Shoreham-by-Sea · 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 Shoreham-by-Sea, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Shoreham-by-Sea
Shoreham-by-Sea 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 Shoreham-by-Sea, from Ham Road through Tarmount Lane to Buckingham Road, 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.
The same crews clean dry ventilation and air-handling ductwork in offices, schools and civic buildings, plus the combustible lint runs behind hotel and care-home dryers. High-turnover sites - riverside bistros, pub and hotel kitchens, port-side canteens and the busy town-centre takeaways - build grease fastest in the concealed lengths where flame spreads.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Shoreham-by-Sea 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 Ham Road and Buckingham Road, a canopy-and-filter wipe leaves the duct interior - where grease piles up and a fire runs - completely alone. We reach the whole Shoreham-by-Sea 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 Shoreham-by-Sea hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Shoreham-by-Sea
We are in Shoreham-by-Sea's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A high-street Shoreham-by-Sea apartment block had a slime layer of sticky waste residue coating its refuse chute, with a foul smell drifting into the communal corridors. We washed the chute down from the top with a rotary jet, then disinfected and deodorised the corridors. The chute was sanitised from top to bottom and the corridors were pleasant to use again, which the residents' team were glad to have sorted. We timed the job for the summer break while the block was quiet.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Shoreham-by-Sea kitchen these are the tells.
A canopy dripping onto a Ham Road cookline, cooking smells forced back to the tables, extraction that no longer clears the steam, grease showing at the filter edges, or a Shoreham-by-Sea 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 Tarmount Lane 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 Shoreham-by-Sea 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 Buckingham 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 Shoreham-by-Sea fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Shoreham-by-Sea 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 Shoreham-by-Sea 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 Ham Road 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 Shoreham-by-Sea 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. Food hygiene inspections by Adur District 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 Ham Road kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Tarmount Lane cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Shoreham-by-Sea run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a Tarmount Lane cookline is back in service for the next shift.
Yes. The fan at the top of a Buckingham 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 Shoreham-by-Sea offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the West Sussex hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Yes - from Ham Road and Tarmount Lane kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Shoreham-by-Sea and the wider West Sussex.
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 Buckingham Road conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
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 Ham Road and Buckingham Road where the runs are long and awkward.
Local knowledge
During the 19th and 20th centuries a coal-gas works and then two coal-fired power stations rose on the south side of Shoreham Port's impounded basin, their air once thick with coal dust and ash. Modern premises hide their dust and grease inside sealed ductwork instead, where debris builds unseen until airflow fails or fire finds a path. We clean and inspect ventilation and extract ductwork across the town, from the Ham Road units to the port-side workshops, then hand over photographic before-and-after evidence of every run.
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