Bridport · 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 Bridport, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Bridport
Bridport 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 Bridport, from East Street through West Street to West Bay Road, 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.
Beyond the kitchens, we clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in hotels and care homes. High-output kitchens - seafront chip shops, pub kitchens and holiday-park canteens - lay grease down fast in exactly the concealed sections where a fire travels.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Bridport 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 East Street and West Bay Road, 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 Bridport 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 Bridport hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Bridport
We are in Bridport's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A family-run public toilet block in Bridport had the washroom extract all but stopped, with fine dust matting the extract grilles. We cleaned the ceiling grilles, brushed the branch runs and checked the fan impeller was pulling properly. Airflow came back up to standard and the ground-floor washrooms felt fresh again, with the system left clean throughout.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Bridport kitchen these are the tells.
A canopy dripping onto an East Street cookline, cooking smells forced back to the tables, extraction that no longer clears the steam, grease showing at the filter edges, or a Bridport insurer or fire risk assessor wanting a TR19 certificate you have not got. How often it needs doing follows how hard you cook - a fast-frying West Street kitchen far more than a daytime cafe - and the certificate names the interval, so the next visit is booked, not guessed.
How it runs
Inspect the full Bridport 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 West Bay Road 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 Bridport fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Bridport 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 Bridport 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 an East 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. A live TR19 Grease certificate is what a Bridport insurer treats as evidence the system is maintained. Miss it and a fire claim may be reduced or refused - an expensive surprise once the damage is done.
Hygiene and environmental health. Food hygiene inspections by Dorset 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 East Street kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime West Street 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 West Bay Road conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Bridport run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a West Street cookline is back in service for the next shift.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence an East Street operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes - from East Street and West Street kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Bridport and the wider Dorset.
Yes. The fan at the top of a West Bay Road 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.
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 East Street and West Bay Road where the runs are long and awkward.
Local knowledge
Bridport's streets are unusually wide, and the long plots behind them - the old rope-walks - were where spun yarn was laid out and stretched to length. That open weave of alleys and gardens still shapes the town centre. Kitchens and workshops packed into those historic buildings hide their ductwork above ceilings and behind walls, where grease and dust settle unseen. We clean and photograph extract ductwork end to end, so the fire risk built into old fabric does not go unrecorded.
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