Monmouth · 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 Monmouth, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Monmouth
Monmouth 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.
Right across Monmouth, from Monnow Street through Church Street to Monk 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.
Kitchens are only half the work - we also strip the dry supply and extract ductwork of Monmouth schools, offices and civic buildings, and the lint-choked dryer runs behind its hotels and care homes. It is the hardest-pressed kitchens - pub kitchens, school canteens and care-home galleys - that glaze their hidden ducting quickest, and that coating is the road a fire takes.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Monmouth insurers and fire risk assessors expect - measured across the whole extract run, not just the visible mouth of the canopy.
The standard is written in film thickness: once grease reaches a set depth the run has to be cleaned and proven again. In the crowded roof voids off Monnow Street and Monk Street, a wipe of the canopy and filters never reaches the ductwork behind them, where the grease that carries fire quietly gathers. We work the whole Monmouth run through hatches already in place and others we cut, bring it back to bright metal, note grease depths at fixed stations before and after, and certify to TR19 Grease with the closing figures logged.
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 Monmouth hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Monmouth
We are in Monmouth's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A high-street care home in Monmouth had a season's worth of fibre lint built through the tumble-dryer exhaust run, raising a clear fire risk. We ran brushes and a HEPA vacuum through the extract ducting, then confirmed a clean discharge outside. The fire risk was cleared, the system ran cooler and cleaner, and the team were glad to have it sorted.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Monmouth kitchen these are the tells.
The tells are plain: steam that lingers, odours drifting back over the diners, drips off the canopy onto a Monnow Street line, a rim of grease at the filters, or a Monmouth insurer or fire assessment wanting a TR19 certificate you cannot show. Frequency tracks the cooking load - a hard-frying Church Street kitchen needs it far more often than a quiet cafe - and your certificate sets the date, so nothing is left to chance.
How it runs
Inspect the full Monmouth 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 Monk 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 Monmouth fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Monmouth 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 Monmouth 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 Monnow 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. Your Monmouth 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. A food hygiene visit from Monmouthshire County Council weighs the physical state of the premises, ventilation counted within it. A grease-blocked extract can pull down the rating 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 Monnow Street kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Church Street cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Monnow Street and Church Street 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 Monmouth offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Monmouthshire hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Yes - from Monnow Street and Church Street kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Monmouth and the wider Monmouthshire.
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 Monnow Street and Monk Street 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 Monnow Street operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
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 Monk Street conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
Local knowledge
The Monnow Bridge, raised around 1272, is the only medieval fortified river bridge in Britain still carrying its gate tower over the water. It has funnelled traffic into Monmouth for seven and a half centuries, its stone arches worn by everything that passed through. Kitchen and workshop ductwork does the same unseen work, channelling grease and fume out of the building. We survey, clean and record it to TR19 Grease across Monmouth so a hidden run cannot become a fire path.
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