Kent · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Chilmington Green TR19 inspection
Specialist TR19 inspection for Chilmington Green: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
What TR19 inspection cannot fix
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- Mechanical faults in the extract
- Design faults in the extract system
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll say what we think before booking.
What the work covers
- Access surveys
- Insurer audits
- Pre-clean surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Wet film thickness tests
- Deposit thickness tests
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Chilmington Green
Not every kitchen fits neatly into a calendar. In a busy kitchen, grease can build faster than the minimum intervals allow for, which is why measurement matters. We give your risk assessment measured figures rather than guesses. Typical jobs include checking the result of a recent clean and extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean, across deposit thickness tests, post-clean checks and access surveys.
Somewhere as small as Chilmington Green, 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.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with pictures, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal and sits alongside the report.
- Place
- Chilmington Green (TN23)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What we’re called out for in Chilmington Green
Kitchens change: a new menu, longer hours or more frying can all add grease. A cleaning interval set years ago may no longer fit.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Godinton House is about 1.9 miles north), access may need planning.
Comparing quotes
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
- Whether they’re fully insured
- When the next visit should be, and why
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
Also near Chilmington Green
Other services in Chilmington Green
What TR19 inspection looks like in Chilmington Green
Food Standards Agency data counts about 7 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 6 takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Chilmington Green. Where they cook under a canopy, a grease reading is the way to tell whether the extract is due a clean. Fire safety in Chilmington Green falls to 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. It’s Ashford council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Chilmington Green. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Before-and-after pictures from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Healthcare kitchens cannot easily close, so their extracts are cleaned overnight or between meal services; the nearest hospital to Chilmington Green is William Harvey Hospital, about 3.9 miles east. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Great Chart Primary School or anywhere near Chilmington Green, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Chilmington Green is about 2 miles west of Ashford, in Kent. Whether your site is in the middle of Chilmington Green or further out, TR19 inspection is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. We cover 922 places across Kent, large and small. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby, about 16 miles away.
We cover every part of TN23 for TR19 inspection and the streets around it. You’ll find streets such as Mock Lane, Oakwood Mews and Hays Mews, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. If your site is just outside Chilmington Green, we cover Great Chart (1 mile north-east), Fleeden (1 mile west), Daniel's Water (1 mile north-west), Stanhope (1 mile east) and Stubb's Cross (2 miles south-east). Further out, we also cover Canterbury (15 miles north-east), Sittingbourne (15 miles north), Folkestone (15 miles east), Faversham (13 miles north), Hythe (12 miles east) and Davington (13 miles north).
Near you in Chilmington Green
Typical jobs here are in premises near John Wallis Academy, Ashford Community Woodland and The Little Black Dog pub, among other places. Chilmington Green’s nearest station is Ashford International station, roughly 2.3 miles east of the centre. Nearby you will also find County Square (2.3 miles north-east) and William Harvey Hospital (3.9 miles east). Green spaces nearby include Orlestone Forest.
Keeping the system healthy
Think of this as the after-treatment advice, in brief:
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Do not box in or cover duct access panels
- Clean grease off the canopy between professional cleans
For an insurer audit, send them the report as it is, including readings, photos and any inaccessible sections.
Revisit the cleaning interval whenever the menu or hours change. A quick grease test answers the question.
How the visit works
There’s very little for your team to do 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. The timing of a visit to Chilmington Green is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- 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.
- Grease readings are taken and photos recorded.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
How to prepare
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then call 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Related advice
Common questions in Chilmington Green
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Chilmington Green?
It’s Kent Fire and Rescue Service, which covers Chilmington Green. If a fire safety officer visits a commercial kitchen, they may ask about the fire risk assessment and how the extract is kept clean.
Can you work in Chilmington Green outside opening hours?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The work in Chilmington Green can fit around your hours. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we will book within them.
Can you set up regular visits?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
What do the grease readings need to be?
Under TR19® Grease, the mean thickness should not exceed 200 microns between cleans. Any reading of 500 microns or more needs immediate spot cleaning.
How much notice should we give?
It depends on the time you need and how big the job is. Tell us your preferred dates when you ask for a quote, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
How much time does an inspection need?
As a guide, it takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. System size and access decide the rest.
What is a WFTT or DTT grease test?
It’s a measurement of how much grease is coating the inside of the extract, using the Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or Deposit Thickness Test (DTT). The results are given in microns.
Can you look after several sites?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, so we can schedule a run of sites on one programme. Each site gets its own report and photos.
For landlords and multi-site operators
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We are happy to deal with either side and send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
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 are happy to quote for all of it.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. Leave those to us.
Different parts, different methods
Canopy and plenum
Filters can look fine while the plenum behind them is heavily coated. So we measure behind the filters, not just in front.
Vertical risers
Risers carry the extract up through the building. Grease can run down and collect at the base, so the base is a key test point.