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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Ashford, Kent
TR19 inspection for Ashford and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
What the work involves, part by part
Horizontal duct runs
Sections without access are recorded so panels can be added.
Extract fan and discharge
The extract fan and its housing collect grease too. We check and test them as part of the inspection.
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Ashford
TR19® Grease says grease should not exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans, and 500 microns or more at any point needs immediate spot cleaning. Grease testing shows which side of those lines you are on. The work covers pre-clean surveys, deposit thickness tests and access surveys, and people most often call us about an insurer’s request for a TR19 audit and systems that need surveying before cleaning.
In Ashford, extract cleaning fits around service: after the last cover, before breakfast or on a day the kitchen is shut. Bigger sites can be done kitchen by kitchen, so cooking carries on elsewhere.
For insurers and inspectors, the record counts. So every job comes with a written report and pictures, and grease extract cleans come with a TR19® certificate issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that’s where we come in.
TR19 inspection around Ashford
The FSA’s food hygiene register shows about 107 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 38 takeaways in Ashford and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. Fire safety in Ashford falls to Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk. In Ashford, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Ashford council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
A kitchen near Ashford International station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like William Harvey Hospital about 2.1 miles east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Ashford is in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in Ashford, TR19 inspection is something we can help with. We can work out of hours so trading is not interrupted. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, large and small. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 17 miles away.
Work in TN23, TN24, TN25 and TN26 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Streets in the area include Market Lane, Church Road and Station Road, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. Ashford sits on or near the A20 and A28, so getting to you is simple for evening and night visits. Nearby, we also carry out TR19 inspection in Stanhope (1 mile south-west), Newtown (1 mile south-east), South Willesborough (1 mile south-east), Godinton (1 mile north-west) and Willesborough (1 mile east). Within a short drive, we also cover Canterbury (13 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (15 miles north), Folkestone (14 miles east), Faversham (12 miles north), Hythe (10 miles south-east) and Davington (12 miles north). As one of the bigger places in Kent, Ashford has commercial sites of every size, all within our area for TR19 inspection.
Local landmarks in Ashford
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Locomotive pub, Ashford Green Corridors and Ashford School, among other places. Ashford has its own railway station: Ashford International station. Other landmarks nearby include William Harvey Hospital (2.1 miles east) and Ashford Designer Outlet (0.6 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Hatch Park.
Looking after it afterwards
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
- Book the next test on the date in the report
After post-clean verification, file the results with the cleaning certificate. Together they show the system was cleaned and checked.
Test grease regularly instead of relying on the calendar. It spots changes in how fast grease builds.
Questions from Ashford
Who inspects food businesses in Ashford?
That is Ashford council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Ashford. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Which fire authority looks after Ashford?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Ashford. TR19® is not law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. We always survey first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
Will you produce a report for our insurer?
Yes, for kitchens across the South East and London. Tell us what your insurer has asked for and we will set the report out to match.
Do you work out of hours?
Yes. Much of our work happens in the evening, overnight or at weekends, so you don’t have to close during trading.
Why survey before a clean?
The survey covers the whole system, grease readings and access to each section. It lets us plan the clean and give you a fixed quote.
Where does the waste go?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. We don’t leave it behind.
Are you accredited?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
Before we fix a price, we need to know a few things. We check:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- The scale of the work
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Travel, parking and unloading
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Ask for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
Helping us quote
You do not need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, from your photos and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
When to call us in Ashford
Grease in a duct is flammable fuel. Flames from the range can be pulled into the canopy and travel through the ducts to other parts of the building. Measuring it is the first step to keeping it under control.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Christ Church or elsewhere in Ashford, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Comparing quotes
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
Why act early in Ashford
An EHO visit, an insurance renewal or a fire risk assessment is a bad time to find your extract records are thin. A recent inspection report means you’re ready when asked. If an insurer or inspector asks when the work was last done, an up-to-date certificate answers the question.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you will get one fixed quote.
Why book with us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A fixed price before any work starts
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
Take a look at our cost guide or our accreditations and certificates.
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What we do, step by step
Your staff do not need to do much on the day. A contact on site lets us in at the agreed time and points us to the system, and the rest is down to us. Afterwards, the area is left tidy and the written report follows. For a managed building in Ashford, let us know about sign-in, permits and who holds the keys.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- The layout is traced from the canopy to the discharge.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
Getting ready for the visit
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Getting a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.