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TR19 inspections in Lodge Lees
TR19 inspection across Lodge Lees and nearby, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
FAQs for Lodge Lees
Do you work in villages like Lodge Lees?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Do you work overnight in Lodge Lees?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. Your customers, staff or residents in Lodge Lees needn’t be disturbed. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we will book within them.
How much does TR19 inspection cost?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. To get one, phone us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos with the site type, opening hours and a few pictures.
How often should grease be tested?
That varies with the kitchen’s daily use. BESA sets minimum cleaning intervals of 3, 6 or 12 months by daily use, and grease readings help set the real interval.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. Photos often do the job, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
Can you quote from pictures?
Yes, if we can see what we need. If not, a site survey comes first, and the quote follows that.
What if parts of the system can’t be reached?
They’re marked on the report. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, and we can fit those.
Which accreditations do you hold?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We are fully insured and have been trading since 2009.
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Lodge Lees
A grease test measures how thick the grease is inside a kitchen extract system. We use the Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or the Deposit Thickness Test (DTT), taking readings at set points. From the numbers, you can see whether cleaning is due. The work covers insurer audits, pre-clean surveys and deposit thickness tests, and people most often call us about post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean and surveys needed before quoting a full clean.
Somewhere as small as Lodge Lees, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Every one of them still needs its extract kept clear of grease.
We’ve been trading since 2009, as a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
- Location
- Lodge Lees (CT4)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Why it’s worth doing now in Lodge Lees
Sites in Lodge Lees that have never measured grease can’t tell whether their cleaning interval suits the kitchen. Measured readings let a competent person set the interval. Somewhere as small as Lodge Lees, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before any work starts.
What you get with us
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Full insurance on every job
- Every job surveyed first
- Photo reports with every job
Read our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we’ll send a fixed quote.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Lodge Lees and across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Lodge Lees
Grease is fuel. A flare-up on the range can be drawn into the canopy and duct, and from there a fire can spread through the ductwork. Measuring it is the first step to keeping it under control.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Sections of duct that cannot be reached
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
Where a hall near Church of St Mary Magdalene, or anywhere in Lodge Lees, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Before you book anyone
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- Whether the work can be done while the site is closed
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether a survey comes first
Different parts, different methods
Extract fan and discharge
A greasy fan works harder and wears faster. The inspection shows whether it needs cleaning now.
Horizontal duct runs
Sections without access are recorded so panels can be added.
What TR19 inspection looks like in Lodge Lees
Food Standards Agency records list about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in Lodge Lees and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. Lodge Lees 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. Environmental health officers from Canterbury City council inspect food businesses in Lodge Lees. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Lodge Lees (Acrise Place is about 3.4 miles south), fitting access panels needs care.
Lodge Lees is about 7 miles north-west of Dover, in Kent. From the centre of Lodge Lees to the outskirts, TR19 inspection is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, and Lodge Lees is one of them. We also work in Maidstone, about 28 miles from Lodge Lees.
Here we cover the CT4 postcode area for TR19 inspection. Close by, we work in Denton (1 mile east), Breach (1 mile west), Wootton (1 mile south-east), Shelvin (1 mile east) and Selsted (2 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Ashford (13 miles west), Canterbury (7 miles north-west), Dover (7 miles south-east), Folkestone (7 miles south), Ramsgate (15 miles north-east) and Whitstable (13 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Lodge Lees
In Lodge Lees, that means kitchens and buildings near Jumping Downs and The Jackdaw Inn. The closest station to Lodge Lees is Shepherds Well station, about 3 miles east. For a walk, there’s Cheriton Hill.
Fixed quotes for TR19 inspection in Lodge Lees
You’ll get a fixed price before we start. It’s based on:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- The number of sites or systems
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
One small site or a whole estate, we price it on the same basis: the work involved, the access and the timing. You will have a fixed price before we start.
Helping us quote
What to send for a quote:
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- The site address and the type of premises
Getting a quote does not take long. Call or email with a few details and you will usually have a fixed price within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
What else we do in Lodge Lees
How it works
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. We book the visit for a time the area is closed, whether that’s an evening, overnight or a weekend. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the work takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. In a small place like Lodge Lees, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- We open the access points used on the clean.
- We repeat the WFTT or DTT readings.
- We photograph each area to record how it was left.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Clear the space around the work
- Tell us about access, such as roof hatches, plant rooms, ceilings or locked areas
Ask for a quote
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To get going, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email.
Related advice
Keeping the system healthy
Good habits slow the build-up between visits. A few tips:
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
- Keep the route to access panels clear
- File every inspection report with your certificates
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
Any access problems we found are listed with a suggested fix. With panels fitted, the next clean can cover every section.
Keep filters clean and in place. Gaps around filters let grease get past them.