Kent · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Chitty TR19 inspection
Looking for TR19 inspection in Chitty? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, then sign off with a report and pictures.
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
Chitty kitchens: local notes
Sea air reaches Chitty, which sits within about 3 miles of the coast. Salt air speeds up corrosion of roof-level fans, discharge cowls and their fixings. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Chitty. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Food hygiene inspections in Chitty are the job of Canterbury City council’s environmental health team. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Mary the Virgin or elsewhere in Chitty, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. A hospital like St Martins Hospital, about 5.8 miles south-west, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Chitty is about 4 miles south-east of Herne Bay, in Kent. Whether your site is in the middle of Chitty or further out, TR19 inspection is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from a single unit to a large public building. Chitty is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for commercial clients. You can also see our page for Maidstone, about 29 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: CT3. Other places close to Chitty include Chislet (1 mile west), Hollow Street (1 mile south-west), Boyden Gate (1 mile north-west), Old Tree (1 mile west) and Highstead (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cover Canterbury (7 miles south-west), Margate (9 miles east), Dover (14 miles south), Ramsgate (9 miles east), Broadstairs (10 miles east) and Whitstable (7 miles west).
What’s near Chitty
Around Chitty, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Grove Ferry Picnic Area and the streets around them. Chitty’s nearest station is Herne Bay station, roughly 4 miles north-west. Nearby you’ll also find St Martins Hospital (5.8 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include West Blean and Thornden Woods.
TR19 inspection in Chitty
A fixed schedule doesn’t always match how a kitchen really cooks. 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. The work covers wet film thickness tests, deposit thickness tests and post-clean checks, and the jobs we see most are confirming a clean reached the whole system and missing access panels found on survey.
For a kitchen in or near Chitty, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
Duct Doctor has been trading since 2009, and we’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Chitty (CT3)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Chitty questions
Which fire authority looks after Chitty?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Chitty. 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 the work in Chitty be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The work in Chitty can fit around your hours. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
How do you protect the area?
Protection goes down first: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
What information do you need?
A short description and a few pictures plus the address and your hours. If we need more, we will ask.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. Regular plans can run on 3, 6 or 12-monthly cycles, depending on what the system needs.
What accreditations do you have?
We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
How much notice should we give?
Book as early as you can for planned work, particularly if your next visit is nearly due. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
Do you check other contractors’ cleans?
After a clean, we take new readings and photos to show how the system was left. It works whoever carried out the clean.
Why it’s worth doing now in Chitty
If a kitchen in Chitty 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. If the system at a site near Chitty fails, there may be nowhere nearby to move to.
Every site is different, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all play a part.
Why Chitty businesses choose us
- We diagnose before we treat
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- In business since 2009
- Full insurance on every job
Read how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
What we’re called out for in Chitty
Some parts of a system are hard to reach, and grease can be missed there clean after clean. An inspection of a system in Chitty shows where access panels are missing, so the gaps can be closed.
What we are most often called out for:
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Chislet Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
What to look for in a quote
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Their accreditations, such as BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, CHAS or SafeContractor
- Whether a survey comes first
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Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, alongside our reports.
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease call for the right kit, training and safe access. Leave those to us.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Landlords, managing agents and facilities managers book us, not only the businesses that use the systems. Shared systems, like a riser serving several units, need a clear agreement on who books the work, and we are happy to quote for all of it.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.
The process
The first job on site is protection: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. After that, the system is made safe and the work begins. The work on site takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems, and the area is cleaned down before we leave. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Chitty.
- 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.
- Grease readings are taken and pictures recorded.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
How to prepare
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Ask for a quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before work begins.
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What affects the quote in Chitty
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. What we look at:
- What state the system is in
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The times the site is available
- Where the site is and how we reach it
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is can all change the price. We take each of them into account, and the price is fixed before work begins.
Asking for a quote
Before you ask for a quote, gather:
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- The postcode and the type of business
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
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 many jobs can be priced from that alone.
What TR19 inspection cannot fix
We’d rather tell you now than book work that won’t help, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer.
Parts of the system we cover
- Insurer audits
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Post-clean checks