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East Malling TR19 inspection
Need TR19 inspection in East Malling? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Sections of duct that can’t be reached
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in East Malling
Before any clean in East Malling, we survey the canopy, plenum, filters, ducts, fan and discharge. We check where the access panels are and whether every section can be reached, and record grease readings at set points. We are often asked to deal with an insurer’s request for a TR19 audit and cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen, on insurer audits, access surveys and wet film thickness tests.
For a smaller kitchen near East Malling, a TR19® clean is the same job as anywhere: canopy, filters, plenum, duct, fan and discharge. The visit is booked around your opening hours, and the journey is planned ahead.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Location
- East Malling (ME19)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- When we work
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Also near East Malling
Also in East Malling
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it makes the next visit easier:
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
- Flag oily drips near the extract
- Keep the route to access panels clear
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
The audit report is set out to pass straight to your insurer or broker, with readings, pictures and any areas not accessible.
Regular grease readings keep the cleaning interval honest. It shows if build-up is speeding up.
Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in East Malling
We don’t publish a price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- How big the system is
- The times the site is available
- The condition we find in the survey
Whatever the type of site, the quote works the same way: how much there is, how we reach it, what state it’s in and when we can work. Call for a fixed quote and we’ll go through it with you.
Helping us quote
Photos let us diagnose from a distance. Try to include:
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Problems your staff have spotted
Some systems can be priced from pictures; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Your questions about TR19 inspection in East Malling
Do you clean school canteen extracts around East Malling out of term?
Yes, out-of-term visits are normal for schools. The FSA’s register shows about 17 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of East Malling. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Which council inspects kitchens in East Malling?
That’s Tonbridge and Malling council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in East Malling. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
What does TR19 inspection cost?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. To get one, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us with the site type, opening hours and a few photos.
How much notice should we give?
Earlier is better, particularly for night and weekend visits. Quotes usually come back within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
How long does a TR19 inspection take?
An inspection takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. Large or multiple systems take longer, so ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we’ll plan it.
How do you measure grease in a kitchen extract?
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.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. Send the list of sites and the work at each and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Do you work in East Malling?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, East Malling included.
What we do, step by step
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and it goes on the report too. The visit takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. A site near East Malling normally has room to park, so the questions are about access to the system and your hours.
- We agree a time when the kitchen is closed or quiet.
- The system is checked from canopy to discharge.
- Grease readings are taken at set points using WFTT or DTT.
- We photograph the test points and record any sections we can’t reach.
- We send a report setting out the readings, pictures and next steps.
Before we arrive
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Ask for a quote
Want a quote for TR19 inspection? Please give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form with a few details about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Related advice
Multi-site and managed buildings
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 send the paperwork to whoever needs it.
From a single site to a large estate, you get the same standard: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
Grease, kitchens and East Malling
The Food Standards Agency lists about 16 bars, pubs and nightclubs as registered food businesses across East Malling and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. East Malling 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. Food hygiene inspections in East Malling are the job of Tonbridge and Malling council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Before-and-after photos from each clean are a simple way to show the extract is in hand.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St James or anywhere around East Malling, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. A hospital like Maidstone Hospital, about 2.5 miles south-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
East Malling is about 4 miles north-west of Maidstone, in Kent. If you need TR19 inspection in East Malling, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos. We work across South East England and London, East Malling included. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, East Malling among them.
We work across the ME19 postcode area for TR19 inspection and the roads nearby. TR19 inspection is available to premises on High Street, Chapman Way and Lister Close and the roads around them. We also cover the places around East Malling: Well Street (1 mile south), Ditton (1 mile east), West Malling (1 mile west), Aylesford (2 miles east) and Kings Hill (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (4 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (13 miles east), Dartford (14 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (11 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (13 miles south-west) and Gravesend (10 miles north).
Near you in East Malling
In East Malling, that means kitchens and buildings near The Rising Sun pub, Ditton Quarry and The Malling School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is East Malling station, about 0.7 miles south-east. Nearby you will also find Leybourne Castle (0.9 miles north-west) and Fremlin Walk (3.9 miles east). For a walk, there’s Burham Down and Blue Bell Hill.
When something else is needed
We will not sell you work that doesn’t address the problem, so these are the things it won’t cover:
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
- A faulty or failing extract fan
If in doubt, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will say what we think.
What the work covers
- Wet film thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
Common problems we fix in East Malling
Some parts of a system are hard to reach, so those sections can be skipped time and again. An inspection of a system in East Malling shows where access panels are missing, so the gaps can be closed.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
A kitchen near East Malling station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval.
What your quote should include
- Whether they’re fully insured
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- If they look at the system before pricing