Stockport · 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 Stockport, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Stockport
Stockport rates around 2,500 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 Stockport, from Market Place through Underbanks to Redrock, 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.
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 - Stockport College, Stepping Hill Hospital, the Merseyway centre and the borough hotels - lay grease down fast in exactly the concealed sections where a fire travels.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Stockport insurers and fire risk assessors expect - measured across the whole extract run, not just the visible mouth of the canopy.
The standard is written in film thickness: once grease reaches a set depth the run has to be cleaned and proven again. In the crowded roof voids off Market Place and Redrock, a wipe of the canopy and filters never reaches the ductwork behind them, where the grease that carries fire quietly gathers. We work the whole Stockport run through hatches already in place and others we cut, bring it back to bright metal, note grease depths at fixed stations before and after, and certify to TR19 Grease with the closing figures logged.
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 Stockport hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Stockport
We are in Stockport's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A patisserie in Stockport had fine flour dust binding with butter vapour into a sticky, dough-like paste through the extraction canopy over the ovens. We hand-scraped the paste off the duct walls, worked an industrial degreasing gel through and wiped the runs down, clearing a real dust-explosion and fire risk off the line. It was an ATEX-rated zone, so spark-proof tools and intrinsically safe lamps were used throughout.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Stockport 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 Place line, a rim of grease at the filters, or a Stockport insurer or fire assessment wanting a TR19 certificate you cannot show. Frequency tracks the cooking load - a hard-frying Underbanks 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 Stockport 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 Redrock 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 Stockport fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Stockport 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 Stockport 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 Place 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 Stockport 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. Stockport Metropolitan 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 Market Place kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Underbanks cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Stockport run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so an Underbanks cookline is back in service for the next shift.
Yes - from Market Place and Underbanks kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Stockport and the wider Greater Manchester.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Market Place and Underbanks 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 Redrock 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.
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 Redrock conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Stockport offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Greater Manchester hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
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