Hotels — Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Edinburgh
TR19 extract cleaning quotes for hotels across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife, Falkirk and Stirling.
Hotel kitchens rarely stop. Breakfast, lunch, room service, dinner and banqueting can keep the extract running for most of the day, and one building may have several kitchens on separate ducts. We arrange TR19 extract cleaning quotes for hotels across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and Forth Valley. An independent specialist provider does the work and issues the certificate.
For a hotel the certificate matters twice over. Guests sleep in the building, and both your insurer and the fire service may ask to see evidence that the system was cleaned to a recognised standard.
Which TR19 frequency band hotels fall into
TR19 Grease sets minimum intervals by daily cooking hours: every three months for 12 to 16 hours, every six months for 6 to 12 hours and every twelve months for 2 to 6 hours. A hotel cooking from breakfast through to dinner is often in the heavy band and needs a quarterly clean. A smaller hotel serving breakfast and a short evening menu may be six-monthly. Separate kitchens on separate ducts can run on different intervals, and the provider's grease readings settle it. The TR19 compliance guide has the detail.
Fire safety where guests sleep
The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006 place the duty to assess and manage fire risk on the duty holder, and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) enforces those duties for most premises. Scottish Government guidance for premises with sleeping accommodation says a build-up of grease or fat in grease extract ventilation systems and ducting linked to catering facilities can be a source of fire and of fire spread, and that there should be a cleaning and maintenance programme that removes the deposits. Where a hotel holds a licence, SFRS says the significant findings of its fire risk assessment must be recorded. BESA adds that insurers may refuse a claim where poor maintenance contributed to a fire.
What a full clean covers
The provider cleans the canopy and filters and the full ductwork from each canopy to the discharge. That includes risers and horizontal runs above ceilings, with access panels fitted where needed, and the extract fan. Grease-depth readings are taken before and after, and the certificate comes with before-and-after photographs. If nobody has a drawing of the duct route, start with an inspection report.
Working around guests and the events calendar
Cleans can be booked overnight or in the gap between breakfast and lunch, with noise and access planned around guest floors. The calendar matters here. The Balmoral, opened in 1902 as the North British Station Hotel, keeps its clock three minutes fast all year except on 31 December, when it shows the right time for Hogmanay. August brings the Fringe, the Royal Highland Show brings up to 190,000 visitors to Ingliston each June, and the airport there is Scotland's busiest by passenger numbers. The Open returns to the Old Course at St Andrews about every five years. Tell us your fixed events and the provider will plan around them.
Hotel groups and multi-site operators
If you run several hotels, or one hotel with separate restaurant and banqueting kitchens, we can arrange one quote covering every system. Each system gets its own interval and its own certificate. Older buildings need extra care. At the Shore in Leith, the first Malmaison hotel opened in a converted seamen's mission, and in South Queensferry the Hawes Inn, almost under the Forth Bridge, dates from the 17th century. Where the duct route through an older building is unknown, ask for an inspection first. The cost guide explains how duct length, access and the number of fans affect the price.
Hotels we arrange quotes for
We arrange quotes for hotels in the New Town, Old Town and West End, and along the coast at North Berwick, which became a fashionable holiday resort in the nineteenth century and has golf courses at the ends of its two bays. Further out we cover Stirling and Dunfermline.
Where we see these kitchens most
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Frequently Asked Questions
How often should a hotel kitchen extract be cleaned?
A hotel cooking from breakfast to dinner is often in TR19's heavy band of 12 to 16 hours a day, which means at least every three months. Smaller hotels with shorter hours may be six-monthly. These are minimums, and the provider's grease readings confirm the right interval for each kitchen.
We have more than one kitchen. Do they all need cleaning at once?
No. Each system can run on its own interval, depending on its cooking hours and grease readings, and the provider issues a certificate for each one. A banqueting kitchen that only runs for events may sit in a lighter band than the main restaurant kitchen.
Will the clean disturb guests?
The provider plans noise and access around guest floors, and cleans can be booked overnight or between services. Tell us about weddings, conferences and fixed dates such as the August festivals, Hogmanay or the Royal Highland Show, and the visit can be planned for a quieter week.
Which fire and rescue service covers our hotel?
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, a single national service formed in 2013 from eight regional services. Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife, Falkirk and Stirling all sit in its East Service Delivery Area, which is headquartered at Newbridge, west of Edinburgh. SFRS enforces fire safety duties for most premises.
Do you carry out the cleaning?
No. We arrange TR19 extract cleaning quotes and pass your enquiry to an independent specialist provider. A specialist provider does the work and issues the certificate. SFRS points out that the duty holder remains responsible for fire safety even when outside help is used, so file the certificate with your fire risk assessment.
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