Shipley · 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 Shipley, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Shipley
Shipley 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 Shipley, from Market Square through Westgate to Windhill, 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 Shipley offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-packed laundry runs behind its hotel and care-home dryers. The busiest kitchens - cafe and restaurant kitchens, hotel and pub kitchens and the busy town-centre and Saltaire takeaways - coat their hidden ducting in grease quickest, and that is the very path a fire follows.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Shipley insurers and fire risk assessors expect - measured across the whole extract run, not just the visible mouth of the canopy.
Grease is measured by thickness, and the standard sets the depth at which a system must be cleaned and re-tested. Around Market Square and Windhill, where the concealed runs thread through mixed roof voids, a canopy-and-filter wipe leaves the ductwork itself - the long hidden sections where grease accumulates and a fire travels - untouched. We access the full Shipley run through existing and newly fitted inspection hatches, clean to bare metal, record before-and-after grease-depth readings at set points, and issue a TR19 Grease certificate with a post-clean depth 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 Shipley hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Shipley
We are in Shipley's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
An independent dental practice in Shipley had fine dust and debris built up across its branch supply ducts and the air handling unit. We power-brushed the fresh-air ducting under HEPA negative pressure and cleared the fan coil unit. Indoor air quality improved noticeably across the offices, and the feedback afterwards was excellent. We gave the office manager a few pointers on keeping things clear between visits.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Shipley kitchen these are the tells.
The tells are plain: steam that lingers, odours drifting back over the diners, drips off the canopy onto a Market Square line, a rim of grease at the filters, or a Shipley insurer or fire assessment wanting a TR19 certificate you cannot show. Frequency tracks the cooking load - a hard-frying Westgate kitchen needs it far more often than a quiet cafe - and your certificate sets the date, so nothing is left to chance.
How it runs
Inspect the full Shipley 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 Windhill 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 Shipley fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Shipley 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 Shipley 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 Market Square 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 Shipley 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. When City of Bradford Metropolitan District 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 Market Square kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Westgate cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Shipley offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the West Yorkshire hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Yes. The fan at the top of a Windhill 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 Market Square and Westgate kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Shipley and the wider West Yorkshire.
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 Market Square and Windhill where the runs are long and awkward.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a Market Square operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Shipley run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a Westgate cookline is back in service for the next shift.
Local knowledge
Titus Salt opened Salts Mill in 1853 on his fiftieth birthday, and at that moment it was the largest industrial building in the world, its floors running with the alpaca and worsted cloth that made his fortune and its air thick with wool dust and lint. Modern premises 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 Shipley and Saltaire, then hand over photographic before-and-after evidence of every run.
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