Kent · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections in Bapchild
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Bapchild, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
Why act early in Bapchild
Without readings, you are guessing when to clean. Any reading of 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning under TR19® Grease, which you won’t know without measuring. It’s simpler to plan the work at Bapchild now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
A single site or a whole portfolio, the quote is built the same way: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before any work starts.
Why book with us
- Full insurance on every job
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- Photo reports with every job
Read our cost guide or our accreditations.
TR19 inspection in Bapchild, done properly
TR19® Grease says grease should not exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans, while a reading of 500 microns or more anywhere calls for immediate spot cleaning. Testing is how you know where your system stands. The work covers deposit thickness tests, insurer audits and pre-clean surveys, and people most often call us about pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean and extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean.
Somewhere as small as Bapchild, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
A written report with pictures follows every visit, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Bapchild (ME9)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Part by part
Vertical risers
Access to risers is often limited. The survey shows exactly what access there is.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
BESA’s minimum for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day is a clean every 3 months, with testing showing whether more is needed.
What we’re called out for in Bapchild
TR19® is the benchmark that insurers, fire officers and EHOs refer to. It isn’t legislation; the legal duty comes from the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping grease under control.
It’s time to book a visit if you see:
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Sections of duct that can’t be reached
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
For schools such as Rodmersham School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What to look for in a quote
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether they’re fully insured
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
What we do, step by step
We are used to working while the site is closed. Evenings, nights and weekends are when much of our work happens, so the site can open as normal afterwards. On site, the work takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. Somewhere as small as Bapchild, the date and timings are agreed with you well before the day.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- We open the access points used on the clean.
- We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
- We photograph each area to record how it was left.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: the system from a couple of angles, plus any access panels or hatches. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Advice
Bapchild kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s data shows about 4 pubs and bars registered within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Bapchild. Wherever they cook, the canopy, duct and fan collect grease just as a restaurant’s do. Bapchild sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract. Environmental health officers from Swale council inspect food businesses in Bapchild. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Nicholas, or anywhere in Bapchild, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Belmont House and Gardens is about 4.6 miles south-east), access may need planning.
Bapchild is about 2 miles south-east of Sittingbourne, in Kent. We provide TR19 inspection for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Bapchild and the rest of Kent. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Bapchild is one of them. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page, about 11 miles away.
TR19 inspection in ME9 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Close by, we work in Rodmersham (1 mile north), Newbury (1 mile south), Rodmersham Green (1 mile west), Lynsted (1 mile east) and Highsted (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (11 miles west), Ashford (13 miles south), Canterbury (14 miles east), Whitstable (12 miles east), Faversham (5 miles east) and Minster (7 miles north).
What’s near Bapchild
In Bapchild, that means kitchens and buildings near Cromers Wood, The Sittingbourne School and Black Lion Public House and the streets around them. The closest station to Bapchild is Teynham station, roughly 2.1 miles north-east of the centre. A little further out are Bayford Court (2.1 miles north-west) and Sittingbourne Heritage Museum (1.9 miles north-west).
Between visits
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Share inspection reports with your insurer or broker when asked
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Never cook with filters missing
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
After post-clean verification, file the results with the cleaning certificate. The pair gives a clear record of the clean and the check.
Keep all TR19 records together so the history is easy to show.
Also near Bapchild
What else we do in Bapchild
What TR19 inspection cannot fix
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
- Fan breakdowns, which need a repair visit
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will tell you honestly.
What we work on in Bapchild
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Deposit thickness tests
- Access surveys
For landlords and multi-site operators
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Bapchild questions
Which environmental health team covers Bapchild?
Food hygiene inspections in Bapchild are carried out by Swale council. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Can a school canteen extract in Bapchild be done out of term time?
Yes. Half-terms and the summer break are the natural time for school work. With about 5 schools and colleges on the FSA’s register within roughly a mile and a half of Bapchild, it pays to plan holiday dates ahead. You can call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the dates the site is empty.
What is TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not law, but it’s the benchmark.
How much notice do you need?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. Quotes typically come back within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
What do you do with what you remove?
Waste is contained during the work and removed when we leave, from grease and debris to used cleaning water. None of it is left on site.
What should I send you?
Just the basics: where it is, what kind of site, when it’s open and the access. Photos and any previous paperwork make it quicker. Then ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
What do you do to protect the area?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
Is TR19 cleaning the law?
No. TR19® is a specification, not a statute. Without TR19 records, an insurance claim can be reduced or refused, so it matters in practice.