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TR19 inspections in Milton Regis
TR19 inspection for Milton Regis and the surrounding area: a survey, a fixed price, careful work and proper paperwork. Call for a fixed quote.
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Milton Regis
Which environmental health team covers Milton Regis?
The local authority for Milton Regis is Swale council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Who is the fire and rescue service for Milton Regis?
Milton Regis is in the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. TR19® isn’t law, but it’s the benchmark many fire officers and insurers look to when they ask how often the extract is cleaned.
Will you produce a report for our insurer?
Yes, for kitchens across the South East and London. Share the insurer’s request so the report addresses it.
Is there a survey before the work?
Yes. We always survey first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
What happens if you can’t reach some of it?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You will know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, along with a quote to put access in.
What information do you need?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, plus pictures of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
What does TR19 mean?
TR19® is the BESA specification for keeping ventilation systems clean. TR19® Grease, a standalone specification since 2019, covers grease in kitchen extract systems, while TR19® Air covers other supply and extract ductwork.
What happens on a pre-clean survey?
It’s a look at the whole extract before it’s cleaned, with readings and pictures. The survey can be done from pictures and details or on site, as suits the job.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Milton Regis
BESA’s minimum cleaning frequencies depend on how long the kitchen cooks each day: 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. Typical jobs include uncertainty over how often to clean and kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings, across deposit thickness tests, insurer audits and wet film thickness tests.
In a small place like Milton Regis, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
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 are fully insured.
- Where
- Milton Regis (ME10)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Price
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
How we price TR19 inspection
The diagnosis comes before the price. The main factors are:
- Where the site is and how we reach it
- The condition of the system
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- How easy every part is to reach
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
What to send for a quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Useful things to send:
- How we’d reach plant on a roof or in a plant room
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
For a fixed quote, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and tell us the type of site, your opening hours and roughly what the system looks like. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You will usually have a quote within one working day.
Honest limits
To be straight with you, some problems need a different fix:
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
- Design faults in the extract system
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will say what we think.
Where we work
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
How the job changes from site to site
Schools, hospitals and care homes
Inspections are planned around mealtimes and holidays to avoid disruption.
Horizontal duct runs
Grease can gather thickly at bends and along long runs, well away from where anyone looks.
The process
Everything the job needs comes with us, from protective sheeting to tools and access equipment. You only need to give us clear access and switch off what needs to be off. On site, the work takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. Somewhere like Milton Regis, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- We agree a time when the kitchen is closed or quiet.
- Every part of the system is examined, end to end.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points by WFTT or DTT.
- Photos are taken at each point, and access gaps noted.
- We send a report setting out the readings, pictures and next steps.
Preparing for the visit
- Dig out any earlier paperwork for the system
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
How to get a quote
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and any previous report or certificate. Then phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us.
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Kitchen extracts in Milton Regis
The coast is only about 2 miles from Milton Regis. Corrosion on the fan housing and cowl is worth a look at every clean, alongside the grease. Food Standards Agency records list about 68 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 38 sandwich bars and takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Milton Regis. Each kitchen extract among them can be measured for grease to set the right cleaning interval. Milton Regis sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Where a hall near Church of All Saints, or anywhere in Milton Regis, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. If you cook for passing trade around Sittingbourne station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Sunny Bank Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Milton Regis is about 1 mile north-east of Sittingbourne, in Kent. Milton Regis gets the same approach as every site we work on: a survey first, a fixed quote, work timed around your hours and a report with photos. We cover 922 places across Kent, large and small. Maidstone is in our area too, around 11 miles away.
Work in ME10 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Whether your site is on Castle Road, Church Road and Dolphin Road or a nearby road, we can help. Nearby, we also carry out TR19 inspection in Murston (1 mile south), Sittingbourne (1 mile south-west), Kemsley (1 mile north-west), Tonge Corner (1 mile east) and Tonge (1 mile east). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (11 miles south-west), Ashford (15 miles south), Canterbury (15 miles east), Whitstable (12 miles east), Faversham (6 miles east) and Minster (5 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Milton Regis
In Milton Regis, that means kitchens and buildings near The New Inn, Milton Creek Country Park and Borden Grammar School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Sittingbourne station, roughly 0.8 miles south-west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Dolphin Sailing Barge Museum (less than half a mile south-west) and Bayford Court (0.6 miles south-west).
What staff can safely do
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A simple log of filter washes, wipe-downs and checks shows an inspector that the system is looked after between visits, next to our reports.
Looking after it afterwards
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. We recommend:
- Have the latest report ready for insurance renewals
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
If any reading is 500 microns or more, the report flags it for immediate spot cleaning, and we can arrange it.
Regular grease readings keep the cleaning interval honest. It spots changes in how fast grease builds.
Towns and villages near Milton Regis
Other services in Milton Regis
Leave it or put it right?
Sites in Milton Regis that have never measured grease cannot tell whether their cleaning interval suits the kitchen. Measured readings let a competent person set the interval. A fault that closes a site in a village like Milton Regis affects everyone who depends on 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’ll price it together.
Why Milton Regis businesses choose us
- We are fully insured
- We diagnose before we treat
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001