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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Broad Tenterden, Kent
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Broad Tenterden, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
How we handle TR19 inspection in Broad Tenterden
BESA sets minimum cleaning intervals by daily use: every 3 months for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day, every 6 months for moderate use of 6 to 12 hours, and every 12 months for light use of 2 to 6 hours. Those are minimums, and grease readings help set the real interval. The work covers access surveys, deposit thickness tests and insurer audits, and common reasons people get in touch are ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits and kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings.
Somewhere as small as Broad Tenterden, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease, whatever the size of the place.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, as 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.
- Place
- Broad Tenterden (TN30)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
What affects the quote in Broad Tenterden
You will get a fixed price before any work starts. It takes into account:
- How easy every part is to reach
- The condition of the system
- Parking and loading at the site
- Whether several sites go on one quote
Every site is different, 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.
Asking for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- The postcode and the type of business
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- A few general shots of the system
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 we can price many jobs without a visit.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Broad Tenterden
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site to keep disruption down.
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
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When it’s something else
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work will not fix:
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
Not sure which it is? You can call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What we work on in Broad Tenterden
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
- Access surveys
How the visit works
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. We agree a date with you, plan the drive to Broad Tenterden and turn up when the site is quiet.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Ask for a quote
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form 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. You’ll usually have a quote within one working day.
Related advice
Broad Tenterden kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 7 bars, pubs and nightclubs within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Broad Tenterden. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Environmental health officers from Ashford council inspect food businesses in Broad Tenterden. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector. Broad Tenterden 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.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Smallhythe Place is about 1.6 miles south), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Tenterden Church of England Junior School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Broad Tenterden is about 9 miles south-west of Ashford, in Kent. Whatever kind of site you run in Broad Tenterden, we can take on TR19 inspection. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Broad Tenterden is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for commercial clients. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 16 miles away.
Every address in TN30 is covered for TR19 inspection, from busy streets to back roads. Whether your site is on Smallhythe Road and Small Hythe Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover the places around Broad Tenterden: Tenterden (1 mile north), Small Hythe (1 mile south), St Michaels (2 miles north), Strood (2 miles west) and Parkgate (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (9 miles north-east), Paddock Wood (15 miles north-west), Bearsted (15 miles north), Park Wood (14 miles north-west), Kennington (11 miles north-east) and New Romney (12 miles south-east).
Around Broad Tenterden
In Broad Tenterden, that means kitchens and buildings near The Vine Inn, Turners Field and Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre and the streets around them. Other landmarks nearby include Benenden Hospital (3.8 miles north-west) and Tenterden and District Museum (0.7 miles north-west).
Do you need TR19 inspection in Broad Tenterden?
Not every section of a kitchen extract is easy to get to, and grease can be missed there clean after clean. A survey finds the sections that can’t be reached, so the gaps can be closed.
Most sites get in touch when they notice one of these:
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Benenden Hospital about 3.8 miles north-west, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- What’s included in the scope, part by part
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Proof of insurance
Questions from Broad Tenterden
Can you come to Broad Tenterden after we close?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The work in Broad Tenterden can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Which council inspects kitchens in Broad Tenterden?
Kitchens in Broad Tenterden are inspected by Ashford council’s environmental health officers. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
Is Broad Tenterden in your area?
Yes. We work in Broad Tenterden and across Kent, within our South East and London area. For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Why survey before a clean?
We look at the system from canopy to discharge, take grease readings and check access. From it, we plan the clean and quote a fixed price.
How much time does an inspection need?
Testing takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. Large or multiple systems take longer, and you can call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line to book it in.
Do you carry out TR19 audits for insurers?
Yes. Our TR19 audits cover readings, photos, access and a recommended cleaning interval. It’s set out for your insurer or broker.
Do you check other contractors’ cleans?
Verification means repeat readings and pictures once the clean is done. Any areas that weren’t cleaned properly are flagged.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any site with a kitchen or a ventilation system to look after, from a small pub to a hospital. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
Why it’s worth doing now in Broad Tenterden
If a kitchen in Broad Tenterden has been cleaned on the same calendar for years, there’s no way to know if that interval is right without measuring. Measured readings let a competent person set the interval. Somewhere as small as Broad Tenterden, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
We do not list prices on the website, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll talk you through it.
Why book with us
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Trading since 2009
- Each visit written up, with photos
Take a look at what affects the cost and how to check a contractor.
Between visits
After the visit, a few habits help the work last:
- Book the next test on the date in the report
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
The report recommends when the system should next be cleaned and tested, based on the readings and how the kitchen is used.
Regular grease readings keep the cleaning interval honest. It shows if build-up is speeding up.