Linlithgow · 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 Linlithgow, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Linlithgow
Linlithgow rates dozens 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.
The city's kitchens sit in tight, mixed stock - High Street, West Port, Mill Road - with long concealed duct runs up to roof fans. We clean the full run to the TR19 Grease standard, canopy to fan, including the horizontal and vertical sections a canopy-only clean leaves coated.
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, chip shops, hotel ranges and school canteens - build grease fastest in the concealed lengths where flame spreads.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Linlithgow 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 High Street and Mill Road, wiping the canopy and filters leaves the ductwork - the long concealed sections that gather grease and carry fire - untouched. We open the full Linlithgow 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 Linlithgow hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Linlithgow
We are in Linlithgow's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A family-owned GP surgery in Linlithgow had its dry ventilation ducting coated in dust and debris, with staff complaining of stale, warm air. We isolated the zones, brushed out the internal ducting and washed the air handling unit. Supply air was restored to a clean standard and the stale-air complaints stopped.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Linlithgow kitchen these are the tells.
Smells pushing back into the dining room, a canopy that drips onto a High Street cookline, extraction that no longer clears the steam, visible grease at the filter edges, or a Linlithgow insurer or fire risk assessment asking for a TR19 certificate you cannot produce. Cleaning frequency tracks use - a hard-frying West Port 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 Linlithgow 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 Mill Road 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 Linlithgow fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Linlithgow 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 Linlithgow 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 High 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 Linlithgow 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. West Lothian Council food hygiene inspections assess the physical condition of premises, ventilation included. A grease-clogged system can count against the result 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 High Street kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime West Port cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Yes. The fan at the top of a Mill Road 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 High Street and Mill Road where the runs are long and awkward.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a High Street operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the High Street and West Port kitchens, and around shift patterns at commercial and production sites, at no extra charge for out-of-hours work.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Linlithgow offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the West Lothian hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Yes - from High Street and West Port kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Linlithgow and the wider West Lothian.
Local knowledge
St Michael's Parish Church, beside the palace, wears a spiky aluminium crown spire added in 1964 to replace a stone one lost centuries before. It is a reminder that metalwork and ducting hidden overhead still need attention long after they go up. Kitchen and industrial extract ducting is no different: grease and dust settle unseen inside it, feeding fire risk and choking airflow, until a full strip-and-clean to a verified standard brings the run back to specification.
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