Cafés — Kitchen Extract Cleaning in Edinburgh
TR19 extract cleaning quotes for cafés across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife, Falkirk and Stirling.
Café kitchens are easy to underestimate. Hours can be shorter than a restaurant's, but a breakfast grill, a fryer or a flat-top used every day still sends grease into the canopy and duct. We arrange TR19 extract cleaning quotes for cafés and tearooms across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and Forth Valley. An independent specialist provider does the work and issues the certificate.
Cafés trade in very different settings across the patch. In Stockbridge, Raeburn Place is lined with small shops, and a farmers' market runs each Sunday at Jubilee Gardens by the Water of Leith. Portobello grew into a bathing resort, and its promenade still fronts a wide sandy beach. At North Berwick, the Scottish Seabird Centre near the harbour has a café overlooking the Firth of Forth. A small café has the same fire safety duties as a busy city coffee shop.
Which TR19 frequency band cafés fall into
TR19 Grease sets minimum cleaning intervals by daily cooking hours: every twelve months for 2 to 6 hours a day, every six months for 6 to 12 hours and every three months for 12 to 16 hours. A café cooking breakfasts and lunches for a few hours usually sits in the light, annual band. One serving hot food from early morning into the afternoon is moderate use and six-monthly. Festival weeks and long summer opening can push hours up, and if you fry, the provider's grease readings may justify a shorter interval than hours alone suggest. The TR19 compliance guide explains more.
Fire risk assessment, insurance and FHIS
Scottish fire law applies to the smallest kitchen. Under the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006 the duty holder must assess fire risk and act on it, and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) enforces those duties. Scottish Government guidance for non-residential premises says grease and fat deposits should be removed from kitchen equipment, including extraction equipment, so a small menu is no reason to skip it. Insurers may refuse a claim if a fire is traced to a poorly maintained system. Your food hygiene result is set separately. Under the Food Hygiene Information Scheme a council inspection gives Pass or Improvement Required, and while some businesses choose not to display the certificate, every result is published on the Food Standards Scotland website.
What a full clean covers
Even a small café extract has the same parts. The provider cleans the canopy and filters, the full ductwork run to the discharge and the extract fan, with access panels fitted where needed. Grease-depth readings are taken before and after, and TR19 Grease sets a mean of 200 microns as the limit between cleans. You receive a certificate with before-and-after photographs. BESA advises cleaning and degreasing hood filters daily or as the manufacturer instructs, which your staff can do between professional cleans.
Fitting the clean around opening hours
If you close by late afternoon, an evening clean is straightforward and costs no trading time. If you trade from a listed building, a tenement or a seafront unit, tell us when you enquire so the provider can plan access to the roof, the back court or the yard. In the Old Town, where the High Street becomes a gathering point for Fringe performers each August, book well before the festival. If you are not sure of the duct route, an inspection report will map it.
Café groups and several sites
If you run more than one café, we can arrange one quote for all of them. Each site gets its own certificate, and dates are spread so no two sites are affected at once. Seasonal sites on the coast can be booked for the quieter months. The cost guide shows what affects the price.
Cafés we arrange quotes for
We arrange quotes for cafés in Bruntsfield, Morningside and the New Town, as well as Stockbridge, Portobello, North Berwick and the Old Town. Further afield we cover Linlithgow, Stirling and St Andrews, where the Old Course is considered the oldest golf course in the world.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does a small café need TR19 cleaning?
If you have a commercial canopy and extract duct, the same fire risk applies. A café cooking 2 to 6 hours a day falls in TR19's light band, which means at least an annual clean, and Scottish Government guidance for non-residential premises says grease and fat deposits should be removed from kitchen extraction equipment.
Can kitchen staff clean the filters between professional cleans?
Yes. BESA advises cleaning and degreasing hood filters daily or as the manufacturer instructs. That does not replace a full clean of the duct and fan, because no filter is 100 per cent effective and grease gets past it into the rest of the system.
Do we have to display our food hygiene certificate?
Food Standards Scotland says some businesses choose not to display their Food Hygiene Information Scheme result, but every result is published on its website. Your result will be Pass or Improvement Required. The TR19 certificate is separate and relates to fire risk, so keep it with your fire risk assessment.
When would the clean take place?
Usually after you close, so no trading time is lost. Mention access to the roof, the back court or a shared yard when you enquire. If your café is busiest in summer or during the August festivals, a clean in the weeks before puts the system in good order for the peak.
Do you do 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, with grease readings and before-and-after photographs. You get one quote and a date that fits your opening hours, and the paperwork goes in your fire safety file.
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