Farnworth · 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 Farnworth, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Farnworth
Farnworth 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.
Kitchens across Farnworth work out of tight, mixed premises - Brackley Street, Longcauseway, New Bury - their extract snaking through concealed voids to roof-mounted fans. We take the whole run to the TR19 Grease standard, hood to fan, reaching the horizontal legs and vertical risers a canopy wipe never touches.
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 - care-home kitchens, supermarket cafes, pub and hotel kitchens and the busy town-centre takeaways - lay grease down fast in exactly the concealed sections where a fire travels.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Farnworth 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 Brackley Street and New Bury, a canopy-and-filter wipe leaves the duct interior - where grease piles up and a fire runs - completely alone. We reach the whole Farnworth 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 Farnworth hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Farnworth
We are in Farnworth's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
Years without a clean had left the fan coil unit and fresh-air ducting at a small dental practice in Farnworth heavy with building dust. Working under negative pressure, we ran air whips through the fresh-air ducting and renewed the tired pocket filters. Airflow climbed back to spec and the system was visibly clean, and the team were glad to have it sorted. We booked it for a bank holiday while reception was closed.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Farnworth kitchen these are the tells.
A canopy dripping onto a Brackley Street cookline, cooking smells forced back to the tables, extraction that no longer clears the steam, grease showing at the filter edges, or a Farnworth 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 Longcauseway 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 Farnworth 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 New Bury 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 Farnworth fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Farnworth 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 Farnworth 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 Brackley 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 Farnworth 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. Bolton Metropolitan 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 Brackley Street kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Longcauseway cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Farnworth offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Greater Manchester hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Yes - from Brackley Street and Longcauseway kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Farnworth and the wider Greater Manchester.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a Brackley Street operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Brackley Street and Longcauseway kitchens, and around shift patterns at commercial and production sites, at no extra charge for out-of-hours work.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Farnworth run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a Longcauseway 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 Brackley Street and New Bury where the runs are long and awkward.
Local knowledge
Thomas Bonsor Crompton patented a continuous paper-drying process at Farnworth in 1821, and by 1836 the Farnworth Paper Mills on the Croal were among the largest in Lancashire, their air heavy with rag dust and steam. Modern premises hide their dust inside sealed ductwork instead, 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.
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