Cottingham · 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 Cottingham, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Cottingham
Cottingham 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 Cottingham, from Finkle Street through Thwaite Street to Eppleworth Road, 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.
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 - hospital kitchens, student-hall refectories, pub and restaurant kitchens and the busy village-centre takeaways - lay grease down fast in exactly the concealed sections where a fire travels.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Cottingham 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 Finkle Street and Eppleworth 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 Cottingham 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 Cottingham hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Cottingham
We are in Cottingham's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
Grease had built up along the canopy extract duct above the griddle at a well-known Cottingham pub, a clear fire risk. I fitted access panels, scraped the horizontal run clean and degreased through to bare metal. The ductwork was left to a TR19 standard along its length, with a certificate for the file. I flagged a worn part to the chef for their maintenance records before packing up.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Cottingham kitchen these are the tells.
A canopy dripping onto a Finkle Street cookline, cooking smells forced back to the tables, extraction that no longer clears the steam, grease showing at the filter edges, or a Cottingham 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 Thwaite Street 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 Cottingham 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 Eppleworth 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 Cottingham fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Cottingham 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 Cottingham 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 Finkle 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. A live TR19 Grease certificate is what a Cottingham insurer treats as evidence the system is maintained. Miss it and a fire claim may be reduced or refused - an expensive surprise once the damage is done.
Hygiene and environmental health. East Riding of Yorkshire 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 Finkle Street kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Thwaite Street cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a Finkle Street operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes - from Finkle Street and Thwaite Street kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Cottingham and the wider East Riding of Yorkshire.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Cottingham run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a Thwaite Street 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 Finkle Street and Eppleworth 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 Eppleworth Road conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Cottingham offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the East Riding of Yorkshire hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Local knowledge
Skidby Mill, built in 1821 on the rise just west of the village, still turns its sails as the last working windmill in the old East Riding and now houses the Museum of East Riding Rural Life. Its milling floors once filled the air with flour dust; modern premises hide their dust and grease inside sealed ductwork instead, where debris builds unseen until airflow fails or fire finds a path. We clean and inspect ventilation and extract ductwork across Cottingham, then hand over photographic before-and-after evidence of every run.
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