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TR19 Inspection in Rochester
Need TR19 inspection in Rochester? We diagnose first, fix the price and book the work around your hours, then sign off with a report and photos.
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Rochester
Do you work at weekends in Rochester?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in Rochester can fit around your hours. Just ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Rochester?
That is Kent Fire and Rescue Service. A recent cleaning certificate and a note of the next clean date show that grease in the extract is being managed.
Do we have to follow TR19 by law?
No. TR19® isn’t law; it’s BESA’s specification. The law is the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must manage fire risk, and TR19® is what insurers and fire officers look to.
What do you need from me for a quote?
Where the site is, what it is and when it’s open, along with a few pictures and any previous report.
How much time does an inspection need?
An inspection takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. Sites with several canopies take longer, so give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll plan it.
Do you carry out TR19 audits for insurers?
Yes. Our TR19 audits cover readings, photos, access and a recommended cleaning interval. It’s set out for your insurer or broker.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It covers how systems are inspected, cleaned and checked, and it takes a risk-based approach.
Do you look at the system first?
Yes. For many sites, photos and a few details are enough, while bigger or harder-to-see systems are surveyed on site.
About our TR19 inspection in Rochester
Not every kitchen fits neatly into a calendar. Some kitchens build up grease faster than the minimum intervals assume, which is why measurement matters. We give your risk assessment measured figures rather than guesses. Typical jobs include sections of duct that can’t be reached and confirming a clean reached the whole system, on insurer audits, wet film thickness tests and access surveys.
Around a town like Rochester, extract cleaning normally means a restaurant, pub, takeaway or the kitchen of a school or care home. Whatever the kitchen, the canopy, filters, duct and fan all collect grease.
Our accreditations include CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, trading since 2009.
Leave it or put it right?
Finding a hotspot early means a targeted spot clean rather than a bigger problem later. Ignored, the layer only gets thicker. Grease, dust and wear all build up with time.
You won’t find a price list here, because each job is priced on what it involves. Call for a fixed quote, and we’ll talk you through it.
Why us?
- We’re fully insured
- A written report with pictures after every visit
- Fixed quotes from a survey or photos
- Every job surveyed first
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
For landlords and multi-site operators
When the building owner and the occupier are different, it’s worth checking the lease for who maintains the systems. We can quote either party, and the report can go to both.
Multi-site operators often want one contractor and one number. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Regular in-house cleaning slows the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
What TR19 inspection looks like in Rochester
The coast is only about 3 miles from Rochester. 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 136 restaurants, cafés and canteens and about 72 takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Rochester. Where they cook under a canopy, a grease reading is the way to tell whether the extract is due a clean. It’s Medway council that sends environmental health officers to food businesses in Rochester. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St Nicholas or elsewhere in Rochester, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often. If you cook for passing trade around Rochester station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Rochester is about 27 miles east of London, in Medway. For TR19 inspection in and around Rochester, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. Our area covers London and the South East, Rochester included. Our Medway coverage runs to 68 places, and Rochester is one of them. Maidstone is in our area too, about 9 miles from Rochester.
Here we cover the ME2, ME1, ME3 and ME4 postcode area for TR19 inspection. Whether your site is on High Street, Gundolph Square and Station Road or a nearby road, our technicians can take on the work. Main roads around Rochester include the A2 and A226, so getting to you is simple for TR19 inspection. We also cover Strood (1 mile west), Borstal (1 mile south-west), Cuxton (2 miles south-west), Lower Bush (3 miles west) and North Halling (3 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Gillingham (4 miles east), Chatham (3 miles south-east), Rainham (5 miles south-east), Park Wood (5 miles south-east), Lordswood (4 miles south-east) and Twydall (4 miles east). Being one of Medway’s larger places, Rochester has a wide mix of commercial premises, and we cover all of them for TR19 inspection.
Local landmarks in Rochester
Typical jobs here are in premises near Former Ordnance Store At Chatham Gun Wharf, Fort Pitt Grammar School and Broomhill Park, among other places. Nearby too are Temple School (1.2 miles north) and Royal Crown Hotel (under half a mile east). There’s a railway station in Rochester itself: Rochester station. A little further out are Rochester Castle (under half a mile east) and Huguenot Museum (within half a mile east). For a walk, there’s Gad's Hill and Rede Common.
Between visits
A little care between visits keeps the system in better shape. Our advice:
- Share inspection reports with your insurer or broker when asked
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Keep canopy edges and gutters wiped down
You get a report with the grease readings, where they were taken and photos of each point. File it alongside your TR19 certificates.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so the history is easy to show.
When to call us in Rochester
Not every section of a kitchen extract is easy to get to, and grease can be missed there clean after clean. A survey finds the sections that cannot be reached, so the gaps can be closed.
What we are most often called out for:
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
For schools such as Rochester Riverside Church of England Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What your quote should include
- When the next visit should be, and why
- When they can work, and whether that is outside your opening hours
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
What we do, step by step
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a morning or less for one kitchen, more where there are several systems. Three things shape a visit in Rochester: when you are closed, where we can park and how we get to the system.
- The visit is arranged for when the kitchen isn’t busy.
- The system is checked from canopy to discharge.
- We take WFTT or DTT readings at set points along the system.
- Photos are taken at each point, and access gaps noted.
- We send a report setting out the readings, pictures and next steps.
Before we arrive
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
- Allow time for equipment near the work to be turned off and cool down
- Move anything stored near the system
Getting a quote
The quickest way to a quote is to send photos: wide shots of the system, close-ups of anything that worries you and how we’d get to it. Tell us what kind of site it is and when it’s open, and we can price many jobs without a visit.
Related advice
When it’s something else
In fairness, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- Removing the grease, which is a separate clean
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
- Mechanical faults in the extract
Not sure which it is? You can phone us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we’ll tell you honestly.
What the work covers
- Post-clean checks
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
- Insurer audits