Kent · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Coldred TR19 inspection
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Coldred, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with photos.
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Coldred
BESA’s minimum cleaning frequencies depend on how long the kitchen cooks each day: 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 insurer audits, post-clean checks and access surveys, and the jobs we see most are kitchens taken over with no cleaning records and kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings.
In a village or hamlet like Coldred, the kitchens that need extract cleaning are normally a pub, a school, a care home or a hall kitchen, wherever there is one. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease, whatever the size of the place.
Every visit ends with a written report and pictures, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Coldred (CT15)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Questions from Coldred
Which environmental health team covers Coldred?
In Coldred, it’s Dover 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.
Which fire service covers Coldred?
That’s Kent Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
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. None of it is left on site.
What do you need from me for a quote?
The site address, the type of premises and your opening hours, along with a few pictures and any previous report.
How much does TR19 inspection cost?
The cost depends on the size of the system, its condition, access and timing. Call for a fixed quote, normally ready within one working day.
Can you verify a clean after it’s been done?
Post-clean verification is a check after a clean, with fresh grease readings and pictures. It can follow our own cleans or another contractor’s.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line, for problems that cannot wait. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
What is a WFTT or DTT grease test?
The Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) and Deposit Thickness Test (DTT) measure how thick the grease is at a given point. Readings are taken at set points through the system.
Nearby places to Coldred
Other services in Coldred
Coldred kitchens: local notes
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 3 pubs and bars across Coldred and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Any of them serving cooked food has an extract to keep clean, from canopy to discharge. Fire safety in Coldred falls to Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises. Environmental health officers from Dover council inspect food businesses in Coldred. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready.
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Goodnestone Park is about 4.6 miles north), access may need planning. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Lydden Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Coldred is about 4 miles north-west of Dover, in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in Coldred, we can take on TR19 inspection. We can work out of hours so the site keeps running. Coldred is one of 922 places in Kent where we work for TR19 inspection. You can also see our page for Maidstone, about 32 miles away.
Every address in CT15 is within our area for TR19 inspection, from busy streets to back roads. We also cover the places around Coldred: Sibertswold (1 mile north-west), Lydden (1 mile south), Waldershare (1 mile north-east), Halfway Street (1 mile west) and Eythorne (2 miles north-east). Further out, we also cover Canterbury (10 miles north-west), Margate (15 miles north-east), Dover (4 miles south-east), Folkestone (7 miles south-west), Ramsgate (13 miles north-east) and Broadstairs (15 miles north-east).
Around Coldred
Around Coldred, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near The Bell Inn, among other places. The closest station to Coldred is Shepherds Well station, about 1.1 miles north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Dover Castle (4.8 miles south-east) and Dover Transport Museum (2.6 miles south-east). Not far away are Dover Western Heights.
What a clean won’t put right
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
- A faulty or failing extract fan
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
Not sure which it is? You can give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we’ll tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Access surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Pre-clean surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
How the job changes from site to site
Canopy and plenum
Clean-looking filters do not mean a clean plenum. That’s why we test behind them.
Extract fan and discharge
The extract fan and its housing collect grease too. We check and test them as part of the inspection.
What happens on the day
Before we leave, we walk the area with whoever is on site. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. All told, the work takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Coldred.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Get a fixed quote
For TR19 inspection in Coldred, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, and send photos or your last report if you can. A fixed quote normally follows within one working day.
Advice
Do you need TR19 inspection in Coldred?
You cannot judge grease thickness by eye. Clean filters can hide a heavy layer behind them, so readings are the reliable guide.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Pancras or elsewhere in Coldred, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Questions to ask before you book
- What records you will receive afterwards
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What happens if part of the system can’t be accessed
Aftercare tips
To keep the system working properly between visits:
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
- Keep TR19 certificates, readings and reports together
- Keep the route to access panels clear
If any reading is 500 microns or more, the report flags it for immediate spot cleaning, and we can quote to do it.
Clean, correctly fitted filters stop more grease reaching the duct. Gaps around filters let grease get past them.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Coldred
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.