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TR19 Inspection in Holborough
TR19 inspection across Holborough and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and photos.
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
How we handle TR19 inspection in Holborough
Many insurers ask for proof that kitchen extract systems are cleaned and inspected to TR19®. Missing records can lead to a claim being reduced or refused. A TR19 audit sets out the system’s condition, with readings and photos, for sites in Holborough and the rest of Kent. Typical jobs include insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning and kitchens taken over with no cleaning records, on wet film thickness tests, access surveys and insurer audits.
For a smaller kitchen near Holborough, 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.
We’ve been trading since 2009, as 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.
- Place
- Holborough (ME6, ME1, ME19)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Price
- A fixed quote up front
- Hours
- Overnight and weekend work, 24/7 emergency callout
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How it works
The visit has three parts: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Set-up means sheeting and making equipment safe, while signing off means the written report and pictures. The middle part takes longest, and that takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. Tell us when your site near Holborough is quiet and the visit will be booked for then.
- First we book a time that won’t disrupt cooking.
- The system is checked from canopy to discharge.
- We take WFTT or DTT readings at set points along the system.
- Photos are taken at each point, and access gaps noted.
- We send a report setting out the readings, photos and next steps.
Before we arrive
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
Getting a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, either from pictures and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price so you know the cost before we start.
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Schools, hospitals and care homes
Hospital and care home kitchens can cook all day, every day. Readings show if cleaning is frequent enough.
Vertical risers
Risers can be hard to get into. The survey shows exactly what access there is.
TR19 inspection around Holborough
There are about 12 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 9 sandwich bars and takeaways across Holborough and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half), according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Where they cook under a canopy, a grease reading is the way to tell whether the extract is due a clean. Food hygiene inspections in Holborough are the job of Tonbridge and Malling council’s environmental health team. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Holborough is covered by 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.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of the New Jerusalem or elsewhere in Holborough, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. For schools such as Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes, kitchen extract cleaning is typically booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Holborough is about 4 miles west of Chatham, in Kent. Every kind of commercial site in Holborough, we can take on TR19 inspection. Visits can be booked for evenings, overnight or weekends so the site keeps running. Holborough is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent we cover for TR19 inspection. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page, about 6 miles away.
TR19 inspection in ME6, ME1 and ME19 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We cover sites on Lee Road, Byrne Road and Ladds Lane and nearby roads. Neighbouring places we cover for TR19 inspection include Snodland (1 mile south-west), Peters Village (1 mile east), Scarborough (1 mile east), Upper Halling (1 mile north-west) and Wouldham (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (6 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (13 miles east), Dartford (12 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (12 miles west), Gravesend (7 miles north-west) and Tonbridge (12 miles south-west).
Around Holborough
Typical jobs here are in premises near The Monks Head pub, Holborough Marshes and The Holmesdale School, among other places. Holborough’s nearest station is Snodland station, about 0.5 miles south. Well-known places in the area include St. Catherine's Hospital (4.2 miles north-east) and Leybourne Castle (2.5 miles south-west). The countryside around Holborough includes Blue Bell Hill and Burham Down.
Common problems we fix in Holborough
Some parts of a system are hard to reach, and grease can be missed there clean after clean. A survey finds the sections that cannot be reached, so the gaps can be closed.
Most sites get in touch when they notice something like this:
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
A hospital like St. Catherine's Hospital, about 4.2 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Before you book anyone
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What paperwork you get at the end
- Whether a survey comes first
- Proof of insurance
FAQs for Holborough
Which fire service covers Holborough?
Holborough is in the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Do you cover smaller places like Holborough?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Holborough included. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
When should we have our next grease test?
Each report recommends when to test and clean next, taking the readings and the kitchen’s hours into account. A risk assessment based on measured grease should set the interval.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes, always. We diagnose before we treat: the survey tells us what the system needs and how to reach it and the fixed quote is built on it.
How much notice should we give?
That depends on the slot you want and the size of the job. Mention your preferred dates with your enquiry, and for anything urgent, ring our 24/7 emergency line.
Are you accredited?
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.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Some pictures and a quick description of the system, with the address and opening hours. If we need more, we will ask.
What types of premises do you cover?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. We work with hotels, schools, care homes, offices, retail and leisure sites.
Keeping the system healthy
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Keep access panels clear and unpainted
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
- Keep to the recommended interval
Any access problems we found are listed with a suggested fix. Fitting them before the next clean means the whole system gets done.
Revisit the cleaning interval whenever the menu or hours change. Fresh readings show whether it needs to change.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Some jobs should never be done in-house: opening up ductwork, cleaning fans, drop testing fire dampers and measuring grease need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Why act early in Holborough
An EHO visit, an insurance renewal or a fire risk assessment is a bad time to find your extract records are thin. A recent inspection report means you are ready when asked. When a site near Holborough shuts unexpectedly, the people who rely on it notice at once.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
What you get with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- We diagnose before we treat
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
A fixed price needs a few facts first. We look at:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- What state the system is in
- Any permits to work or inductions
- The size of the system
Combining work into one visit or one programme often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered, and you’ll get one fixed quote.
Helping us quote
When you call or email, it’s useful to have:
- Anything you’ve noticed, such as smells, noise, drips or poor airflow
- A few general shots of the system
- The roof, plant room or outside wall the system runs to
- The site address and the type of premises
Photos are the quickest way to a quote: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Add the site type and your opening hours, and many jobs can be priced from that alone.