Upminster · 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 Upminster, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Upminster
Upminster 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 Upminster, from Corbets Tey Road through St Mary's Lane to Hacton, 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 - school and care-home kitchens, restaurant and pub kitchens and the busy parade takeaways - build grease fastest in the concealed lengths where flame spreads.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Upminster 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 Corbets Tey Road and Hacton, 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 Upminster 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 Upminster hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Upminster
We are in Upminster's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A busy public toilet block in Upminster had stale, damp air hanging in the ground-floor washrooms, the intake grilles choked with grey dust. We cleaned the intake grilles, brushed out the branch runs and checked the roof extract fan was pulling as it should. The washrooms cleared of stale air, extraction was back to a proper rate and the feedback afterwards was excellent. We left before-and-after photos and a service record for the insurance file.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Upminster kitchen these are the tells.
Watch for steam that hangs in the room, cooking smells creeping back over the tables, a canopy weeping onto a Corbets Tey Road line, grease crusting at the filter rims, or an Upminster insurer or fire assessor calling for a TR19 certificate you do not hold. How often it needs doing rides on the cooking load - a hard-frying St Mary's Lane kitchen far more than a quiet daytime cafe - and the certificate fixes that interval, so the next clean is planned, not chanced.
How it runs
Inspect the full Upminster 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 Hacton 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 Upminster fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Upminster 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 an Upminster 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 Corbets Tey 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 Upminster 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. London Borough of Havering 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 Corbets Tey Road kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime St Mary's Lane cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
Yes - from Corbets Tey Road and St Mary's Lane kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Upminster and the wider Greater London.
Yes. The fan at the top of a Hacton 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.
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 Corbets Tey Road and Hacton where the runs are long and awkward.
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 Hacton conversions where the run was boxed in with no hatches.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a Corbets Tey Road operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Upminster offices, schools and public buildings, and the lint-heavy laundry ducts in the Greater London hotels and care homes, alongside kitchen grease ducts.
Local knowledge
James Nokes raised the Upminster smock mill in 1803, and for well over a hundred years its sails drove the stones that ground the district's grain, the mill's timbers and air thick 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. The restored windmill still stands above St Mary's Lane as a reminder of how much a town's air once carried.
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