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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Kingsdown, Kent
TR19 inspection for Kingsdown and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Insurance renewals needing proof of TR19 cleaning
- Checking the result of a recent clean
TR19 inspection in Kingsdown
BESA sets minimum cleaning intervals by daily use: 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. Grease testing shows whether your kitchen needs cleaning more often than that. If you’re dealing with systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements and parts of the system left out of past cleans, we can put it right.
For a kitchen in or near Kingsdown, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a dated report with photos of the work, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Place
- Kingsdown (ME9)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Why deal with it now?
Don’t wait for an EHO visit or insurance renewal to find gaps in your extract records. An inspection now gives a site in Kingsdown a current picture. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
Why Kingsdown businesses choose us
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- One number for every site across the South East and London
Read what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Towns and villages near Kingsdown
What else we do in Kingsdown
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Kingsdown
Grease in a duct is flammable fuel. Flames from the range can be pulled into the canopy and travel through the ducts to other parts of the building. Knowing how much there is lets you act before it becomes a hazard.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
Belmont House and Gardens, about 3.9 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses near Kingsdown; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions.
What to look for in a quote
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether a survey comes first
- When the next visit should be, and why
How it works
We are used to working while the site is closed. A lot of visits happen overnight or at weekends, so a kitchen or building can carry on as usual the next day. On site, the work takes around an hour or two per canopy and duct system. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to Kingsdown can be planned properly.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- We open the access points used on the clean.
- Grease readings are taken again at set points.
- We photograph each area to record how it was left.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Move anything stored near the system
- Let us know about parking and loading
How to get a quote
For TR19 inspection in Kingsdown, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Tell us what kind of premises it is and when it’s open, plus photos or the previous report if they’re to hand. We typically send a fixed quote within one working day.
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Kingsdown questions
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Kingsdown?
That is Swale council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Kingsdown. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Who enforces fire safety at workplaces in Kingsdown?
Kingsdown is in the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Do you work out of hours?
Yes. Evenings, nights and weekends are normal working hours for us, so the site does not lose a service.
What do you do to protect the area?
We start with protection: floor sheeting and covers over nearby surfaces and equipment. The area is left tidy, with our waste taken away.
Do we have to follow TR19 by law?
No, TR19® is not legislation. But the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk under the Fire Safety Order 2005, which in a kitchen includes grease in the extract. Many insurers also expect TR19 cleaning.
What is a WFTT or DTT grease test?
Readings are taken using the Wet Film Thickness Test or the Deposit Thickness Test, then compare them with the TR19® Grease figures.
What do the grease readings need to be?
The TR19® Grease figures are a mean of 200 microns or less between cleans, and immediate spot cleaning wherever a reading hits 500 microns. We show your readings against those figures.
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.
When it’s something else
An honest diagnosis matters more to us than a booking, so here’s what TR19 inspection won’t do:
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
- Mechanical faults in the extract
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly.
Where we work
- Access surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Deposit thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
- Post-clean checks
Part by part
Schools, hospitals and care homes
We fit testing around service times and school holidays so meals are not affected.
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge at the end of the system is checked as well, since grease reaches the very end of the system.
How we price TR19 inspection
There’s no set price list, because no two systems are the same. The quote depends on:
- The number of sites or systems
- What state the system is in
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
One small site or a whole estate, the quote is built the same way: what needs doing, how we get to it and when. You’ll have a fixed price before we start.
What to send for a quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- The paperwork from the last visit, if you have it
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
- The postcode and the type of business
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Big or complicated sites, and systems that are hard to see in photos, get a survey first. Either way, you get a fixed price before any work starts.
Looking after it afterwards
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Clean grease off the canopy between professional cleans
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
You get a report with the grease readings, where they were taken and photos of each point. File it alongside your TR19 certificates.
Clean, correctly fitted filters stop more grease reaching the duct. Missing or damaged filters let grease straight into the plenum.
Grease, kitchens and Kingsdown
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 4 pubs, bars and clubs in Kingsdown and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. Where they serve hot food, their kitchen extracts need cleaning to TR19® like any restaurant’s. Kingsdown is covered by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order. It’s Swale council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Kingsdown. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Catherine or anywhere around Kingsdown, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Term dates shape school work: for a school like The Sittingbourne School, an extract clean fits neatly into a half-term or summer break.
Kingsdown is about 3 miles south-east of Sittingbourne, in Kent. Across the ME9 area, we cover TR19 inspection for commercial sites. 922 places in Kent are on our list, large and small. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 11 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: ME9. Other places close to Kingsdown include Newbury (1 mile north), Erriottwood (1 mile east), Dungate (1 mile west), Bapchild (1 mile north) and Lynsted (1 mile north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (11 miles west), Ashford (12 miles south), Canterbury (14 miles east), Sittingbourne (3 miles north-west), Whitstable (12 miles east) and Faversham (5 miles east).
Near you in Kingsdown
In Kingsdown, that means kitchens and buildings near Doddington Place Gardens, among other places. Kingsdown’s nearest station is Teynham station, roughly 2.9 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Sittingbourne Heritage Museum (2.9 miles north) and Newnham Castle (1.8 miles south-east).