Kitchen Ventilation Cleaning

• Helps to ensure that you comply with insurance policies and regulations
• To improve the hygiene levels of your systems
• Increased kitchen ventilation efficiency
• Helps to reduce the risk of fire
• The post-clean TR19 compliant report demonstrates acceptable hygiene levels

TR19 are guidelines of good practice, created by the Building Engineering Services Association (B.E.S.A), on the subject of the internal cleanliness of ventilation systems. TR19 guidelines are used to standardise cleaning and they recommend the monitoring and maintenance of kitchen ventilation systems, to help reduce the risk of kitchen fires.

The TR19 cleaning standards are currently guidelines, but are used by many insurance companies in their policies as a recognised standard, with many requesting evidence of compliance with them. In the occurrence of kitchen fire, a claim could become void if this evidence is not provided.

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 stipulates that by law, the person responsible for the business premises must carry out a fire risk assessment and implement and maintain a fire management plan. Putting in place regular kitchen duct and ventilation cleaning and/or monitoring, will help satisfy this requirement as well as helping reduce the risk of fire.

• Rentokil Specialist Hygiene’s expert technicians use an Elcometer 456 (a thickness gauge with a scan probe)  to measure the levels of grease in your kitchen extraction and ventilation systems.
• These readings are collated into a detailed, TR19 compliant report, with schematic drawings and photographs.
• This report can be used as evidence of deep cleaning, or as proof of your current compliance with TR19 standards.

How often your ventilation systems need to be cleaned depends on usage and the type of business.

TR19 states that:

• Heavy use (12-16 hours a day )is recommended to be cleaned every 3 months
• Moderate use (6-12 hours a day) every 6 months
• Light usage (2-6 hours a day) every 12 months

We also offer a kitchen ventilation monitoring service, which can help determine if and when deep cleaning is required.  

• Extractor hood cleaning
• Extraction canopy cleaning
• Kitchen vent cleaning
• Kitchen ducting cleaning
• Extraction fan cleaning
• Kitchen extractor fan cleaning
• Commercial kitchen extraction cleaning