Bingley · 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 Bingley, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Bingley
Bingley 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.
Right across Bingley, from Myrtle Walk through Ferncliffe Road to Gilstead, 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.
Kitchens are only half the work - we also strip the dry supply and extract ductwork of Bingley schools, offices and civic buildings, and the lint-choked dryer runs behind its hotels and care homes. It is the hardest-pressed kitchens - pub and hotel kitchens, cafe and curry-house kitchens, the busy town-centre takeaways and the staff canteens of its larger employers - that glaze their hidden ducting quickest, and that coating is the road a fire takes.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Bingley insurers and fire risk assessors expect - measured across the whole extract run, not just the visible mouth of the canopy.
The standard is written in film thickness: once grease reaches a set depth the run has to be cleaned and proven again. In the crowded roof voids off Myrtle Walk and Gilstead, a wipe of the canopy and filters never reaches the ductwork behind them, where the grease that carries fire quietly gathers. We work the whole Bingley run through hatches already in place and others we cut, bring it back to bright metal, note grease depths at fixed stations before and after, and certify to TR19 Grease with the closing figures logged.
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 Bingley hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Bingley
We are in Bingley's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
At a well-known Bingley gym and spa, matted fluff had narrowed the laundry dryer vent line to a fraction of its bore, pushing drying times up sharply. We stripped and vacuumed the full flexible dryer ducting, cleared the roof discharge and checked the airflow. Drying times dropped noticeably, the fire risk was gone, and the plant was left clean and ready to use. The manager kept us fuelled with bacon rolls through the morning.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Bingley kitchen these are the tells.
The tells are plain: steam that lingers, odours drifting back over the diners, drips off the canopy onto a Myrtle Walk line, a rim of grease at the filters, or a Bingley insurer or fire assessment wanting a TR19 certificate you cannot show. Frequency tracks the cooking load - a hard-frying Ferncliffe Road kitchen needs it far more often than a quiet cafe - and your certificate sets the date, so nothing is left to chance.
How it runs
Inspect the full Bingley 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 Gilstead 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 Bingley fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Bingley 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 Bingley 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 Myrtle Walk 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. A current TR19 Grease certificate is the evidence your Bingley insurer expects. Without it, a fire claim can be reduced or refused outright - an expensive gap to find after the event.
Hygiene and environmental health. Food hygiene inspections by City of Bradford Metropolitan 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 Myrtle Walk kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Ferncliffe Road cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
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 Gilstead conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a Myrtle Walk operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes. The fan at the top of a Gilstead 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.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Bingley offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the West Yorkshire hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Yes - from Myrtle Walk and Ferncliffe Road kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Bingley and the wider West Yorkshire.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Myrtle Walk and Ferncliffe Road kitchens, and around shift patterns at commercial and production sites, at no extra charge for out-of-hours work.
Local knowledge
Bowling Green Mills was built for worsted in 1871, its engine house and chimney still standing above the River Aire, and Damart has made thermal cloth there since buying the site in 1967. In its milling days that air hung thick with worsted lint and fibre dust; 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. What the old mill floor wore in plain sight, a fan run now carries out of view.
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