Newquay · 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 Newquay, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Newquay
Newquay 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.
From Gover Lane to Tolcarne Road and Henver Road, the town's cooklines vent through long hidden ducting that climbs to a roof fan. We clean it end to end to the TR19 Grease standard - not just the canopy, but the flat and rising sections where grease really collects.
Kitchens are only half the work - we also strip the dry supply and extract ductwork of Newquay schools, offices and civic buildings, and the lint-choked dryer runs behind its hotels and care homes. It is the hardest-pressed kitchens - hotel kitchens, surf cafes, holiday-let kitchens and the busy town-centre takeaways - that glaze their hidden ducting quickest, and that coating is the road a fire takes.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Newquay 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 Gover Lane and Henver Road, wiping the canopy and filters leaves the ductwork - the long concealed sections that gather grease and carry fire - untouched. We open the full Newquay 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 Newquay hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Newquay
We are in Newquay's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
The washroom extract at a much-loved health centre in Newquay had all but died, with dust matting the grilles solid. We cleaned off the grilles, brushed through the branch runs and checked the roof extract fan was actually pulling. Ventilation came back and the ground-floor washrooms lost that damp, stale air, with the whole area left clean and ready to use. We timed it around changeover so visitors weren't caught up in it.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Newquay kitchen these are the tells.
A canopy dripping onto a Gover Lane cookline, cooking smells forced back to the tables, extraction that no longer clears the steam, grease showing at the filter edges, or a Newquay 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 Tolcarne Road 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 Newquay 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 Henver 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 Newquay fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Newquay 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 Newquay 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 Gover Lane 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 Newquay 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 Cornwall 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 Gover Lane kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Tolcarne Road cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
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 Henver Road conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Gover Lane and Tolcarne Road kitchens, and around shift patterns at commercial and production sites, at no extra charge for out-of-hours work.
Yes - from Gover Lane and Tolcarne Road kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Newquay and the wider Cornwall.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a Gover Lane operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes. The fan at the top of a Henver 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.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Newquay offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Cornwall hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Local knowledge
Newquay's harbour was cut for pilchards but earned its living from china clay, hauled down from the mid-Cornwall pits and dropped to the quays through a tunnel and horse-drawn tramway that plunged from the clifftop to the water. The fish cellars and clay stores that once filled the air with dust and salt have given way to modern premises that hide their dust inside sealed ductwork instead, where grease and debris build 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. It is the only way to prove a hidden system is actually clean.
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