of TR19 cleaning and inspection, and an audit report gives you that, along with any actions needed.
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 rather than letting it spread.
Is TR19 a legal requirement?
No. TR19® is not law; it’s BESA’s specification. The law is the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must manage fire risk, and insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to TR19® as the benchmark.
What does TR19 inspection cost?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. To get one, call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
The report shows them clearly. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, which we can install.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Witney
A fixed schedule does not always match how a kitchen really cooks. In a busy kitchen, grease can build faster than the minimum intervals allow for, and only measurement shows it. We give your risk assessment measured figures rather than guesses. If you have extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean and insurers asking for TR19 evidence, we can help.
Many kitchens in a town like Witney were fitted into buildings built for something else, which can mean awkward duct routes, long flat runs and not enough access panels. Where the duct can’t be reached, new panels can be fitted, and anything left uncleaned is recorded on the report.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Location
- Witney (OX28, OX29)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
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Kitchen extracts in Witney
The FSA’s data shows about 20 pubs, bars and clubs and about 7 hotels and B&Bs registered in and around Witney, up to about a mile and a half out. A pub or hotel kitchen that cooks every day builds up grease in its extract like any other. Food hygiene inspections in Witney are the job of West Oxfordshire council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. The fire and rescue service for Witney is Oxfordshire 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.
If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Tower Hill Community Primary School or anywhere near Witney, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean. Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Minster Lovell Hall is about 1.9 miles north-west), access may need planning.
Witney is about 11 miles west of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. Anywhere in OX28, we can carry out TR19 inspection at your premises. Across Oxfordshire, we cover 443 places, and Witney is one of them. You can also see our page for Oxford, roughly 11 miles from Witney.
We cover every part of the OX28 and OX29 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the streets around it. If you need TR19 inspection at premises on Carpenters Square, High Street and Market Square or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Being close to the A40 and A415, Witney is simple for us to get to for TR19 inspection. Other places close to Witney include Cogges (1 mile east), Madley Park (1 mile east), Ducklington (1 mile south), High Cogges (2 miles east) and South Leigh (3 miles east). Larger places within reach include Oxford (11 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (12 miles south-east), Carterton (5 miles west), Wantage (14 miles south), Grove (13 miles south) and Faringdon (10 miles south-west). Witney is among the bigger places we cover in Oxfordshire for TR19 inspection.
Around Witney
Typical jobs here are in premises near Wood Green School, New Inn Public House and The Henry Box School and the streets around them. Witney’s nearest station is Finstock station, about 4.6 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Cogges Manor Farm Museum (0.6 miles east).
When to call us in Witney
Records can go missing when a business changes hands or contractors. With no history, the current state of the extract is a guess.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Witney Congregational Church, or anywhere in Witney, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
What your quote should include
- Whether they’re fully insured
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- How they set the interval to the next visit
How the job changes from site to site
Extract fan and discharge
We look at where the extract discharges outside, as grease can build up there too.
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Education kitchens need TR19 inspections like any other. Testing shows whether the interval suits.
How the visit works
Night work is normal for us. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. On site, the work takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. In a town like Witney, we normally work after closing or on a quiet day, so the site opens again on time.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- We open the access points used on the clean.
- 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.
How to prepare
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Clear loose items from the work area
How to get a quote
To get a fixed quote, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. 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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Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in Witney
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We look at:
- Parking and loading at the site
- The condition of the system
- How easy every part is to reach
- Any permits to work or inductions
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Helping us quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- The site address and the type of premises
- Any symptoms, from odd noises to smells or leaks
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Once you have those, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
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 each one has its own record.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.
What TR19 inspection cannot fix
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
- Mechanical faults in the extract
If in doubt, ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Insurer audits
Between visits
So the system stays in good health:
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Clean grease off the canopy between professional cleans
- Keep TR19 certificates, readings and reports together
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
Any access problems we found are listed with a suggested fix. Fitting them before the next clean means the whole system gets done.
Regular grease readings keep the cleaning interval honest. It shows if build-up is speeding up.