Bromley · 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 Bromley, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Bromley
Bromley rates around 2,400 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.
Kitchens across Bromley work out of tight, mixed premises - Widmore Road, East Street, Glades - their extract snaking through concealed voids to roof-mounted fans. We take the whole run to the TR19 Grease standard, hood to fan, reaching the horizontal legs and vertical risers a canopy wipe never touches.
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 London South East Colleges Bromley campus, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Hayes Lane and the borough hotels - lay grease down fast in exactly the concealed sections where a fire travels.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Bromley insurers and fire risk assessors expect - measured across the whole extract run, not just the visible mouth of the canopy.
The standard works in grease-film thickness, fixing the depth at which a run must be cleaned and re-tested. In the shared roof voids around Widmore Road and Glades, wiping the canopy and filters leaves the ductwork - the long concealed sections that gather grease and carry fire - untouched. We open the full Bromley run through existing and newly cut inspection hatches, strip it to bare metal, log grease-depth readings at fixed points before and after, and issue a TR19 Grease certificate with the post-clean depths recorded.
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 Bromley hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Bromley
We are in Bromley's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A six-storey housing block in Bromley had heavy organic waste, stagnant liquid and a persistent foul smell lining the vertical refuse chute. We ran a high-pressure hot-wash spinning nozzle down from the top floor with a broad-spectrum disinfectant, leaving the chute clean and smooth and stopping the smell venting into the lift lobbies. It was timed with the council's bin rotation so the bin store stayed clear.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Bromley kitchen these are the tells.
The tells are plain: steam that lingers, odours drifting back over the diners, drips off the canopy onto a Widmore Road line, a rim of grease at the filters, or a Bromley insurer or fire assessment wanting a TR19 certificate you cannot show. Frequency tracks the cooking load - a hard-frying East Street 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 Bromley 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 Glades 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 Bromley fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Bromley 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 Bromley 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 Widmore Road 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 Bromley 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 Bromley 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 Widmore Road kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime East Street cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Yes - from Widmore Road and East Street kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Bromley and the wider Greater London.
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 Glades conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Widmore Road and East Street kitchens, and around shift patterns at commercial and production sites, at no extra charge for out-of-hours work.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Bromley offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Greater London hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a Widmore Road operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
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 Widmore Road and Glades where the runs are long and awkward.
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