Totton · 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 Totton, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Totton
Totton 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.
Kitchens across Totton work out of tight, mixed premises - Salisbury Road, Testwood Lane, Eling - 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 - care-home kitchens, college and school canteens, pub and hotel kitchens and the busy town-centre takeaways - lay grease down fast in exactly the concealed sections where a fire travels.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Totton 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 Salisbury Road and Eling, 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 Totton 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 Totton hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Totton
We are in Totton's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A high-street church hall in Totton had fine grey dust and debris built up across its supply ductwork and the AHU. We ran rotary brushes and a negative-air machine through the branch runs, then replaced the dirty panel filters. The occupied areas felt fresher and the stale, dusty smell was gone, with a tidy hand-over at the end. The receptionist kept us going with bacon rolls through the morning.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Totton kitchen these are the tells.
Smells pushing back into the dining room, a canopy that drips onto a Salisbury Road cookline, extraction that no longer clears the steam, visible grease at the filter edges, or a Totton insurer or fire risk assessment asking for a TR19 certificate you cannot produce. Cleaning frequency tracks use - a hard-frying Testwood Lane 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 Totton 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 Eling 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 Totton fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Totton 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 Totton 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 Salisbury 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 live TR19 Grease certificate is what a Totton 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. New Forest District 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 Salisbury Road kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Testwood Lane cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Little, if it is planned. We survey the Totton run first, agree a slot overnight or on a close day, sheet off the kitchen and clean section by section, so a Testwood Lane cookline is back in service for the next shift.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the Salisbury Road and Testwood Lane 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 an Eling 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.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a Salisbury Road operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes - from Salisbury Road and Testwood Lane kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Totton and the wider Hampshire.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Totton offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Hampshire hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Local knowledge
A tide mill has stood on Eling Creek since the Domesday survey, grinding local grain into flour on the power of the twice-daily tide - one of only a handful of working tide mills left anywhere, and still milling today. Its stones once filled the mill air with flour dust; modern premises hide their dust and grease inside sealed ductwork instead, where 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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