Q&As.

Why is professional kitchen ventilation cleaning important?

Cooking in commercial kitchens generates airborne grease, carbon and steam, which can condense on the inner walls of kitchen ductwork and extraction systems. These deposits can build-up and reduce airflow, create foul odours, increase fire risk and become a significant fire hazard.

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and equivalent national legislation in Scotland and Northern Ireland, a requirement is placed on the ‘responsible person’ to make sure action is taken to prevent fires, which includes carrying out a sufficient ‘Fire Risk Assessment. Due to the high risk of potential fire, kitchen extraction systems warrant close attention and should be included in this assessment. High quality kitchen duct and ventilation cleaning will help you ensure that your system remains safe.

BESA (Building Engineering Services Association) created the TR19 guidelines as a way to standardise commercial kitchen ventilation cleaning and maintenance, to help reduce the risk of kitchen fires. Regular cleaning of your kitchen’s ventilation system can help you remain in line with the guidelines and prevent fires. Additionally, many  insurance companies include specific conditions in their policies regarding the cleaning of your kitchen ventilation and extraction system. If a fire occurs and the cause appears to be associated with your system not being cleaned adequately, then it could jeopardize your policy.

Kitchen Ventilation Cleaning

It is important to ensure that the ventilation system in your commercial kitchen is safe, hygienic and TR19 compliant to reduce fire risks.

Clean & Gleam is a BESA member, members of the Ventilation Hygiene Elite Scheme and provide TR19 compliant ventilation cleaning services for your commercial kitchen. Our kitchen extract cleaning service removes grease and carbon deposits from your extractor fan, kitchen canopy and ducting in line with BESA’s TR19 guidelines. A post-clean verification TR19 compliant report is provided as evidence of your compliance and includes photographs, recommendations and a cleaning frequency calculation using BESA’s predictive accumulation assessment table.

We also offer a kitchen ventilation system monitoring service for customers who are unsure if their system requires deep cleaning, or would like a report to demonstrate their current compliance with the guidelines. Our technicians take photographs and measure the levels of grease in your canopy, ductwork, ventilation and extraction system to include in the report, alongside recommendations and observations.

Our Kitchen Ventilation Cleaning Service

BESA detailed criteria in their latest document update that service providers must meet in order to supply TR19 complaint kitchen ventilation cleaning. This ensures that companies are competent, accredited and providing a high quality service to help reduce kitchen fire risks. Clean & Gleam meets this criteria and offers a TR19 compliant kitchen ventilation cleaning service with the below features:

  • A comprehensive post-clean TR19 compliant report which includes recommendations, photographs and grease deposit measurements from each inspection point after deep cleaning has taken place, as well a recommended cleaning frequency based on BESA’s predictive accumulation assessment table.  A report with photographs and measurements is also provided as part of our inspection service.

  • TR19 extraction and duct cleaning service provided by a BESA member with a full understanding of the TR19 guidelines. We are also a part of the Ventilation Hygiene Elite Scheme and have access to the BESCA portal, so that our reports can be certified and audited. This also ensures that a Hygiene Certificate is provided to each of our customers.

  • Our expert technicians have completed BESA accredited training and are qualified Grease Hygiene Technicians and hold in date qualifications.

  • A reliable, responsive kitchen extraction cleaning and/ or monitoring service.

  • Offering a UK wide service.

Some of the frequently asked questions about kitchen extraction cleaning

  • • Supports your compliance with insurance policies conditions and fire safety regulations.

    • To improve the hygiene levels and maintain a high standard of hygiene in your kitchen extract system, reducing the risk of cross contamination.

    • Increased kitchen extraction system efficiency with promoting the free flow of air.

    • Helps to reduce the risk of fire by removing carbon deposits and grease build-up.

    • The post-clean TR19 compliant report demonstrates acceptable hygiene levels in your commercial kitchen canopy and kitchen extract duct systems and demonstrates that you have taken fire safety precautions.

  • TR19 are guidelines of good practice created by the BESA, on the subject of the internal cleanliness of kitchen ventilation systems. TR19 guidelines are used to standardise cleaning and they recommend the monitoring and maintenance of kitchen ventilation and extract systems, to help reduce the risk of kitchen fires. The document was updated in July 2019 with more stringent guidance and criteria that service providers must meet in order to provide a TR19 compliant service, to help reduce the growing number of fires in commercial kitchens.

  • Clean & Gleam is a TR19 compliant service provider and our deep cleaning service is carried out in line with BESA’s guidelines. The technicians carrying out our kitchen extraction and ventilation systems have undergone BESA accredited training and hold indate qualifications. A TR19 compliant report is provided with every service and can be used as evidence of deep cleaning and your compliance. Our team are experts in TR19 and can offer advice, as well as a recommendation of cleaning frequency to help ensure that you remain compliant.

  • • Extractor Hood Cleaning
    • Extraction Canopy Cleaning
    • Kitchen Vent Cleaning
    • Kitchen Duct Cleaning
    • Extraction Fan Cleaning
    • Kitchen Extractor Cleaning
    • Commercial Kitchen Extraction Cleaning
    • Extraction Cleaning
    • Ductwork Cleaning

TR19 Cleaning Standards

All our kitchen extract and duct cleaning adheres to the current legislation TR19 standards and guidelines set by NAADUK.

Member of Vent Hygiene Register

All our kitchen extract and duct cleaning adheres to the current legislation TR19 standards and guidelines set by NAADUK.