TR19 Inspection in Highstead

TR19 inspection around Highstead

At about 2 miles from the coast, Highstead is close enough for sea air to matter. Metal on the roof weathers faster close to the coast, and the extract fan and cowl are no exception. Kitchens in Highstead get their food hygiene inspections from Canterbury City council. Extraction counts as kitchen equipment, so its condition can come up on the day. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Highstead sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Its fire safety officers can audit commercial kitchens, and grease in the extract is part of a kitchen’s fire risk.

Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Mary the Virgin or anywhere around Highstead, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital is the nearest hospital to Highstead, about 5.6 miles west. School kitchens, at schools like Reculver Church of England Primary School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.

Highstead is about 2 miles south-east of Herne Bay, in Kent. Across the CT3 area, we can carry out TR19 inspection at your premises. 922 places in Kent are on our list, large and small. You can also see our page for Maidstone, about 29 miles away.

Work in CT3 and CT6 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We also cover the places around Highstead: Hawthorn (1 mile north), Boyden Gate (1 mile south-east), Millbank (1 mile south-west), Old Tree (1 mile south) and Hillborough (1 mile north). Within a short drive, we also cover Canterbury (7 miles south-west), Margate (9 miles east), Ramsgate (10 miles east), Broadstairs (11 miles east), Whitstable (6 miles west) and Deal (13 miles south-east).

What’s near Highstead

Around Highstead, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Bishopstone Cliffs and Hog & Donkey pub and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Herne Bay station, roughly 2.7 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Whitstable and Tankerton Hospital (5.6 miles west). For a walk, there’s West Blean and Thornden Woods.

In-house cleaning or a specialist?

Keep a record of what your team does. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.

Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. What they cannot safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, which is where we come in.

Multi-site and managed buildings

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, FM or managing agent. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.

Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so a run of sites can go into one programme and kept on a regular cycle.