Kent · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Silver Street TR19 inspection
Our technicians work in Silver Street on TR19 inspections, grease thickness testing, pre-clean surveys and post-clean verification. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Checking the result of a recent clean
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean
TR19 inspection in Silver Street
A pre-clean survey looks at the whole system, from canopy to discharge. We check where the access panels are and whether every section can be reached, and record grease readings at set points. If you have parts of the system left out of past cleans and heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts, we can put it right, from deposit thickness tests, access surveys and post-clean checks onwards.
Rural kitchens often have long, low duct runs through a roof space or along an outside wall, where grease settles in the flat sections. We agree access and timings in advance.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, plus a certificate through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal when the work is a TR19® Grease clean. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Silver Street (ME9)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- A fixed price before work begins
- Hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Common questions in Silver Street
Who inspects food businesses in Silver Street?
In Silver Street, it’s Swale council that carries out food hygiene inspections. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
Can you come to Silver Street after we close?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The work in Silver Street can fit around your hours. Just ring 0345 646 2711 or email us with your opening times and we will plan around them.
What should I send you?
Some pictures and a quick description of the system plus the address and your hours. If we need more, we will ask.
Can you price the work without visiting?
Often, yes. With good photos, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Larger or hidden systems need a survey on site first.
What does TR19 inspection cost?
The cost depends on the size of the system, its condition, access and timing. Call for a fixed quote, typically ready within one working day.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. There’s a 24/7 emergency line for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Ring any time and tell us what’s happened.
What grease levels does TR19 allow?
The TR19® Grease figures are a mean of 200 microns or less between cleans, and immediate spot cleaning wherever a reading hits 500 microns. Our report sets your readings against both.
What is post-clean verification?
After a clean, we take new readings and photos to show how the system was left. It works whoever carried out the clean.
Aftercare tips
Looking after the system between visits is straightforward, and it helps at the next visit:
- File every inspection report with your certificates
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
- Keep grease filters clean and fitted properly
- Mention new equipment or longer hours at the next test
Where sections couldn’t be reached, the report says where access panels would help. Fitting them before the next clean means the whole system gets done.
Keep all TR19 records together so you can produce them quickly.
What we do, step by step
We turn up at the time agreed with you, often in the evening, overnight or at the weekend so the site keeps working. Anything that needs to be off for the work is switched off and left to cool first, and floors and nearby surfaces are sheeted. The work itself takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. For a village or hamlet like Silver Street, tell us about narrow lanes, gates and parking when you book.
- After the clean, we arrange a time to check the system.
- We open the access points used on the clean.
- Grease readings are taken again at set points.
- Photos are taken to show the condition after the clean.
- We report the findings and flag any areas that need more work.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
Get a fixed quote
Quoting starts with a diagnosis, either from photos and details you send or from a site visit. Then we send a fixed price, before work begins.
Related advice
What TR19 inspection looks like in Silver Street
Food Standards Agency records list about 3 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within roughly a mile and a half of the centre of Silver Street. Kitchens like these cook for very different hours, and grease testing shows which extracts need cleaning soonest. Food hygiene inspections in Silver Street are the job of Swale council’s environmental health team. An officer looking round a kitchen will see the canopy, and grease there is hard to miss. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Silver Street sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. In most workplaces, including commercial kitchens, it’s the fire and rescue authority that enforces the Fire Safety Order.
A hall kitchen that only cooks for events, whether near Church of St John the Baptist or elsewhere in Silver Street, still needs its extract cleaned, just less often.
Silver Street is about 3 miles south-west of Sittingbourne, in Kent. We carry out TR19 inspection for businesses, landlords and public buildings in Silver Street and the rest of Kent. Our area takes in 922 places across Kent, large and small. You can also see our page for Maidstone, roughly 8 miles from Silver Street.
All of ME9 is covered for TR19 inspection, from the main roads to the quietest streets. We also cover Bredgar (1 mile east), Oad Street (1 mile north-west), South Green (2 miles west), Danaway (2 miles north-west) and Chestnut Street (2 miles north). We also work in nearby towns such as Maidstone (8 miles south-west), Ashford (14 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (3 miles north-east), Whitstable (15 miles east), Faversham (8 miles east) and Minster (9 miles north-east).
Landmarks near Silver Street
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Westlands School and Cromers Wood, among other places. The nearest railway station is Sittingbourne station, roughly 2.8 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Sittingbourne Heritage Museum (2.9 miles north-east) and Bayford Court (3.1 miles north-east). Not far away are Detling Hill.
What affects the cost of TR19 inspection
Some jobs are bigger than they look, and some smaller. What affects the quote:
- The scale of the work
- Whether it’s a one-off visit or part of a schedule
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The times the site is available
Working hours, access and the scale of the site all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before any work starts.
Helping us quote
Many jobs can be priced from pictures and some basics. Send what you can of the following:
- The postcode and the type of business
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
- A few general shots of the system
- Problems your staff have spotted
Here’s what helps us quote: where the site is, what it is and its opening hours, a few pictures and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
For landlords and multi-site operators
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Every building has its own written report, so records stay tidy.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We cover South East England and London, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept to a regular schedule.
Why deal with it now?
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 Silver Street a current picture. A planned visit to Silver Street is easier to arrange than an emergency callout.
Several systems or sites on one quote can make for a more efficient booking. Tell us about everything you’d like looked at and we will price it together.
Why choose Duct Doctor in Silver Street
- BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Out-of-hours work and a 24/7 emergency line
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
Read our cost guide and how to check a contractor.
Also near Silver Street
Also in Silver Street
What we are called out for in Silver Street
Insurers, fire officers and environmental health officers look to TR19® as the benchmark. It isn’t legislation; the legal duty comes from the Fire Safety Order 2005, under which the responsible person must reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping grease under control.
The symptoms we are asked about most include:
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Uncertainty over how often to clean
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
For schools such as Bredgar Church of England Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is usually booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
What to look for in a quote
- Whether a written report and photos are included
- When the next visit should be, and why
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Proof of accreditation you can verify
In-house cleaning or a specialist?
If your staff spot something between visits, such as dripping grease, a noisy fan, a smell or a filter that will not come clean, they should report it rather than try to fix it. We can diagnose it and quote.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you cannot see still need a specialist at the right interval.