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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Sandhurst, Kent
TR19 inspection across Sandhurst and nearby, timed so the site keeps working and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
What affects the quote in Sandhurst
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We take into account:
- The number of sites or systems
- When the work can happen, such as evenings, overnight or weekends
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- The scale of the work
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from photos or on site, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
Helping us quote
You do not need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Close-ups of filters, grilles, hatches or access panels
Quotes are quick. Call or email with a few details and you’ll typically have a fixed price within one working day. Where a survey is needed, we arrange a time that suits the site.
TR19 inspection for kitchens and businesses in Sandhurst
Post-clean verification is a check carried out once the cleaning is done, with fresh grease readings, pictures and a look at the areas that were cleaned. It gives you evidence of how the system was actually left. If you’re dealing with insurers asking for TR19 evidence and post-clean verification after another contractor’s clean, we can put it right.
Somewhere as small as Sandhurst, commercial kitchens are few: perhaps a pub, a school or care home kitchen, or a hall used for events. Each still has a canopy and duct that collect grease.
The report is your system’s health record: a dated account with pictures of everything we did. Grease extract cleans are also certificated to TR19® Grease through the BESCA VHE portal and sits alongside the report.
- Location
- Sandhurst (TN18)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, normally within a working day
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
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Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we will come back with a fixed quote.
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with photos, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
FAQs for Sandhurst
Which council inspects kitchens in Sandhurst?
Kitchens in Sandhurst are inspected by Tunbridge Wells council’s environmental health officers. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Which fire authority looks after Sandhurst?
Sandhurst 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.
What happens on a pre-clean survey?
We check the layout, the grease levels and the access, before anyone starts cleaning. Any access problems are flagged ahead of the clean.
Can you quote from pictures?
Normally, yes. Send a few wide photos plus close-ups of panels, filters or grilles, and a fixed quote usually follows within one working day. If pictures are not enough, we’ll survey first.
What is post-clean verification?
A post-clean check records grease readings and photos after the work, for our cleans and other firms’ alike.
Are you accredited?
We hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. Vent Hygiene Elite is run by BESCA and independently audited.
What is TR19?
It’s BESA’s specification and the benchmark insurers, fire officers and EHOs look to. It sets out inspection, cleaning and record keeping, and it takes a risk-based approach.
What does TR19 inspection cost?
It depends on the site, so we quote each one individually. To get one, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site and its opening hours.
Common problems we fix in Sandhurst
When a site in Sandhurst changes owner or cleaning contractor, the records don’t always follow. Without them, nobody knows how much grease is in the system or when it was last cleaned.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Confirming a clean reached the whole system
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Sections of duct that can’t be reached
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
A hospital like Benenden Hospital, about 4.8 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day.
Before you book anyone
- When they can work, and whether that’s outside your opening hours
- Proof of insurance
- If the quote is a fixed price or an estimate
- Whether a survey comes first
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
A few tasks are always specialist work: entering ducts, working on fans, testing dampers and taking grease readings need training, the right equipment and safe access. That is our job.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
What happens if it’s left?
Catching heavy deposits early keeps the fix small. Ignored, the layer only gets thicker. In a place like Sandhurst, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
Several systems or sites on one quote often makes better use of the time. Mention every system or site you need covered and we will price it together.
What you get with us
- Photo reports with every job
- We diagnose before we treat
- A single point of contact for sites across the South East and London
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at our cost guide or how to check a contractor.
When something else is needed
To be straight with you, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
- Parts of the duct nobody can reach yet
If you are not sure, just phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer before booking.
What we work on in Sandhurst
- Deposit thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Pre-clean surveys
- Insurer audits
- Wet film thickness tests
What we do, step by step
Your trading hours come first. 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 an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. The timing of a visit to Sandhurst is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- We note where access panels are and where more are needed.
- Grease readings are taken and pictures recorded.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Getting ready for the visit
- Let us know about permits to work or site inductions
- Clear loose items from the work area
- Tell us where we can park and unload
How to get a quote
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please call us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before anything is booked.
Related advice
Sandhurst kitchens: local notes
Sandhurst sits within the area of 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. In Sandhurst, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Tunbridge Wells council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Mission Church, or anywhere in Sandhurst, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Sandhurst Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Sandhurst is about 11 miles north of Hastings, in Kent. We carry out TR19 inspection for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Sandhurst and the rest of Kent. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, and Sandhurst is one of them. For sites nearby, see our Maidstone page (17 miles or so).
Work in TN18 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. If you need TR19 inspection at premises on Bodiam Road, Poundfield Road and Queen Street or anywhere close by, we can help. Nearby, we also carry out TR19 inspection in Sandhurst Cross (1 mile south-west), Linkhill (1 mile east), Four Throws (2 miles north-west), Little Conghurst (2 miles north-west) and Bodiam (2 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (15 miles north-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (15 miles north-west), Paddock Wood (13 miles north-west), Tenterden (6 miles north-east), Park Wood (15 miles north) and Staplehurst (10 miles north).
What’s near Sandhurst
Typical jobs here are in premises near Sentido pub. Sandhurst’s nearest station is Robertsbridge station, about 4.9 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are The C.M Booth Collection (3.5 miles north-east) and Benenden Hospital (4.8 miles north-east).