Renfrew · 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 Renfrew, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Renfrew
Renfrew 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 Renfrew, from Hairst Street through Canal Street to Blythswood, 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 Renfrew offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-packed laundry runs behind its hotel and care-home dryers. The busiest kitchens - hotel and pub kitchens, care-home kitchens, the food-court units at Braehead 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 Renfrew 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 Hairst Street and Blythswood, a canopy-and-filter wipe leaves the duct interior - where grease piles up and a fire runs - completely alone. We reach the whole Renfrew 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 Renfrew hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Renfrew
We are in Renfrew's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
Matted dust had blocked the ceiling grilles in a popular Renfrew toilet block, leaving the air stagnant. We cleared the grilles, ran brushes through the flexible branches and cleaned the blades on the roof extract fan. Ventilation was restored and the ground-floor washrooms no longer held that damp, stale air, and the client was pleased with the turnaround. A golden retriever kept a close watch on us from the doorway throughout.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Renfrew kitchen these are the tells.
Smells pushing back into the dining room, a canopy that drips onto a Hairst Street cookline, extraction that no longer clears the steam, visible grease at the filter edges, or a Renfrew insurer or fire risk assessment asking for a TR19 certificate you cannot produce. Cleaning frequency tracks use - a hard-frying Canal 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 Renfrew 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 Blythswood 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 Renfrew fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Renfrew 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 Renfrew 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 Hairst 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 a Renfrew 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. Renfrewshire Council food hygiene inspections assess the physical condition of premises, ventilation included. A grease-clogged system can count against the result 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 Hairst Street kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Canal Street cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Hairst Street and Canal 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 Blythswood 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 - from Hairst Street and Canal Street kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Renfrew and the wider Renfrewshire.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a Hairst Street operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Renfrew offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Renfrewshire hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Renfrew run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a Canal Street cookline is back in service for the next shift.
Local knowledge
Babcock and Wilcox opened its great boiler works beside Robertson Park in 1895, and for a century Renfrew forged the boilers and heavy plant that powered ships and power stations around the world. Modern premises hide their dust and grease inside sealed ductwork instead of filling the air of an open shop floor, and it 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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