LEV Testing · County Durham
LEV testing across County Durham - the market towns, the port and the rail and engineering estates. COSHH thorough examination and test of the fume and dust extraction in your workshops - measured, reported and certified.
County Durham runs from the market town of Bishop Auckland and the steel town of Consett through Darlington and the new town of Newton Aycliffe to the port of Hartlepool. It is a county of market-town kitchens and the rail, steel and engineering estates that succeeded the coalfield.
Every workshop across County Durham that welds, machines, sprays, mills or bakes raises fume, mist or dust the law says must be controlled. We examine and test local exhaust ventilation across County Durham to HSG258 - measured capture, a clear verdict and a reliable next-due date, from Bishop Auckland to Spennymoor.
A thorough examination and test under COSHH is a real assessment, not a rubber stamp. It is a structured examination of the system's condition, measurement of its actual performance, and an assessment of those readings against how the system should perform to control the exposure. It follows the HSE's guidance, HSG258, and ends in a report and a label.
From a Newton Aycliffe rail works to a Consett steel fabricator, the job ends in a report and a label - what was measured, what passed, and the date the next test falls due.
Control is won or lost at the hood. We measure capture and face velocities where the fume, mist or dust is released, not merely at the fan.
Transport velocity, leakage and the state of the filter or air cleaner all decide whether the contaminant reaches discharge. We inspect and measure the whole route, not a sample.
Fan performance and static pressure are where a quietly failing system shows itself. We take the readings that tell a working system from one that only looks the part.
We cover the whole of County Durham - every town below has its own page for this service.
County Durham raises fume and dust across a rail, steel and engineering economy, and each site owes the same duty to control it and prove it. Newton Aycliffe builds rail vehicles, Darlington runs rail-technology and precision works, and Consett structural-steel fabrication, while Hartlepool keeps its monumental-masonry yards and port trades and Bishop Auckland a distillery, with engineering units throughout. We examine and test the extraction on all of it to HSG258.
We inspect the system's condition - hoods, ducting, filter and fan - and identify how it is meant to control each process.
We take the readings: capture and face velocities, duct transport velocity and static pressure at the key points.
We assess the readings against the benchmark and set out clearly whether the system is controlling the exposure.
The system is labelled with the test result and next-due date, and you get the report for your COSHH file.
Yes - across the county, from Darlington and Hartlepool to Bishop Auckland, Consett and Newton Aycliffe. Each town has its own page for this service; call 07961 915018 or use the contact form and we will confirm and quote.
Yes. We look after multi-site operators across County Durham on one schedule - a single survey, one set of certificates and a next-due date per site - so a group with kitchens in several towns keeps its compliance in one place.
Yes. We work overnight, early mornings, weekends and closing days so a County Durham kitchen or works keeps running while we clean, degrease or test.
Yes. Duct and extraction cleaning is certified to TR19 Grease with a photo record, kitchen deep cleans carry a certificate and report for your food hygiene file, and LEV testing is reported and labelled to HSG258.
We have carried out LEV thorough examination and testing to HSG258 since 2001, across County Durham and the UK. From a machine shop to a joinery, a spray booth or a lab fume cupboard, the job ends the same way: measured readings, a clear verdict, and a label whose next-due date you can rely on.
Tell us your site and we will survey, quote and certify - anywhere in County Durham.
