Neath · 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 Neath, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Neath
Neath 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 Neath, from Windsor Road through Green Street to London Road, 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.
Beyond the kitchens, we clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in hotels and care homes. High-output kitchens - the market food stalls, the Victoria Gardens units, college refectories and the pubs around Wind Street - lay grease down fast in exactly the concealed sections where a fire travels.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Neath 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 Windsor Road and London Road, 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 Neath 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 Neath hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Neath
We are in Neath's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A guest house in Neath had a thick mat of fine textile lint packed into its dryer extract ducting, leaving the room warm and humid. We cleared the laundry exhaust run of fluff, checked the run for damage and tested the airflow at the roof discharge. The dryers ran hotter and cleared their loads more freely, and the laundry block lost its damp, warm feel.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Neath kitchen these are the tells.
A canopy dripping onto a Windsor Road cookline, cooking smells forced back to the tables, extraction that no longer clears the steam, grease showing at the filter edges, or a Neath 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 Green 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 Neath 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 London 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 Neath fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Neath 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 Neath 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 Windsor 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. A current TR19 Grease certificate is the evidence your Neath insurer expects. Without it, a fire claim can be reduced or refused outright - an expensive gap to find after the event.
Hygiene and environmental health. When Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council carries out a food hygiene inspection it judges the physical state of the premises, and ventilation is part of that. A grease-choked extract can pull down the rating an Environmental Health Officer gives, on top of the odour and the weakening airflow your staff put up with.
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 Windsor Road kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Green Street cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Neath offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Neath Port Talbot hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Neath run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a Green Street cookline is back in service for the next shift.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Windsor Road and Green 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 Windsor Road operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes - from Windsor Road and Green Street kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Neath and the wider Neath Port Talbot.
Yes. The fan at the top of a London 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.
Local knowledge
The Neath Canal opened in 1795 to move coal and copper down the Vale of Neath toward the estuary, and the Tennant Canal soon linked into it. The waterways carried the trade that built the town. Today grease travels a shorter route - up through a kitchen canopy and along the ductwork above it, where it cools and sets into a fire load. We strip that run back to bare metal from the hood to the fan, and record the clean to TR19 Grease.
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