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TR19 inspections in Blean
For TR19 inspection in Blean, one call is all it takes, from survey to sign-off. CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, ISO 9001 and fully insured.
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
For landlords and multi-site operators
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Every visit ends with a dated report and pictures, ready to show insurers, fire officers or EHOs.
The Fire Safety Order 2005 puts the duty to manage fire risk on the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
About our TR19 inspection in Blean
If you’ve taken over a kitchen in Blean and do not know when the extract was last cleaned, an inspection is the place to start. We survey the system, measure the grease and tell you what needs doing, so the next step is based on facts. The work covers access surveys, wet film thickness tests and deposit thickness tests, and common reasons people get in touch are extracts that have never been grease tested and missing TR19 certificates or history.
For a kitchen in or near Blean, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Blean (CT2)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Blean
Which council inspects kitchens in Blean?
In Blean, it’s Canterbury City council that carries out food hygiene inspections. Ratings are published by the Food Standards Agency, so a clean extract and good records are worth keeping up.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Blean?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Blean. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so sites at different addresses can be planned together on one programme. Every site has its own report.
What grease levels does TR19 allow?
Between cleans, the mean should stay at 200 microns or below, with 500 microns or more anywhere needing immediate spot cleaning.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we are fully insured.
How long does grease testing take?
An inspection takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. Large or multiple systems take longer, and you can call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us to book it in.
How much notice should we give?
The more notice, the better, especially for out-of-hours work. We typically quote within one working day, and emergencies are covered by our 24/7 line.
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.
Do you need TR19 inspection in Blean?
Menus, opening hours and cooking styles change over time, and more frying or longer hours mean more grease. A cleaning interval set years ago may no longer fit.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
For schools such as Blean Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether the price is fixed
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- How areas they can’t reach will be recorded
- Whether the quote is based on a survey or photos
Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in Blean
We quote each job individually. This is what makes a difference:
- How many systems or sites are involved
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The times the site is available
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Call for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
What we need to know
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- Where the site is and what kind of site it is
For TR19 inspection in Blean, call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email. Let us know the site type and the opening hours, and send pictures or your last report if you can. We usually send a fixed quote within one working day.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Some jobs should never be done in-house: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, next to our reports.
TR19 inspection around Blean
The FSA’s data shows about 5 pubs, bars and clubs registered in Blean and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Blean sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel. Kitchens in Blean get their food hygiene inspections from Canterbury City council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Cosmus and St Damian or elsewhere in Blean, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr is the nearest hospital to Blean, about 2.4 miles south-east.
Blean is about 3 miles north-west of Canterbury, in Kent. Wherever you are in the CT2 postcode area, we cover TR19 inspection for commercial sites. We cover 922 places across Kent, large and small. There’s also a page for Maidstone, roughly 23 miles from Blean.
All of CT2 is within our area for TR19 inspection, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Whether your site is on Westfield, School Lane and Vicarage Lane or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Main roads around Blean include the A290, which makes travel easy for evening and night visits. Close by, we work in Honey Hill (1 mile north-west), Tyler Hill (1 mile east), Denstroude (1 mile north-west), Hackington (1 mile east) and Yorkletts (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (14 miles south-west), Canterbury (3 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (14 miles west), Whitstable (3 miles north), Faversham (7 miles west) and Herne Bay (6 miles north-east).
Around Blean
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Archbishop's School, Tyler Hill Meadow and St Edmund's School, among other places. The nearest railway station is Canterbury West station, about 2.1 miles south-east. Other landmarks nearby include Sidney Cooper Museum (2.3 miles south-east) and Eastbridge Hospital of St Thomas the Martyr (2.4 miles south-east). For a walk, there’s Blean Woods RSPB Reserve.
How the job changes from site to site
Horizontal duct runs
Bends and long runs can hold heavy deposits, out of sight of the kitchen.
Vertical risers
Risers in multi-storey buildings can pass through other areas, so access is planned in advance.
Nearby places to Blean
Also in Blean
How the visit works
Night work is normal for us. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. On site, the work takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. If the van will struggle with a lane or gateway near Blean, let us know and we’ll plan around it.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- We open the access points used on the clean.
- We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
How to get a quote
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, then send a fixed quote. To get going, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
Related advice
Keeping the system healthy
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
- Never cook with filters missing
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
Any access problems we found are listed with a suggested fix. Fitting them before the next clean means the whole system gets done.
Revisit the cleaning interval whenever the menu or hours change. Fresh readings show whether it needs to change.