When you're choosing who cleans your commercial kitchen extract system, the accreditations and paperwork matter as much as the clean itself — because it's the documentation that protects your insurance, satisfies your environmental health officer and evidences your fire-risk management. Here's exactly what stands behind the work we arrange across Cardiff and South Wales.
Cleaned to the TR19 Grease standard
Every extract clean we arrange is carried out to TR19 Grease — the UK's leading specification for the fire-risk management of grease in commercial kitchen extract systems, published by BESA (the Building Engineering Services Association). TR19 is the benchmark that insurers, fire authorities and environmental health officers reference, so cleaning to it is what keeps your cover valid and your compliance file complete.
BESA-qualified grease hygiene technicians
The specialist providers we work with include BESA-qualified Grease Hygiene Technicians — engineers with the audited technical competence to clean, assess and certify kitchen extract systems to the recognised standard. This is the qualification that gives a TR19 certificate its weight; a "wipe-down and invoice" from an unqualified cleaner does not carry the same protection.
CHAS-accredited and safety-assured
The work is carried out by a CHAS-accredited contractor. CHAS (the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme) is one of the UK's most widely recognised health-and-safety accreditations, and it's what facilities managers, care groups, schools and public-sector buyers look for before letting a contractor onto site. Method statements and risk assessments (RAMS) are provided for the work where required.
Fully insured
The providers we arrange your work with carry full public liability insurance, with certificates available on request. It's a basic protection to insist on for any contractor working in your kitchen — and one that a surprising number of cut-price operators can't produce.
A documented verification report every time
Compliance lives or dies on the paperwork. Every clean we arrange comes with a verification report containing before-and-after photographs taken at the same access points, grease-depth readings, a note of any areas that couldn't be accessed, and a recommended next-service date — issued as a certificate for your records. This is precisely what a loss adjuster, an EHO inspector or a fire-risk assessor will ask to see.
Honest about scope
We arrange and manage enquiries for specialist commercial kitchen cleaning; the work is carried out by an appropriate accredited provider. We only ever describe the qualifications, accreditations and insurance those providers genuinely hold — because in a trade where anyone can claim "TR19", verifiable credentials are exactly what set a compliant clean apart.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Are you TR19 accredited?
The kitchen extract cleaning we arrange is carried out to the TR19 Grease standard by BESA-qualified grease hygiene technicians. TR19 is a specification to clean to rather than a badge to hold, and every clean is documented with a TR19 verification report and certificate.
Is the contractor insured?
Yes — the providers we arrange your work with carry full public liability insurance, with certificates available on request. We recommend never letting an uninsured contractor work on your kitchen extract system.
What is CHAS and why does it matter?
CHAS is a leading UK health-and-safety accreditation. A CHAS-accredited contractor has had its health-and-safety arrangements independently assessed — reassurance that's often required before a contractor can work on care, school, healthcare or FM-managed sites.
What paperwork do I get after a clean?
A full verification report: before-and-after photographs, grease-depth readings, any no-access notes, a recommended next-service date, and a certificate confirming the work was completed to TR19. This is your evidence for insurance, EHO and fire-risk purposes.