Middlesbrough · 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 Middlesbrough, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough rates around 1,120 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 Middlesbrough, from Linthorpe Road through Albert Road to Baker 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.
It is not only kitchens: we also clean the dry supply and extract ductwork in Middlesbrough offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-packed laundry runs behind its hotel and care-home dryers. The busiest kitchens - Teesside University, the James Cook University Hospital, the Riverside Stadium and the town hotels - coat their hidden ducting in grease quickest, and that is the very path a fire follows.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Middlesbrough 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 Linthorpe Road and Baker 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 Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Middlesbrough
We are in Middlesbrough's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A high-rise apartment block in Middlesbrough had rotting food waste and split bin bags stuck down the inside of its refuse chute, leaving a slime layer and a serious smell. We ran a high-pressure hot-water spinning head down from the top floor followed by a wide-spectrum sanitising wash, and left the lining clean and clear so the smell stopped venting into the corridors. We had the council refuse team empty the base bins first.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Middlesbrough kitchen these are the tells.
Watch for steam that hangs in the room, cooking smells creeping back over the tables, a canopy weeping onto a Linthorpe Road line, grease crusting at the filter rims, or a Middlesbrough insurer or fire assessor calling for a TR19 certificate you do not hold. How often it needs doing rides on the cooking load - a hard-frying Albert Road kitchen far more than a quiet daytime cafe - and the certificate fixes that interval, so the next clean is planned, not chanced.
How it runs
Inspect the full Middlesbrough 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 Baker 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 Middlesbrough fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Middlesbrough 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 Middlesbrough 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 Linthorpe Road 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 Middlesbrough 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. Food hygiene inspections by Middlesbrough 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 Linthorpe Road kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Albert Road cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Yes - from Linthorpe Road and Albert Road kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Middlesbrough and the wider Teesside.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a Linthorpe Road operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Linthorpe Road and Albert Road 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 Middlesbrough offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Teesside hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
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 Baker Street conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
Yes. The fan at the top of a Baker 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.
Phoenix Duct Clean · by the numbers
Tell us about your kitchen and your schedule. No-obligation quote, UK-wide.