Kent · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Lydden TR19 inspection
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Lydden, timed so the site keeps working and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
FAQs for Lydden
Do you work in villages like Lydden?
Yes. Lydden is within the area we cover across London and the South East. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the site when you book.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Lydden?
In Lydden, it’s Dover council that carries out food hygiene inspections. An officer may look up into the canopy, so clean filters on the day and a recent certificate on file both help.
How long does a TR19 inspection take?
Typically, the inspection takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. System size and access decide the rest.
Are you accredited?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
Can you come out in an emergency?
Yes. For anything urgent, such as a fan failure or damage after a fire, ring the 24/7 line, and we will advise on what to do next.
Why survey before a clean?
We look at the system from canopy to discharge, take grease readings and check access. From it, we plan the clean and quote a fixed price.
How much notice should we give?
For planned work, earlier is better, especially if the next clean or test is due soon. Emergencies are different, because our line is open 24/7.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
We start with protection: sheeting over floors, worktops and anything close to the work. We tidy up and take our waste away before we leave.
About our TR19 inspection in Lydden
If you’ve taken over a kitchen in Lydden and do not know when the extract was last cleaned, an inspection is the place to start. We survey the system, measure the grease and tell you what needs doing, so the next step is based on facts. We’re often asked to deal with pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean and an insurer’s request for a TR19 audit, on post-clean checks, insurer audits and access surveys.
For a kitchen in or near Lydden, 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.
The report is your system’s health record: dated, with photos, and showing what was done. For TR19® Grease cleans, the certificate comes through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal, ready for your insurer.
- Place
- Lydden (CT15)
- Region
- Kent
- Reporting
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Common problems we fix in Lydden
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers look to TR19® as the benchmark. It isn’t legislation; the legal duty comes from the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping grease under control.
Most sites get in touch after spotting one of these:
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
If you run catering at a healthcare site, such as a hospital like Buckland Hospital about 3.1 miles south-east, the extract may need cleaning more often than a part-time kitchen.
Questions to ask before booking
- Proof of insurance
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- How VAT is shown on the quote
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
Grease, kitchens and Lydden
The FSA’s food hygiene register includes about 3 bars, pubs and nightclubs within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Lydden. Breakfasts, bar meals and functions all put grease into the extract wherever they’re cooked. Food hygiene inspections in Lydden are the job of Dover council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Lydden. 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 Church of St Mary Virgin or anywhere around Lydden, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Lydden Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Lydden is about 3 miles north-west of Dover, in Kent. For TR19 inspection in and around Lydden, please ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos for a fixed quote. Our area covers London and the South East, including Lydden. 922 places in Kent are on our list, from busy centres to quieter spots. You can also see our page for Maidstone, about 32 miles away.
TR19 inspection in CT15 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. TR19 inspection is available to premises on St Marys Rise, Canterbury Road and The Close and the roads around them. Close by, we work in Coldred (1 mile north), Ewell Minnis (1 mile south-west), Temple Ewell (1 mile south-east), Halfway Street (1 mile north-west) and Wolverton (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Canterbury (11 miles north-west), Dover (3 miles south-east), Folkestone (6 miles south-west), Ramsgate (14 miles north-east), Deal (8 miles north-east) and Herne Bay (15 miles north).
Local landmarks in Lydden
Around Lydden, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Sladden Wood and Hope Inn. The closest station to Lydden is Kearsney station, about 1.6 miles south-east. A little further out are Dover Transport Museum (2.3 miles south-east) and Dover Castle (4.3 miles south-east). The countryside around Lydden includes Dover Western Heights.
What happens if it’s left?
Post-clean verification shows whether the system was left the way the certificate says, while there’s still time to put anything right. Out of sight is the usual reason a rural system goes too long without attention.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That is why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before work begins.
What you get with us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- A fixed price before any work starts
- A written report with pictures after every visit
Nearby places to Lydden
What else we do in Lydden
Aftercare tips
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. Our tips:
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
The report recommends when the system should next be cleaned and tested, from the measured grease and the kitchen’s hours.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so you can produce them quickly.
What your team can do, and what needs us
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.
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.
When it’s something else
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- Mechanical faults in the extract
- Installation problems, which fall under design guidance such as DW172
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will say what we think before you book.
Where we work
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
The process
We work around your opening hours, not the other way round. Most visits are booked for when the area is out of use, such as evenings, overnight, early mornings or weekends. When the team arrives, the work area is protected and the relevant equipment is switched off to cool, and the job takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Lydden.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- We note where access panels are and where more are needed.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
How to prepare
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
Ask for a quote
To help us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few photos and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Related advice
How the job changes from site to site
Canopy and plenum
The canopy itself is checked inside and out, with readings where grease collects.
Extract fan and discharge
The extract fan and its housing collect grease too. We check and test them as part of the inspection.