Motherwell · 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 Motherwell, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Motherwell
Motherwell 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 Motherwell, from Brandon Parade through Windmillhill Street to Craigneuk, 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 Motherwell offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-packed laundry runs behind its hotel and care-home dryers. The busiest kitchens - hospital and college kitchens, hotel and pub kitchens and the busy town-centre takeaways - coat their hidden ducting in grease quickest, and that is the very path a fire follows.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Motherwell 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 Brandon Parade and Craigneuk, a canopy-and-filter wipe leaves the duct interior - where grease piles up and a fire runs - completely alone. We reach the whole Motherwell 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 Motherwell hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Motherwell
We are in Motherwell's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A family-run apartment block in Motherwell had its bin chute caked in built-up grime that was drawing flies and odour into the bin store. We sent a high-pressure rotating wash head down the full run, then disinfected and deodorised it end to end. The smell and build-up were gone, the chute left clean and disinfected, and the feedback afterwards was excellent. The building manager kept us going with bacon rolls through the morning.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Motherwell 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 Brandon Parade line, grease crusting at the filter rims, or a Motherwell 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 Windmillhill Street 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 Motherwell 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 Craigneuk 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 Motherwell fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Motherwell 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 Motherwell 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 Brandon Parade 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 Motherwell 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 North Lanarkshire Council take in the condition of the building, ventilation included, so a grease-laden system can cost you on the result 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 Brandon Parade kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Windmillhill Street cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Brandon Parade and Windmillhill Street 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 Craigneuk 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.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a Brandon Parade operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Motherwell run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a Windmillhill Street cookline is back in service for the next shift.
Yes - from Brandon Parade and Windmillhill Street kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Motherwell and the wider Lanarkshire.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Motherwell offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Lanarkshire hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Local knowledge
Ravenscraig rose on the edge of Motherwell in the 1950s and grew into the largest hot strip steel mill in Western Europe, its skyline of cooling towers and gas holders visible for miles until it closed in 1992 and was demolished four years later. Modern premises hide their dust and grease inside sealed ductwork instead, where debris 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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