Ashton-in-Makerfield · TR19 Grease
We clean the full commercial duct run - grease, dry and laundry ductwork, canopy to roof fan - for kitchens, offices and industrial sites across Ashton-in-Makerfield, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Ashton-in-Makerfield
Ashton-in-Makerfield rates hundreds of food premises, and behind a large share sits an extract duct a canopy clean never reaches - plus the dry ductwork and air-handling that keep its offices and public buildings running.
From Gerard Street to Bryn Street and Stubshaw Cross, the town's cooklines vent through long hidden ducting that climbs to a roof fan. We clean it end to end to the TR19 Grease standard - not just the canopy, but the flat and rising sections where grease really collects.
The same crews clean dry ventilation and air-handling ductwork in offices, schools and civic buildings, plus the combustible lint runs behind hotel and care-home dryers. High-turnover sites - takeaway and chip-shop kitchens, pub and restaurant kitchens, school and canteen kitchens and the busy town-centre cafes - build grease fastest in the concealed lengths where flame spreads.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Ashton-in-Makerfield insurers and fire risk assessors expect - measured across the whole extract run, not just the visible mouth of the canopy.
Grease is measured by thickness, and the standard sets the depth at which a system must be cleaned and re-tested. Around Gerard Street and Stubshaw Cross, where the concealed runs thread through mixed roof voids, a canopy-and-filter wipe leaves the ductwork itself - the long hidden sections where grease accumulates and a fire travels - untouched. We access the full Ashton-in-Makerfield run through existing and newly fitted inspection hatches, clean to bare metal, record before-and-after grease-depth readings at set points, and issue a TR19 Grease certificate with a post-clean depth record.
By system
The fire risk. Fried-food extract coats duct walls in combustible grease; cleaned canopy to fan and certified to TR19 Grease.
Supply and general extract in offices and public buildings, carrying dust and debris that throttles airflow and loads the air-handling unit; cleaned to TR19.
The hidden one. Tumble-dryer ducting packs with lint - highly combustible - in Ashton-in-Makerfield hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Ashton-in-Makerfield
We are in Ashton-in-Makerfield's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A well-known apartment block in Ashton-in-Makerfield had its communal waste chute lined with built-up grime and pushing a strong odour into the refuse room. We washed the chute from the top with a rotary jet, then disinfected and deodorised the refuse room. The chute was left clean and sanitised, the odour in the bin store cleared and the site spotless. We left before-and-after photos and a test report for the insurance file.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Ashton-in-Makerfield kitchen these are the tells.
Smells pushing back into the dining room, a canopy that drips onto a Gerard Street cookline, extraction that no longer clears the steam, visible grease at the filter edges, or an Ashton-in-Makerfield insurer or fire risk assessment asking for a TR19 certificate you cannot produce. Cleaning frequency tracks use - a hard-frying Bryn Street kitchen needs it far more often than a daytime cafe - and your certificate states the interval, so the next clean is never a guess.
How it runs
Inspect the full Ashton-in-Makerfield run, find the access gaps in the concealed sections, agree scope and frequency.
Fit inspection hatches where the run is sealed - common in the older Stubshaw Cross conversions - and protect the kitchen.
Canopy to roof fan, down to bare metal, with before-and-after grease-depth evidence.
TR19 Grease certificate, grease-depth record and next-due date for your Ashton-in-Makerfield fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Ashton-in-Makerfield operator to keep ductwork clean, and they reinforce one another.
Fire safety law. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person for an Ashton-in-Makerfield premises must assess and manage fire risk. A grease-laden duct is one of the most serious risks in any catering building, because a flare-up on a Gerard Street cookline can travel the ductwork and spread fire through concealed voids. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the HSE reinforce the same duty of care.
Insurance. Your Ashton-in-Makerfield insurer expects a current TR19 Grease certificate as proof the duct is clean. Without one, a fire claim can be cut back or turned down altogether - a costly thing to find only after a fire.
Hygiene and environmental health. Food hygiene inspections by Wigan Council take in the condition of the building, ventilation included, so a grease-laden system can cost you on the rating an Environmental Health Officer awards - never mind the smell and the dropping extraction your kitchen team works under.
It is set by cooking hours under TR19 Grease - roughly every three months for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day, every six for moderate, every twelve for light. A hard-frying Gerard Street kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Bryn Street cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Ashton-in-Makerfield run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a Bryn Street cookline is back in service for the next shift.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Gerard Street and Bryn Street kitchens, and around shift patterns at commercial and production sites, at no extra charge for out-of-hours work.
We fit compliant access panels where the ductwork has none, so every internal section can be reached, cleaned, inspected and certified - common in the older Stubshaw Cross conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
The full run, canopy through the concealed horizontal and vertical ductwork to the roof fan - the hidden sections a canopy-only clean leaves loaded, which matters in the tight stock around Gerard Street and Stubshaw Cross where the runs are long and awkward.
Yes - from Gerard Street and Bryn Street kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Ashton-in-Makerfield and the wider Greater Manchester.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Ashton-in-Makerfield offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Greater Manchester hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Local knowledge
Ashton-in-Makerfield sat on the Lancashire Coalfield, and by 1867 there were thirteen collieries in the district, the Garswood Hall and Park pits working on until the 1950s. Pit air was thick with coal dust and firedamp, and the danger was real - many of the 189 men and boys killed in the Wood Pit disaster at neighbouring Haydock in 1878 lie in Ashton's churchyards. Modern premises hide their dust inside sealed ductwork instead, where grease and debris build unseen until airflow fails or fire finds a path. We clean and inspect ventilation and extract ductwork across the town, then hand over photographic before-and-after evidence of every run.
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