Horley · 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 Horley, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Horley
Horley 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 Horley, from Consort Way through Lumley Road to Horley Row, 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.
Kitchens are only half the work - we also strip the dry supply and extract ductwork of Horley schools, offices and civic buildings, and the lint-choked dryer runs behind its hotels and care homes. It is the hardest-pressed kitchens - airport and hotel kitchens, airline caterers, pub and restaurant kitchens and the busy town-centre takeaways - that glaze their hidden ducting quickest, and that coating is the road a fire takes.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Horley 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 Consort Way and Horley Row, a canopy-and-filter wipe leaves the duct interior - where grease piles up and a fire runs - completely alone. We reach the whole Horley 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 Horley hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Horley
We are in Horley's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A Horley veterinary practice had its main supply runs thick with building dust behind the grilles, leaving poor air movement through occupied rooms. We ran the supply ductwork under HEPA negative pressure, brushed it through and cleared the AHU. Clean supply air was restored and the client rebooked us on the spot. We left the receptionist a few tips on keeping things clear between visits.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Horley kitchen these are the tells.
Smells pushing back into the dining room, a canopy that drips onto a Consort Way cookline, extraction that no longer clears the steam, visible grease at the filter edges, or a Horley insurer or fire risk assessment asking for a TR19 certificate you cannot produce. Cleaning frequency tracks use - a hard-frying Lumley Road 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 Horley 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 Horley Row 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 Horley fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Horley 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 Horley 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 Consort Way 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 Horley 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. Food hygiene inspections by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council take in the condition of the building, ventilation included, so a grease-laden system can cost you on the rating an Environmental Health Officer awards - never mind the smell and the dropping extraction your kitchen team works under.
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 Consort Way kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Lumley Road cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Horley offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Surrey hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
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 Consort Way and Horley Row 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 Horley Row conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Horley run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a Lumley Road cookline is back in service for the next shift.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Consort Way and Lumley Road kitchens, and around shift patterns at commercial and production sites, at no extra charge for out-of-hours work.
Yes. The fan at the top of a Horley Row 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.
Local knowledge
Horley began as three separate hamlets scattered around a huge open common - one by St Bartholomew's Church and the Six Bells, one down by the River Mole, and the third at Horley Row - and only knitted together once the railway arrived. Its industry today sits in the estates off Balcombe Road, where the Bridge Industrial Estate's older premises have been converted use by use over the years and the Gatwick Metro Centre holds modern warehousing units. Premises like these hide their dust and grease inside sealed ductwork, where it builds 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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