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TR19 Inspection in Boughton Aluph
TR19 inspection for commercial sites in Boughton Aluph and across Kent. BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease.
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
How the visit works
Your trading hours come first. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that is an evening, overnight or a weekend. Once we are in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Boughton Aluph.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- The layout is traced from the canopy to the discharge.
- We note where access panels are and where more are needed.
- Grease readings are taken and photos recorded.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Getting ready for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Clear the space around the work
Getting a quote
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site. We’ll talk you through the work and give you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
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How we handle TR19 inspection in Boughton Aluph
Not every kitchen fits neatly into a calendar. Some kitchens build up grease faster than the minimum intervals assume, which is why measurement matters. We give your risk assessment measured figures rather than guesses. The work covers access surveys, wet film thickness tests and insurer audits, and people most often call us about parts of the system left out of past cleans and surveys needed before quoting a full clean.
In a small place like Boughton Aluph, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Boughton Aluph (TN25)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that is where we come in.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Grease, kitchens and Boughton Aluph
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 3 pubs, bars and clubs in Boughton Aluph and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Boughton Aluph is covered by 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. In Boughton Aluph, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Ashford council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
School kitchens, at schools like Wye School for example, are usually cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near All Saints’ Church, or anywhere in Boughton Aluph, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Boughton Aluph is about 4 miles north-east of Ashford, in Kent. From the centre of Boughton Aluph to the outskirts, TR19 inspection is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Boughton Aluph among them. Maidstone is in our area too, about 17 miles from Boughton Aluph.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: TN25. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Boughton Corner (1 mile east), Kempe's Corner (1 mile south), Wye (1 mile south-east), Brook (3 miles south-east) and Hassell Street (4 miles east). Further out, we also cover Ashford (4 miles south-west), Canterbury (9 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (13 miles north-west), Folkestone (13 miles south-east), Whitstable (12 miles north-east) and Faversham (8 miles north).
What’s near Boughton Aluph
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Flying Horse Inn, among other places. The nearest railway station is Wye station, about 1 mile south-east. Well-known places in the area include William Harvey Hospital (3.7 miles south) and Tower keep castle at Chilham (3.9 miles north-east). For a walk, there’s Hatch Park.
Keeping the system healthy
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Keep TR19 certificates, readings and reports together
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
You get a report with the grease readings, where they were taken and pictures of each point. Keep it with your fire safety and TR19 records.
Close the access gaps found during inspection, so every part of the duct can be cleaned.
Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
School and college kitchens still need their extract checked. Testing shows whether the interval suits.
Canopy and plenum
The plenum behind the filters can carry a lot of grease. Readings and pictures are taken in the plenum on every inspection.
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Your questions about TR19 inspection in Boughton Aluph
Who is the fire and rescue service for Boughton Aluph?
Boughton Aluph is in the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Who inspects food businesses in Boughton Aluph?
The local authority for Boughton Aluph is Ashford council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
What do you do with what you remove?
Anything we remove is contained as we work and taken away with us, including grease, debris and dirty water. We do not leave it behind.
When should we have our next grease test?
Often enough to know the mean stays under 200 microns between cleans. If readings rise, the interval should shorten.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Do you work in Boughton Aluph?
Yes. Boughton Aluph is part of the area we cover, as part of our area across London and the South East.
Why survey before a clean?
A survey finds out how the system is laid out, how dirty it is and what can be reached, so the clean goes to plan. Any access problems are flagged ahead of the clean.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Why act early in Boughton Aluph
If a kitchen in Boughton Aluph has been cleaned on the same calendar for years, there’s no way to know if that interval is right without measuring. Testing gives you the evidence to set it properly. Rural sites can’t always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all play a part.
Why us?
- Fixed quotes, normally within one working day
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Photo reports with every job
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
When to call us in Boughton Aluph
As hot, greasy air travels up the duct, it cools and leaves a film behind. The thickest layers can sit out of sight in the plenum, at bends and along flat runs.
Signs it’s time to call us include:
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Godinton House is about 4.2 miles south-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
What to look for in a quote
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- What records you’ll receive afterwards
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
You will get a fixed price before we start. It’s based on:
- Whether several sites go on one quote
- The scale of the work
- Site rules, permits and inductions
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote, and the price is fixed before we start.
Helping us quote
There’s no need for technical detail. It helps if you can send:
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
To get a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. We normally come back within one working day.