Medway · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 inspections and grease testing in Rainham, Medway
We cover Rainham for TR19 inspections and grease testing. Out-of-hours visits, a fixed quote and a written report with photos as standard.
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Checking the result of a recent clean
About our TR19 inspection in Rainham
Not every kitchen fits neatly into a calendar. In a busy kitchen, grease can build faster than the minimum intervals allow for, which is why measurement matters. Our readings give your risk assessment real numbers to work from. The work covers access surveys, insurer audits and deposit thickness tests, and the jobs we see most are extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean and systems that need surveying before cleaning.
Kitchens in towns like Rainham are often in older buildings that were never designed for them, which can mean awkward duct routes, long flat runs and not enough access panels. Where the duct cannot be reached, new panels can be fitted, and anything left uncleaned is recorded on the report.
It’s worth checking any contractor’s accreditations. We’re a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we are fully insured.
- Place
- Rainham (ME8, ME9)
- Wider area
- Medway
- Reporting
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
What TR19 inspection can’t fix
Not every problem is solved by TR19 inspection, and we’ll tell you before any work starts. It won’t put right:
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
- Fire safety duties beyond the extract system
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
If you are not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we will give you a straight answer.
What the work covers
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
Managing agents and facilities teams in Rainham
Records are where multi-site compliance often slips. Each visit ends with a dated report and photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
TR19 inspection around Rainham
At about 3 miles from the coast, Rainham is close enough for sea air to matter. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. Food Standards Agency data counts about 25 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 28 takeaways and sandwich shops across Rainham and its immediate surroundings (about a mile and a half). Kitchens like these cook for very different hours, and grease testing shows which extracts need cleaning soonest. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Rainham. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
If you run a church or community hall kitchen, near Church of St Margaret or elsewhere in Rainham, its extract still collects grease from every lunch and event. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Medway Maritime Hospital is the nearest hospital to Rainham, about 3.2 miles north-west. If you look after a school kitchen, at a school such as St Margaret's Church of England Junior School or anywhere near Rainham, the holidays are the usual time for a TR19® clean.
Rainham is about 2 miles south-east of Gillingham, in Medway. We provide TR19 inspection for commercial premises of every kind in Rainham and the rest of Medway. Rainham is one of 68 towns, villages and districts in Medway we cover for TR19 inspection. There’s also a page for Maidstone, about 7 miles away.
TR19 inspection in ME8 and ME9 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. We cover sites on Durham Road, London Road and Bloors Lane and nearby roads. We also cover the places around Rainham: Meresborough (1 mile south), Moor Street (1 mile east), Lower Rainham (1 mile north), Hartlip (2 miles south-east) and Lower Hartlip (2 miles south-east). Larger places within reach include Chatham (3 miles west), Rochester (5 miles north-west), Strood (6 miles west), Luton (3 miles west), Lordswood (3 miles south-west) and Hoo St Werburgh (5 miles north-west). Being one of Medway’s larger places, Rainham has a wide mix of commercial premises, and we cover all of them for TR19 inspection.
Around Rainham
Around Rainham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Howard School, The Railway pub and Howard School and the streets around them. The closest station to Rainham is Rainham (Kent) station, about 0.5 miles north of the centre. Nearby you will also find Medway Maritime Hospital (3.2 miles north-west) and Pentagon Shopping Centre (3.9 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Detling Hill and Bishop Saltings.
FAQs for Rainham
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Rainham?
Food hygiene inspections in Rainham are carried out by Medway council. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Do you do school kitchen extract cleaning in Rainham in the summer holidays?
Yes, and it’s the easiest time to do it. The FSA’s register shows about 11 schools and colleges with food registrations within roughly a mile and a half of Rainham. You can ring 0345 646 2711 or send us an email with the dates the site is empty.
Can the work be done while we’re closed?
Yes. Much of our work happens in the evening, overnight or at weekends, so the site does not lose a service.
What does a pre-clean survey involve?
We check the layout, the grease levels and the access, so the clean goes to plan. Missing access panels are noted ahead of the clean.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. If something urgent happens, like a fan failing or damage after a fire, call our 24/7 line, and we will advise on what to do next.
How long does grease testing take?
As a guide, it takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. The size of the system and the access make the difference.
Do you cover Rainham?
Yes. We work across Greater London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex, and that includes Rainham.
What information do you need?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, plus photos of the system and your last certificate or report if you have one.
Looking after it afterwards
How long the results last depends on use and care. Here’s what we suggest:
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Flag oily drips near the extract
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- File every inspection report with your certificates
Any access problems we found are listed with a suggested fix. Fitting them before the next clean means the whole system gets done.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so the history is easy to show.
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 anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. Let us know how to reach the roof or plant area at your site in Rainham, and where the van can go.
- First we book a time that will not disrupt cooking.
- Every part of the system is examined, end to end.
- Grease readings are taken at set points using WFTT or DTT.
- Photos are taken at each point, and access gaps noted.
- You get a report with readings, photos and recommendations.
Getting ready for the visit
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Name a contact who can let us in at the agreed time
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
Get a fixed quote
To get a fixed quote, call us on 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with the site type, your trading hours and a short description of the system. Photos and the last report, if you have one, make the quote quicker. You will typically have a quote within one working day.
Related advice
Why act early in Rainham
If a kitchen in Rainham has been cleaned on the same calendar for years, there’s no way to know if that interval is right without measuring. Testing gives you the evidence to set it properly. Nothing in a duct, damper or fan improves by being left.
Kitchens, offices, schools and hospitals are all priced the same way: the size of the job, access, condition and working hours. Ask for a fixed quote and we will go through it with you.
What you get with us
- Full insurance on every job
- Every job surveyed first
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
See our cost guide and our accreditations.
Places near Rainham
What else we do in Rainham
Different parts, different methods
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Kitchens that cook for long hours build up grease faster. Regular testing shows whether the cleaning interval keeps up.
Extract fan and discharge
The discharge at the end of the system is checked as well, as grease can build up there too.