Bromsgrove · 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 Bromsgrove, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Bromsgrove
Bromsgrove 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 Bromsgrove, from High Street through Worcester Road to Sidemoor, 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.
The same crews clean dry ventilation and air-handling ductwork in offices, schools and civic buildings, plus the combustible lint runs behind hotel and care-home dryers. High-turnover sites - school and hospital kitchens, hotel and pub kitchens and the busy town-centre takeaways - build grease fastest in the concealed lengths where flame spreads.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Bromsgrove insurers and fire risk assessors expect - measured across the whole extract run, not just the visible mouth of the canopy.
Because the standard is written around film thickness, it sets the depth that triggers a clean and re-test. In the mixed roof spaces around High Street and Sidemoor, a canopy-and-filter wipe leaves the duct interior - where grease piles up and a fire runs - completely alone. We reach the whole Bromsgrove run through existing hatches and new ones we cut, clean back to bright metal, take before-and-after grease-depth figures at set points, and certify it to TR19 Grease with those depths on the 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 Bromsgrove hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Bromsgrove
We are in Bromsgrove's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
An independent takeaway in Bromsgrove had carbonised grease coating the extract run from the canopy to the first bend. We opened the run up, took the grease off by hand and pressure-degreased through to the fan. The run was left clean and fire-safe, and we signed off a certificate to go with it. We handed the proprietor a short photo report for their maintenance log.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Bromsgrove kitchen these are the tells.
Watch for steam that hangs in the room, cooking smells creeping back over the tables, a canopy weeping onto a High Street line, grease crusting at the filter rims, or a Bromsgrove insurer or fire assessor calling for a TR19 certificate you do not hold. How often it needs doing rides on the cooking load - a hard-frying Worcester Road kitchen far more than a quiet daytime cafe - and the certificate fixes that interval, so the next clean is planned, not chanced.
How it runs
Inspect the full Bromsgrove 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 Sidemoor 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 Bromsgrove fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Bromsgrove 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 Bromsgrove 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 High 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 Bromsgrove 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. When Bromsgrove District Council carries out a food hygiene inspection it judges the physical state of the premises, and ventilation is part of that. A grease-choked extract can pull down the rating an Environmental Health Officer gives, on top of the odour and the weakening airflow your staff put up with.
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 High Street kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Worcester Road cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Bromsgrove run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a Worcester Road cookline is back in service for the next shift.
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 Sidemoor conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the High Street and Worcester Road kitchens, and around shift patterns at commercial and production sites, at no extra charge for out-of-hours work.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a High Street operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes. The fan at the top of a Sidemoor 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 Bromsgrove offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Worcestershire hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Local knowledge
From 1898 the Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts made the town famous for fine metalwork - its craftsmen under Walter Gilbert cast the gates and railings of Buckingham Palace, whose locks still carry the Guild's name, and fitted out ocean liners including the Lusitania. Where those workshops once filled the air with metal dust and furnace fume, modern premises hide their dust inside sealed ductwork, 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. Nothing is signed off until the whole system reads clean.
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