Bideford · 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 Bideford, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Bideford
Bideford rates dozens 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.
Right across Bideford, from Quay through Mill Street to Bridgeland Street, cooklines share tight roof space and vent through concealed ducting few operators ever see inside. We clean that entire path to the TR19 Grease standard, canopy through to fan, taking in the level pulls and the risers where grease settles thickest and a fire would run.
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 - riverside chip shops, pub kitchens and cafe griddles - build grease fastest in the concealed lengths where flame spreads.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Bideford 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 Quay and Bridgeland Street, 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 Bideford 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 Bideford hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Bideford
We are in Bideford's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A nursery kitchen in Bideford had a firm layer of grease built up through the horizontal duct run behind the canopy. We scraped and degreased the extract duct back to metal and cleaned the fryers while we were in, clearing the grease and carbon from the run to meet the TR19 Grease standard. We worked early mornings before the children arrived and issued the certificate on completion.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Bideford kitchen these are the tells.
Smells pushing back into the dining room, a canopy that drips onto a Quay cookline, extraction that no longer clears the steam, visible grease at the filter edges, or a Bideford insurer or fire risk assessment asking for a TR19 certificate you cannot produce. Cleaning frequency tracks use - a hard-frying Mill 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 Bideford 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 Bridgeland Street 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 Bideford fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Bideford 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 a Bideford 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 Quay 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 Bideford 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 Torridge District 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 Quay kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Mill Street cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a Quay operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes. The fan at the top of a Bridgeland Street or city-centre riser is where grease throws off the blades and the run ends - we degrease it and its housing, because a loaded fan is what finally stops a system pulling.
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 Bridgeland Street conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Quay and Mill Street kitchens, and around shift patterns at commercial and production sites, at no extra charge for out-of-hours work.
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 Quay and Bridgeland Street where the runs are long and awkward.
Yes - from Quay and Mill Street kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Bideford and the wider Devon.
Local knowledge
By the sixteenth century Bideford ranked among England's busiest ports, its quays thick with tobacco from the Americas and cod off the Newfoundland banks. Cargoes moved only because someone kept the holds and channels clear. Ductwork carries the same logic indoors: grease, dust and debris settle unseen in extract runs until airflow chokes and fire risk climbs. We open access panels the length of a system, clean ducting back to bare metal, and photograph each section before and after for the record.
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