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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Sharnal Street, Medway
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Sharnal Street, booked around your opening hours and signed off in writing with pictures.
- Missing TR19 certificates or history
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
Multi-site and managed buildings
Keeping records across a portfolio is half the battle. Each visit produces a dated report with pictures, so you can show an insurer or inspector what was done at each site.
From a single site to a large estate, the standard is the same: the system surveyed, the price fixed, the visit fitted around trading and everything written up afterwards.
TR19 inspection in Sharnal Street, done properly
BESA sets minimum cleaning intervals by daily use: 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. Typical jobs include sites with gaps in their extract records and extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean, on deposit thickness tests, insurer audits and post-clean checks.
Work in a small place like Sharnal Street starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. Any parts we couldn’t reach are recorded on it too.
- Location
- Sharnal Street (ME3)
- Wider area
- Medway
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Working hours
- Evenings, overnight and weekends; 24/7 emergencies
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Sharnal Street
Kitchens change: a new menu, longer hours or more frying can all add grease. The old cleaning schedule may not match the kitchen any more.
These are the problems we see most often:
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
Older buildings often hide long, awkward duct runs, and if you run a kitchen at a historic venue in the area (Restoration House is about 4.9 miles south-west), access may need planning.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether VAT is included
- Whether they recommend a next date
- Whether the whole system is included, or only the parts that are easy to reach
- What paperwork you get at the end
Looking after it afterwards
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
- Flag changes in how much frying the kitchen does
- Keep the route to access panels clear
- Diary the next grease test and clean
Keep the verification report next to the certificate it relates to. The pair gives a clear record of the clean and the check.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so you can produce them quickly.
Honest limits
Not every problem is solved by TR19 inspection, and we will tell you before we start. It doesn’t solve:
- Mechanical faults in the extract
- Sections with no access, until panels are fitted
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
If you’re not sure, just ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line and we’ll give you a straight answer.
Where we work
- Access surveys
- Insurer audits
- Wet film thickness tests
- Deposit thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Pre-clean surveys
Your questions about TR19 inspection in Sharnal Street
Do you work in villages like Sharnal Street?
Yes, Sharnal Street is part of our area, however small the site. The journey is planned ahead, so a few details about the route help.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Sharnal Street?
In Sharnal Street, it’s Medway council that carries out food hygiene inspections. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Can you verify a clean after it’s been done?
Verification means repeat readings and photos once the clean is done. The report flags anything missed.
What does a pre-clean survey involve?
We look at the system from canopy to discharge, take grease readings and check access. From it, we plan the clean and quote a fixed price.
What accreditations do you have?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes, 24/7. Our office is open from 8am to 6pm on weekdays, and the emergency line covers the rest.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us at the end of the visit. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
Will you produce a report for our insurer?
Yes, for kitchens across the South East and London. Tell us what your insurer has asked for and we will set the report out to match.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
In-house cleaning and specialist cleaning do different jobs. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Your own staff can handle the daily basics: wiping canopies, washing grease filters and recording it in a log. Inside the ducts, risers and fan is specialist work, and that is where we come in.
TR19 inspection in Sharnal Street: the local picture
Sea air reaches Sharnal Street, which sits within about 2 miles of the coast. Metal on the roof weathers faster close to the coast, and the extract fan and cowl are no exception. Food Standards Agency records list about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within 1.5 miles or so of the middle of Sharnal Street. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. Sharnal Street is covered by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
Church and community hall kitchens, near Church of St Margaret or anywhere around Sharnal Street, are easy to forget, but their extracts collect grease like any other. Bursars and site managers at schools such as High Halstow Primary Academy tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Sharnal Street is about 5 miles north of Gillingham, in Medway. Sharnal Street gets the same approach as every site we work on: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. Across Medway, we cover 68 places, Sharnal Street among them. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby, about 12 miles away.
Here we cover the ME3 postcode area for TR19 inspection. Nearby, we also carry out TR19 inspection in Fenn Street (1 mile north-east), High Halstow (1 mile north-west), Tunbridge Hill (1 mile south-east), Kingsnorth (1 mile south-east) and Hoo St Werburgh (1 mile south-west). Larger places within reach include Gillingham (5 miles south), Chatham (6 miles south), Rochester (5 miles south-west), Rainham (6 miles south), Strood (5 miles south-west) and Luton (5 miles south).
Near you in Sharnal Street
In Sharnal Street, that means kitchens and buildings near The Hundred of Hoo Academy and The Red Dog Public House and the streets around them. The closest station to Sharnal Street is Gillingham (Kent) station, roughly 3.9 miles south of the centre. A little further out are Upnor Castle (3.2 miles south-west) and Medway Maritime Hospital (4.5 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Bishop Saltings.
How the visit works
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. Once we’re in, the area is sheeted and anything that has to be off is turned off and cooled, and the job takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. In a small place like Sharnal Street, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- The layout is traced from the canopy to the discharge.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- Grease readings are taken and photos recorded.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
Preparing for the visit
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
Get a fixed quote
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from pictures or a survey, and then send you a fixed quote. To start, ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
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Why act early in Sharnal Street
An EHO visit, an insurance renewal or a fire risk assessment is a bad time to find your extract records are thin. An inspection now gives a site in Sharnal Street a current picture. In a place like Sharnal Street, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
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.
What you get with us
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- We diagnose before we treat
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
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