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Romney Street TR19 inspection
TR19 inspections and grease testing for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Romney Street. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and fully insured.
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Kitchens whose menu or hours have changed
Looking after it afterwards
Once we have finished, these simple steps help:
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Tell us if menus or opening hours change
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
Readings of 500 microns or more are highlighted as needing immediate spot cleaning, and we can arrange it.
Clean, correctly fitted filters stop more grease reaching the duct. Missing or damaged filters let grease straight into the plenum.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Romney Street
BESA’s minimum cleaning frequencies depend on how long the kitchen cooks each day: heavy use (12 to 16 hours a day) every 3 months, moderate use (6 to 12 hours) every 6 months and light use (2 to 6 hours) every 12 months. Those are minimums, and grease readings help set the real interval. If you have heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts and confirming a clean reached the whole system, we can help.
In a small place like Romney Street, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, and those horizontal sections are where grease settles. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
The sign-off is always in writing: a dated report with pictures of the work, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Where
- Romney Street (TN15)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Price
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Different parts, different methods
Horizontal duct runs
Grease settles on the floor of horizontal ducts as the air cools. We test at points along the run through access panels.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Inspections are done when the kitchen is closed or quiet so the kitchen keeps cooking.
What staff can safely do
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings call for the right kit, training and safe access. That is our job.
When your team notices a problem between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that won’t come clean, it’s best reported rather than tackled in-house. We will take a look and send you a fixed quote.
How we price TR19 inspection
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We take into account:
- Site requirements such as sign-in and permits
- Travel, parking and unloading
- What state the system is in
- The times the site is available
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. Each of those is built into the quote and give you a fixed price before we start.
What we need to know
You don’t need the technical terms. Just send:
- Wide photos of the system and the area around it
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- Where the plant sits or the system leaves the building, such as a roof or outside wall
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Why deal with it now?
A pre-clean survey avoids surprises on the night. Access problems are spotted in advance rather than on the night, so the clean covers the whole system. In a place like Romney Street, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
The cost depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. We give you a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Why book with us
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
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What else we do in Romney Street
FAQs for Romney Street
Can a school canteen extract in Romney Street be done out of term time?
Yes, holiday work suits schools best. Around Romney Street, the Food Standards Agency lists about 3 schools and colleges with registered kitchens within a mile and a half or so. Booking early in the term gives the best choice of holiday dates.
Do you work in villages like Romney Street?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Romney Street is covered. A survey first, from photos or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
What does TR19 inspection cost?
Every site is different, so each gets its own fixed quote. To get one, call us on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with the site type, opening hours and a few pictures.
How do you protect the area?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before any work starts, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Which accreditations do you hold?
CHAS, SafeContractor, ISO 9001 and BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We have been trading since 2009 and we’re fully insured.
What is post-clean verification?
We visit after a clean, take readings at set points and photograph the system. The report flags anything missed.
What grease levels does TR19 allow?
TR19® Grease says grease should not go over a mean of 200 microns between cleans. 500 microns or more at any point calls for immediate spot cleaning.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes, 24/7. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm, with the emergency line covering every other hour.
Romney Street kitchens: local notes
Environmental health officers from Sevenoaks council inspect food businesses in Romney Street. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Fire safety in Romney Street 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.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Lullingstone Castle is about 2.3 miles north-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Sevenoaks Hospital is the nearest hospital to Romney Street, about 3.3 miles south-west. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, or anywhere in Romney Street, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Romney Street is about 4 miles north-east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. We carry out TR19 inspection for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Romney Street and the rest of Kent. Romney Street is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent where we work for commercial clients. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page, about 14 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: TN15. Local streets include Bower Lane and Romney Street, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. Other places close to Romney Street include East Hill (1 mile north-east), Knatts Valley (1 mile east), Woodlands (1 mile south-east), Cotman's Ash (1 mile south-east) and Kemsing (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (14 miles east), Dartford (8 miles north), Sevenoaks (4 miles south-west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (14 miles south), Gravesend (10 miles north-east) and Tonbridge (9 miles south).
Landmarks near Romney Street
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Kemsing Down and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Shoreham (Kent) station, about 1.6 miles west. A little further out are Otford Heritage Centre (2.1 miles south-west) and Kemsing Castle Bank (1.7 miles south).
What we do, step by step
Protection comes first: sheeting goes over floors and surfaces close to the work. Then we make the system safe and start. It takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system, and we clear up before we go. A quick note on how to find the site and where to park makes a visit to Romney Street run smoothly.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- The same access points are opened up.
- Grease readings are taken again at set points.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
Before we arrive
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
- Move anything stored near the system
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
How to get a quote
Quotes are quick. Send a few details and photos, and we usually reply with a fixed quote within one working day. If we need to see the system first, we book a survey around your hours.
Related advice
Managing agents and facilities teams in Romney Street
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so each one has its own record.
We work for landlords, managing agents and facilities managers as well as the people running the site. Where a system serves more than one tenant, such as a shared riser, it helps to agree who arranges the work, and we can quote for the whole system.