Kilmarnock · 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 Kilmarnock, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock 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 Kilmarnock work out of tight, mixed premises - King Street, Portland Street, Riccarton - 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.
Kitchens are only half the work - we also strip the dry supply and extract ductwork of Kilmarnock schools, offices and civic buildings, and the lint-choked dryer runs behind its hotels and care homes. It is the hardest-pressed kitchens - hospital kitchens, college refectories, hotel and pub 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 Kilmarnock 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 King Street and Riccarton, a canopy-and-filter wipe leaves the duct interior - where grease piles up and a fire runs - completely alone. We reach the whole Kilmarnock 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 Kilmarnock hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Kilmarnock
We are in Kilmarnock's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
An independent bakery in Kilmarnock had thick, sticky grease running the full length of the extract line off its cook line. We fitted access panels, scraped the canopy extract duct back and degreased it through to bare metal. The run came up clean with the fire risk cleared and a certificate issued on completion, and we passed the owner a few tips on keeping things clear between our visits.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Kilmarnock kitchen these are the tells.
A canopy dripping onto a King Street cookline, cooking smells forced back to the tables, extraction that no longer clears the steam, grease showing at the filter edges, or a Kilmarnock 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 Portland Street 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 Kilmarnock 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 Riccarton 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 Kilmarnock fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Kilmarnock operator to keep ductwork clean, and they reinforce one another.
Fire safety law. Under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006, the duty-holder for a Kilmarnock 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 King 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 Kilmarnock 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. A food hygiene visit from East Ayrshire Council weighs the physical state of the premises, ventilation counted within it. A grease-blocked extract can pull down the result an Environmental Health Officer sets, quite apart from the stale smell and the tired airflow your staff work beneath all shift.
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 King Street kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Portland Street cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Kilmarnock run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a Portland Street 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 King Street and Riccarton where the runs are long and awkward.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Kilmarnock offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Ayrshire hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the King Street and Portland Street kitchens, and around shift patterns at commercial and production sites, at no extra charge for out-of-hours work.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a King Street operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes - from King Street and Portland Street kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Kilmarnock and the wider Ayrshire.
Local knowledge
Robert Blackwood and Gavin Morton opened their BMK carpet works in Kilmarnock in 1908, and at its peak before the war the mill wove 5,000 carpets and 12,000 rugs every week, its air thick with wool fibre and dye dust, until the works finally closed in 2005. 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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