Oban · 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 Oban, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Oban
Oban 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 Oban, from George Street through Corran Esplanade to Shore 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 Oban schools, offices and civic buildings, and the lint-choked dryer runs behind its hotels and care homes. It is the hardest-pressed kitchens - seafood restaurants, harbour-front hotels and ferry-terminal catering - that glaze their hidden ducting quickest, and that coating is the road a fire takes.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Oban 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 George Street and Shore Street, a canopy-and-filter wipe leaves the duct interior - where grease piles up and a fire runs - completely alone. We reach the whole Oban 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 Oban hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Oban
We are in Oban's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A local pub kitchen in Oban had a firm layer of grease built up through the extract ductwork behind the hot plates. We scraped and degreased the kitchen extract run back to metal, cleaning the cook line while there. The ductwork was cleaned to bare metal and passed the TR19 grease standard, with before-and-after images and a certificate.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Oban kitchen these are the tells.
A canopy dripping onto a George Street cookline, cooking smells forced back to the tables, extraction that no longer clears the steam, grease showing at the filter edges, or an Oban 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 Corran Esplanade 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 Oban 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 Shore 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 Oban fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Oban 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 an Oban 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 George 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. A live TR19 Grease certificate is what an Oban 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 Argyll and Bute 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 George Street kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Corran Esplanade cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Oban offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Argyll and Bute hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Yes - from George Street and Corran Esplanade kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Oban and the wider Argyll and Bute.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Oban run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a Corran Esplanade cookline is back in service for the next shift.
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 George Street and Shore Street where the runs are long and awkward.
Yes. The fan at the top of a Shore 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.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a George Street operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Local knowledge
Oban Distillery has stood at the foot of the crag since 1794, one of Scotland's oldest, and the town effectively grew up around its stills rather than the other way round. Ductwork ages the same slow way - grease, dust and vapour settle inside runs that no one sees for years. We survey, photograph and clean extract ducting end to end, then leave access hatches so the system can be inspected and kept clear on schedule.
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