Coventry · 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 Coventry, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Coventry
Coventry rates around 3,000 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 Coventry, from Foleshill Road through Earlsdon to Spon Street, 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 - the three universities, University Hospital Coventry, the Coventry Building Society Arena and the city hotels - lay grease down fast in exactly the concealed sections where a fire travels.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Coventry 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 Foleshill Road and Spon Street, 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 Coventry 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 Coventry hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Coventry
We are in Coventry's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A multi-floor public office building in Coventry had stagnant air in its internal windowless washrooms - the inline extract fans were coated in thick dust. We took down and washed every ceiling grille, cleaned the fan impellers and brushed out the flexible branch lines, and while we were on the roof we found a loose drive belt on the main extract fan and tightened it. The extract rates came back up to standard and the damp, stale air cleared.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Coventry kitchen these are the tells.
Smells pushing back into the dining room, a canopy that drips onto a Foleshill Road cookline, extraction that no longer clears the steam, visible grease at the filter edges, or a Coventry insurer or fire risk assessment asking for a TR19 certificate you cannot produce. Cleaning frequency tracks use - a hard-frying Earlsdon kitchen needs it far more often than a daytime cafe - and your certificate states the interval, so the next clean is never a guess.
How it runs
Inspect the full Coventry 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 Spon Street 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 Coventry fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Coventry 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 Coventry 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 Foleshill 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 Coventry 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. Coventry City 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 Foleshill Road kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Earlsdon cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
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 Spon Street conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Coventry offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the West Midlands hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Yes - from Foleshill Road and Earlsdon kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Coventry and the wider West Midlands.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Coventry run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so an Earlsdon cookline is back in service for the next shift.
Yes. The fan at the top of a Spon Street 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.
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 Foleshill Road and Spon Street where the runs are long and awkward.
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