Redditch · 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 Redditch, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Redditch
Redditch rates around 550 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.
Kitchens across Redditch work out of tight, mixed premises - Church Green, Alcester Street, Kingfisher - their extract snaking through concealed voids to roof-mounted fans. We take the whole run to the TR19 Grease standard, hood to fan, reaching the horizontal legs and vertical risers a canopy wipe never touches.
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 Heart of Worcestershire College, the Alexandra Hospital, the Trico Stadium and the town hotels - lay grease down fast in exactly the concealed sections where a fire travels.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Redditch 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 Church Green and Kingfisher, wiping the canopy and filters leaves the ductwork - the long concealed sections that gather grease and carry fire - untouched. We open the full Redditch 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 Redditch hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Redditch
We are in Redditch's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A commercial bakery in Redditch had fine flour dust binding with vegetable-oil vapour into a sticky, dough-like paste inside the extraction canopy. We hand-scraped the paste off the duct walls, worked an industrial degreasing gel through and wiped the lines clean, clearing a real dust-explosion and fire risk. It was an ATEX-rated zone, so spark-proof tools and intrinsically safe lamps were used throughout - and we checked the flour-dust housekeeping around the ovens before signing off.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Redditch kitchen these are the tells.
Smells pushing back into the dining room, a canopy that drips onto a Church Green cookline, extraction that no longer clears the steam, visible grease at the filter edges, or a Redditch insurer or fire risk assessment asking for a TR19 certificate you cannot produce. Cleaning frequency tracks use - a hard-frying Alcester Street kitchen needs it far more often than a daytime cafe - and your certificate states the interval, so the next clean is never a guess.
How it runs
Inspect the full Redditch 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 Kingfisher 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 Redditch fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Redditch 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 Redditch 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 Church Green 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 Redditch 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. Redditch Borough Council food hygiene inspections assess the physical condition of premises, ventilation included. A grease-clogged system can count against the rating an Environmental Health Officer awards, quite apart from the smell and the falling extract performance your staff have to work in.
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 Church Green kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Alcester Street cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
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 Church Green and Kingfisher where the runs are long and awkward.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Redditch run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so an Alcester Street cookline is back in service for the next shift.
Yes - from Church Green and Alcester Street kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Redditch and the wider Worcestershire.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a Church Green operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes. The fan at the top of a Kingfisher 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 Redditch offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Worcestershire hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
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