Wigan · 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 Wigan, and certify it to the TR19 Grease standard your insurer expects.
Wigan
Wigan rates thousands 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 Wigan, from King Street through Standishgate to Grand Arcade, 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.
Kitchens are only half the work - we also strip the dry supply and extract ductwork of Wigan schools, offices and civic buildings, and the lint-choked dryer runs behind its hotels and care homes. It is the hardest-pressed kitchens - University Centre Wigan and Leigh College, the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, the Brick Community Stadium and the borough hotels - that glaze their hidden ducting quickest, and that coating is the road a fire takes.
The standard
TR19 Grease is the benchmark Wigan insurers and fire risk assessors expect - measured across the whole extract run, not just the visible mouth of the canopy.
The standard works in grease-film thickness, fixing the depth at which a run must be cleaned and re-tested. In the shared roof voids around King Street and Grand Arcade, wiping the canopy and filters leaves the ductwork - the long concealed sections that gather grease and carry fire - untouched. We open the full Wigan run through existing and newly cut inspection hatches, strip it to bare metal, log grease-depth readings at fixed points before and after, and issue a TR19 Grease certificate with the post-clean depths recorded.
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 Wigan hotels, care homes and gyms.
On the ground in Wigan
We are in Wigan's ductwork and plant every week. The proof is the jobs, not the stock photos.
A corporate headquarters in Wigan had heavy atmospheric dust and black soot loading the fresh-air supply plenums of its air handling unit across three floors. We isolated the individual office runs, worked pneumatic brushing gear through and vacuumed the dust out, bringing the indoor air quality back up. We also sourced a set of pleated synthetic panel filters for the on-site team to swap in.
When it is due
Ductwork rarely warns you politely. In a busy Wigan kitchen these are the tells.
A canopy dripping onto a King Street cookline, cooking smells forced back to the tables, extraction that no longer clears the steam, grease showing at the filter edges, or a Wigan 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 Standishgate 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 Wigan 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 Grand Arcade 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 Wigan fire logbook.
Why it matters
Three duties push every Wigan 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 Wigan 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 King Street 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 Wigan 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. Wigan 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 King Street kitchen sits in a tighter band than a daytime Standishgate cafe. We measure the grease load and confirm your interval.
A dated TR19 certificate, before-and-after photographs of each section, and an access report for your fire logbook - the evidence a King Street operator's insurer and fire risk assessor expect.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings and closing days for the King Street and Standishgate kitchens, and around shift patterns at commercial and production sites, at no extra charge for out-of-hours work.
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 King Street and Grand Arcade where the runs are long and awkward.
Yes. The fan at the top of a Grand Arcade 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 King Street and Standishgate kitchens to the offices, schools and industrial units across Wigan and the wider Greater Manchester.
Yes. We clean the dry ductwork and air-handling in Wigan 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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