Brighton · 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 Brighton, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Brighton
Brighton rates around 2,960 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 Preston Street to Church Road and North Laine, 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.
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 - the two universities, the Royal Sussex County Hospital, the Amex Stadium and the city hotels - lay grease down fast in exactly the concealed sections where a fire travels.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Brighton 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 Preston Street and North Laine, 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 Brighton 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 Brighton hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Brighton
We are in Brighton's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A boutique hotel in Brighton had fine linen lint getting past the primary screens and coating the inside of the shared vertical laundry riser. We ran pneumatic skip nozzles down the riser to sweep the lint into a containment unit and wet-wiped the main fan scroll, taking away the risk of lint sparks travelling into the guest floors through the laundry extraction. We did it during the hotel's quietest week so guests had complete peace.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Brighton kitchen these are the tells.
A canopy dripping onto a Preston Street cookline, cooking smells forced back to the tables, extraction that no longer clears the steam, grease showing at the filter edges, or a Brighton 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 Church Road 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 Brighton 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 North Laine 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 Brighton fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Brighton 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 Brighton 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 Preston 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 Brighton 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 Brighton and Hove City 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 Preston Street kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Church Road cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Yes. The fan at the top of a North Laine 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 - from Preston Street and Church Road kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Brighton and the wider East Sussex.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a Preston Street operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Brighton offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the East Sussex hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
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 Preston Street and North Laine where the runs are long and awkward.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Preston Street and Church Road kitchens, and around shift patterns at commercial and production sites, at no extra charge for out-of-hours work.
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