Kitchen ventilation cleaning
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 jeopardise your policy.
Help ensure that the ventilation system in your commercial kitchen is safe, hygienic and TR19 compliant to reduce fire risks.
Sussex Commercial Cleaning are a BESA member, 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.
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.