Burton-on-Trent · 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 Burton-on-Trent, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Burton-on-Trent
Burton-on-Trent rates around 1,100 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 Burton-on-Trent, from Station Street through High Street to Coopers Square, 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 - Burton and South Derbyshire College, Queen's Hospital Burton, the Pirelli Stadium and the town hotels - build grease fastest in the concealed lengths where flame spreads.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Burton-on-Trent 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 Station Street and Coopers Square, 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 Burton-on-Trent 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 Burton-on-Trent hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Burton-on-Trent
We are in Burton-on-Trent's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A secondary school in Burton-on-Trent had the washroom extract grilles heavily matted with grey dust and paper-towel fibre, restricting the air-change rates. We unclipped the grilles for an off-site sanitise, brushed the rigid galvanised branch lines out and cleared the inline fan scroll, restoring positive extraction and clearing the stale humidity. It was done over the half-term with the classrooms empty.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Burton-on-Trent kitchen these are the tells.
The tells are plain: steam that lingers, odours drifting back over the diners, drips off the canopy onto a Station Street line, a rim of grease at the filters, or a Burton-on-Trent insurer or fire assessment wanting a TR19 certificate you cannot show. Frequency tracks the cooking load - a hard-frying High 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 Burton-on-Trent 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 Coopers Square 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 Burton-on-Trent fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Burton-on-Trent 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 Burton-on-Trent 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 Station 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 Burton-on-Trent 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. East Staffordshire Borough 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 Station Street kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime High Street cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Burton-on-Trent run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a High Street cookline is back in service for the next shift.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Burton-on-Trent offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Staffordshire 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 Station Street 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 Station Street and Coopers Square where the runs are long and awkward.
Yes - from Station Street and High Street kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Burton-on-Trent and the wider Staffordshire.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Station Street and High Street kitchens, and around shift patterns at commercial and production sites, at no extra charge for out-of-hours work.
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