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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Lyminge, Kent
Need TR19 inspection in Lyminge? We survey first, send you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
Questions from Lyminge
Do you work at weekends in Lyminge?
Yes, nights and weekends are routine for us. The work in Lyminge can fit around your hours. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
Do you cover smaller places like Lyminge?
Yes. Villages and rural sites across the South East are part of our work, Lyminge included. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Can one contract cover all our sites?
Yes. You deal with one contact for every site across London and the South East, with visits on a regular schedule.
How much notice should we give?
Earlier is better, especially for out-of-hours work. We normally quote within one working day, and there’s a 24/7 line for emergencies.
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.
What about areas you cannot get to?
The report shows them clearly. In ductwork, new access panels are often the answer, which we can install.
Is TR19 cleaning the law?
No. It’s the benchmark rather than the law. Without TR19 records, an insurance claim can be reduced or refused, so it matters in practice.
What do you do with what you remove?
We contain it and take it with us. Grease, debris and waste water are collected as the work goes on, so it does not spread.
TR19 inspection in Lyminge
Insurance policies often require evidence of TR19® cleaning and inspection. Missing records can lead to a claim being reduced or refused. Our TR19 audits give sites in Lyminge and across Kent a clear record of the system’s condition. The work covers pre-clean surveys, access surveys and insurer audits, and people most often call us about heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts and kitchens taken over with no cleaning records.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
Each visit ends with a written report and photos, so there’s a dated record of the work. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Location
- Lyminge (CT18)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- Working hours
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Page updated
- 30 October 2026
Kitchen extracts in Lyminge
Fire safety in Lyminge falls to 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. It’s Folkestone and Hythe council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Lyminge. 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.
Acrise Place, about 2.1 miles east, is one of the historic houses near Lyminge; if you run event catering at a venue like that, cleans can be booked between functions. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as Lyminge Church of England Primary School or anywhere near Lyminge, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Lyminge is about 4 miles north of Hythe, in Kent. We provide TR19 inspection for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Lyminge and the rest of Kent. Our Kent coverage runs to 922 places, and Lyminge is one of them. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 26 miles from Lyminge.
All of CT18 is covered for TR19 inspection, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Whether your site is on Church Road, Station Road and Silverlands Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover Ottinge (1 mile north-east), Woodland (1 mile west), Skeete (1 mile west), Etchinghill (1 mile south) and Rhodes Minnis (1 mile north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (10 miles west), Canterbury (10 miles north), Dover (9 miles east), Folkestone (5 miles south-east), Deal (15 miles north-east) and Hythe (4 miles south).
Near you in Lyminge
For rail, the closest station is Sandling station, roughly 2.8 miles south of the centre. A little further out are Saltwood Castle (3.3 miles south) and Elham Valley Countryside Centre And Railway Museum (2.5 miles south-east). Not far away are Tolsford Hill.
When something else is needed
In fairness, some problems need a different fix:
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
- Fan breakdowns, which need a repair visit
- Fire safety duties beyond the extract system
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711 or email us and we will tell you honestly before you book.
Parts of the system we cover
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Insurer audits
- Wet film thickness tests
- Pre-clean surveys
Common problems we fix in Lyminge
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:
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Royal Victoria Hospital is the nearest hospital to Lyminge, about 4.7 miles south-east.
Questions to ask before you book
- What hours they’ll be on site
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- Whether a written report and pictures are included
How the visit works
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 work takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. Seeing the system in photos first means the trip to Lyminge can be planned properly.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- The layout is traced from the canopy to the 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
- Find the previous report, if there is one
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Mention any parking or loading restrictions
Get a fixed quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that isn’t enough, a survey on site. Then we send a fixed price, before any work starts.
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What staff can safely do
Keep a record of what your team does. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
If your staff spot something between visits, like drips, unusual noise, smells or damaged filters, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and give you a fixed quote.
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We take into account:
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- The scale of the work
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Where the site is and how we reach it
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Mention every system or site you need covered and we will price it together.
What to send for a quote
When you contact us, it’s useful to have:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- The postcode and the type of business
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
Want a quote for TR19 inspection? Please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us about the site. We’ll explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Part by part
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
BESA’s minimum for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day is a clean every 3 months, with testing showing whether more is needed.
Extract fan and discharge
The extract fan and its housing collect grease too. We check and test them as part of the inspection.
Why deal with it now?
A pre-clean survey avoids surprises on the night. Missing access panels, hidden duct runs and awkward fans are found before the cleaners arrive, and the quote reflects the real job. It’s simpler to plan the work at Lyminge now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and the price is agreed before work begins.
Why us?
- One contact for all your sites in London and the South East
- In business since 2009
- Fixed quotes, typically within one working day
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.