Bromborough · 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 Bromborough, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Bromborough
Bromborough 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.
The city's kitchens sit in tight, mixed stock - Allport Lane, The Rake, Dibbinsdale Road - with long concealed duct runs up to roof fans. We clean the full run to the TR19 Grease standard, canopy to fan, including the horizontal and vertical sections a canopy-only clean leaves coated.
Kitchens are only half the work - we also strip the dry supply and extract ductwork of Bromborough schools, offices and civic buildings, and the lint-choked dryer runs behind its hotels and care homes. It is the hardest-pressed kitchens - pub carveries, retail-park fast-food kitchens, takeaways and the staff canteens of the port estate - that glaze their hidden ducting quickest, and that coating is the road a fire takes.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Bromborough 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 Allport Lane and Dibbinsdale Road, 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 Bromborough 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 Bromborough hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Bromborough
We are in Bromborough's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
Spilled bin liquids had caked the refuse chute at a refurbished Bromborough sheltered-housing block, drawing flies and odour into the bin store. I sent a high-pressure rotating wash head down the chute, then disinfected and deodorised the full run. The residue and smell were gone, the chute left smooth and hygienic, and the difference was obvious straight away. I gave the concierge a few tips on keeping things clear between visits.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Bromborough kitchen these are the tells.
The tells are plain: steam that lingers, odours drifting back over the diners, drips off the canopy onto an Allport Lane line, a rim of grease at the filters, or a Bromborough insurer or fire assessment wanting a TR19 certificate you cannot show. Frequency tracks the cooking load - a hard-frying The Rake 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 Bromborough 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 Dibbinsdale 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 Bromborough fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Bromborough 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 Bromborough 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 Allport Lane 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 Bromborough 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. Wirral Council food hygiene inspections assess the physical condition of premises, ventilation included. A grease-clogged system can count against the rating an Environmental Health Officer awards, quite apart from the smell and the falling extract performance your staff have to work in.
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 Allport Lane kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime The Rake cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Bromborough offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Merseyside hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Yes - from Allport Lane and The Rake kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Bromborough and the wider Merseyside.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Allport Lane and The Rake kitchens, and around shift patterns at commercial and production sites, at no extra charge for out-of-hours work.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Bromborough run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a The Rake cookline is back in service for the next shift.
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 Allport Lane and Dibbinsdale Road where the runs are long and awkward.
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 Dibbinsdale Road conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
Local knowledge
Price's Patent Candle Company came to Bromborough Pool in the 1850s and built one of Britain's first model villages for its workforce, its works turning imported West African oils into candles and its air heavy with tallow and wax fume. Modern premises hide their by-products 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 Bromborough and the port estate, then hand over photographic before-and-after evidence of every run. Nothing is signed off until the airflow reads true from the intake to the discharge.
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