Kent · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Swingfield Minnis TR19 inspection
Our technicians work in Swingfield Minnis on TR19 inspections, grease thickness testing, pre-clean surveys and post-clean verification. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports as standard.
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
FAQs for Swingfield Minnis
Do you work overnight in Swingfield Minnis?
Yes. We work evenings, overnight and at weekends. The site is handed back ready to open. Just give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email with your opening times and we’ll plan around them.
Do you cover smaller places like Swingfield Minnis?
Yes, we work in villages as well as towns, and Swingfield Minnis is covered. Photos of the system and directions to the site help us plan the visit.
What is grease thickness testing?
Grease thickness testing measures the layer of grease on the duct surfaces, by WFTT or DTT. The results are given in microns.
Which sectors do you work in?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a single café to a large school. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
What about areas you can’t get to?
They’re listed in the report, never skipped quietly. You’ll know exactly which parts weren’t reached and why, and we can quote to improve the access.
Which accreditations do you hold?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. We also hold CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we carry full insurance.
What does a pre-clean survey involve?
It’s a look at the whole extract before it’s cleaned, with readings and photos. We can work from pictures and details, or visit, whichever suits the system.
Do you have a 24/7 line?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7 for anything that can’t wait until a planned visit. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
TR19 inspection in Swingfield Minnis
Grease thickness testing tells you how much grease is sitting in the canopy, ducts and fan. Readings are taken at set points using the Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) or the Deposit Thickness Test (DTT). From the numbers, you can see whether cleaning is due. The work covers deposit thickness tests, post-clean checks and pre-clean surveys, and common reasons people get in touch are pre-clean surveys before a first TR19 clean and extracts that have never been grease tested.
For a kitchen in or near Swingfield Minnis, the visit is planned around opening hours and the journey, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Accreditations are easy to claim and worth checking. Ours are BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, plus CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, and we’re fully insured.
- Location
- Swingfield Minnis (CT15)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- When we work
- When your site is closed, plus a 24/7 line
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
What staff can safely do
Staff cleaning doesn’t replace a specialist visit; it supports it. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Day-to-day cleaning is something your team can do: wiping down canopy surfaces, cleaning filters and keeping a simple log. What they can’t safely do is clean inside the ductwork, the fan or the risers, and that’s where we come in.
Leave it or put it right?
Do not wait for an EHO visit or insurance renewal to find gaps in your extract records. A recent inspection report means you are ready when asked. A fault that closes a site in a village like Swingfield Minnis affects everyone who depends on it.
No two sites are the same, so we price each one individually. The size of the job, how we reach it, its condition and the working hours all make a difference.
What you get with us
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- Every job surveyed first
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- We are fully insured
Take a look at what affects the cost or our accreditations and certificates.
Aftercare tips
No system stays clean for ever, but care slows the build-up. A few tips:
- Flag changes in how much frying the kitchen does
- Send TR19 audit reports to your insurer on request
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Keep to the recommended interval
Where sections couldn’t be reached, the report says where access panels would help. With panels fitted, the next clean can cover every section.
Clean, correctly fitted filters stop more grease reaching the duct. Gaps around filters let grease get past them.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
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 are happy to quote for all of it.
Managing agents often deal with us directly. Tell us the site, the work and the access arrangements, and we will send a fixed quote.
TR19 inspection around Swingfield Minnis
Swingfield Minnis, about 60 miles from central London, is within our usual area. The visit is fixed around your opening hours, not ours. Swingfield Minnis is covered by Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Grease in a kitchen extract is a recognised fire risk, and the fire authority enforces the law on managing it in most commercial premises.
Kitchens that cook twelve hours or more a day, as some healthcare kitchens do, fall into BESA’s three-monthly minimum; Royal Victoria Hospital is the nearest hospital to Swingfield Minnis, about 4.1 miles south. If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Acrise Place is about 1.5 miles south-west), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning.
Swingfield Minnis is about 4 miles north of Folkestone, in Kent. Sites in Swingfield Minnis get the same service as everywhere we cover: diagnosis first, a fixed price, out-of-hours working where needed and a written report with pictures. Swingfield Minnis is one of 922 towns, villages and districts in Kent where we work for TR19 inspection. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby, about 29 miles away.
Postcode districts we cover here for TR19 inspection: CT15. If you need TR19 inspection at premises on Canterbury Road and Hoad Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. With the A260 close by, Swingfield Minnis is simple for us to get to at any hour. Other places close to Swingfield Minnis include Selsted (1 mile north), Densole (1 mile south), Wootton (2 miles north), Hawkinge (2 miles south) and Old Hawkinge (2 miles south). We also work in nearby towns such as Ashford (13 miles west), Canterbury (10 miles north), Dover (6 miles east), Folkestone (4 miles south), Whitstable (15 miles north) and Deal (11 miles north-east).
Local landmarks in Swingfield Minnis
The closest station to Swingfield Minnis is Shepherds Well station, about 4.1 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Elham Valley Countryside Centre And Railway Museum (3.9 miles south-west) and Royal Victoria Hospital (4.1 miles south). The countryside around Swingfield Minnis includes Cheriton Hill.
How the job changes from site to site
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Kitchens that cook for long hours build up grease faster. Readings show if the cleans are frequent enough.
Canopy and plenum
Clean-looking filters do not mean a clean plenum. That is why we test behind them.
Common problems we fix in Swingfield Minnis
Records can go missing when a business changes hands or contractors. Without them, nobody knows how much grease is in the system or when it was last cleaned.
Clients usually contact us when they notice something like this:
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Sites with gaps in their extract records
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Selsted Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Questions to ask before booking
- How they set the interval to the next visit
- Whether the figure could change on the day
- If they look at the system before pricing
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
How it works
Every visit runs to the same pattern: sheeting and protection first, isolate whatever needs isolating, do the work, clear away and leave you the report. The visit itself takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. In a small place like Swingfield Minnis, the journey is planned ahead and the visit arranged around the site’s hours.
- First we look at the system’s cleaning history, if there is one.
- The layout is traced from the canopy to the discharge.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us about site rules, permits or sign-in
- Move anything stored near the system
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Get a fixed quote
Need a price for TR19 inspection? Please call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We will talk you through the work and send you a fixed quote before you commit to anything.