Farnborough · 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 Farnborough, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Farnborough
Farnborough rates more than 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.
Right across Farnborough, from Victoria Road through Camp Road to Queensmead, 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 - Farnborough College of Technology, Frimley Park Hospital nearby, the Princes Mead centre and the town hotels - build grease fastest in the concealed lengths where flame spreads.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Farnborough 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 Victoria Road and Queensmead, wiping the canopy and filters leaves the ductwork - the long concealed sections that gather grease and carry fire - untouched. We open the full Farnborough 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 Farnborough hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Farnborough
We are in Farnborough's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A pub and carvery in Farnborough had a thick layer of sticky, oxidised grease behind the main fryer canopy and up the short vertical discharge stack. We hand-scraped the carbonised layers off, worked a heavy-duty caustic gel through and pressure-rinsed the vertical chimney, bringing it to a fire-safe standard. The layout ran an extra-long horizontal duct, so we fitted two new access doors to reach it.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Farnborough kitchen these are the tells.
The tells are plain: steam that lingers, odours drifting back over the diners, drips off the canopy onto a Victoria Road line, a rim of grease at the filters, or a Farnborough insurer or fire assessment wanting a TR19 certificate you cannot show. Frequency tracks the cooking load - a hard-frying Camp Road 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 Farnborough 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 Queensmead 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 Farnborough fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Farnborough 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 Farnborough 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 Victoria 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 Farnborough 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. Rushmoor 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 Victoria Road kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Camp Road 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 Victoria Road operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes. The fan at the top of a Queensmead 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.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Farnborough run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a Camp 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 Queensmead conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
Yes - from Victoria Road and Camp Road kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Farnborough and the wider Hampshire.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Farnborough offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Hampshire hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
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