Godalming · 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 Godalming, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Godalming
Godalming 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 Godalming, from Meadrow through Flambard Way to Mint 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.
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 - pub kitchens, riverside restaurants, school and college refectories and the busy town-centre takeaways - build grease fastest in the concealed lengths where flame spreads.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Godalming 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 Meadrow and Mint 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 Godalming 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 Godalming hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Godalming
We are in Godalming's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
At a refurbished bakery in Godalming, a firm layer of grease had built up through the oven extract duct behind the hot plates. We scraped and degreased the run until the metal was bare and cleaned the cook line while we had access. The ductwork passed TR19 and a certificate was issued on completion. We slotted the work into a quiet bank holiday to suit the manager.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Godalming kitchen these are the tells.
Smells pushing back into the dining room, a canopy that drips onto a Meadrow cookline, extraction that no longer clears the steam, visible grease at the filter edges, or a Godalming insurer or fire risk assessment asking for a TR19 certificate you cannot produce. Cleaning frequency tracks use - a hard-frying Flambard Way 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 Godalming 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 Mint 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 Godalming fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Godalming 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 Godalming 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 Meadrow 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 Godalming 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. Waverley 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 Meadrow kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Flambard Way cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Yes - from Meadrow and Flambard Way kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Godalming and the wider Surrey.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a Meadrow operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Godalming run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a Flambard Way cookline is back in service for the next shift.
Yes. The fan at the top of a Mint 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 Meadrow and Mint Street 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 Mint Street conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
Local knowledge
For centuries Godalming lived by leather and wool - its tanneries worked hides along the Wey while framework knitters turned out the stockings and knitted hosiery that gave the town its trade. In the twentieth century RFD built barrage balloons, inflatable dinghies and life jackets at its Catteshall Lane works, filling riverside sheds with rubber dust and fumes. Modern premises hide that kind of debris inside sealed ductwork instead, where grease and dust 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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