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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Teston, Kent
Professional TR19 inspection in and around Teston, booked around your opening hours and finished with a written report and pictures.
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
About our TR19 inspection in Teston
After a clean, post-clean verification checks the result, with new readings and photos of the cleaned areas. It gives you evidence of how the system was actually left. The work covers access surveys, deposit thickness tests and wet film thickness tests, and common reasons people get in touch are heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts and cleaning intervals that may not suit the kitchen.
In a small place like Teston, kitchens are often in older or extended buildings, with long single-storey duct runs, where grease settles in the flat sections. Access, parking and timings are agreed before the day.
We’re CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, we hold ISO 9001 and we’re fully insured. We are also a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease, and we have been trading since 2009.
- Where
- Teston (ME18)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- Certificate and photo report
- Quote
- A fixed price before any work starts
- Hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
Keeping the system healthy
How long the results last depends on use and care. We suggest:
- Never cook with filters missing
- File every inspection report with your certificates
- Diary the next grease test and clean
- Do not box in or cover duct access panels
For an insurer audit, send them the report as it is, including readings, pictures and any inaccessible sections.
Keep all TR19 records together so you can produce them quickly.
What affects the quote in Teston
Your quote is based on your site. We take into account:
- Whether we need access equipment or extra panels
- How many systems or sites are involved
- The size of the system
- Parking and loading at the site
We do not list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or email us, and we will talk you through it.
What we need to know
You don’t need the technical terms. It helps if you can send:
- Your last certificate, test record or report
- When the site is open and when it’s quiet
- A few general shots of the system
- Detail shots of panels, filters and grilles
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from photos or on a visit, then send a fixed quote. To start, ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos.
Grease, kitchens and Teston
Food Standards Agency records list about 3 restaurants, cafés and works canteens in and around Teston, up to about a mile and a half out. Each kitchen extract among them can be measured for grease to set the right cleaning interval. Food hygiene inspections in Teston are the job of Maidstone council’s environmental health team. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. Our report lists what was cleaned and when, which is useful to have ready. Fire safety in Teston falls to Kent Fire and Rescue Service. The Fire Safety Order puts the duty on whoever runs a kitchen to control its fire risk, and a greasy duct is fuel.
A hospital like Oakwood Hospital, about 2.1 miles north-east, is the kind of site where a kitchen may cook for patients, staff and visitors all day. Commuter trade near Wateringbury station can mean long cooking hours, and long hours put a kitchen into BESA’s more frequent cleaning bands. For schools such as Wateringbury Church of England Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed.
Teston is about 4 miles west of Maidstone, in Kent. Whether your site is in the middle of Teston or further out, TR19 inspection is available to all kinds of commercial premises, from small sites to large estates. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Teston among them.
Every address in ME18 is covered for TR19 inspection, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Whether your site is on The Street, Courtlands and Church Street or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. If your site is just outside Teston, we cover Red Hill (1 mile north-west), West Farleigh (1 mile south-east), Wateringbury (1 mile west), Barming Heath (1 mile east) and Hoppers Corner (1 mile east). Within a short drive, we also cover Maidstone (4 miles east), Sittingbourne (14 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (11 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (11 miles south-west), Gravesend (12 miles north) and Tonbridge (8 miles south-west).
Around Teston
We work in commercial kitchens and buildings around The Wateringbury pub, The Malling School and Quarry Wood and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Wateringbury station, about 0.9 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Oakwood Hospital (2.1 miles north-east) and Teapot Island (2.6 miles south-west).
How the job changes from site to site
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
A kitchen running from breakfast to late service builds grease quickly. Readings show if the cleans are frequent enough.
Vertical risers
Risers carry the extract up through the building. Grease can run down and collect at the base, so we check there.
Why deal with it now?
A pre-clean survey avoids surprises on the night. Missing access panels, hidden duct runs and awkward fans are found before the cleaners arrive, so the clean covers the whole system. Somewhere as small as Teston, losing a kitchen or building to a fault is felt by everyone who uses it.
What you pay reflects the actual work. That’s why we survey first, from pictures or on site, and the price is agreed before any work starts.
Why book with us
- Accredited under CHAS and SafeContractor, with ISO 9001
- Fully insured
- A written report with pictures after each visit
- One number for every site across the South East and London
Read how cleaning jobs are priced or how to check a contractor.
When it’s something else
Not every problem is solved by TR19 inspection, and we’d rather say so up front. It won’t put right:
- The grease itself, which needs a full or spot clean
- The responsible person’s own fire risk assessment
- A faulty or failing extract fan
If you’re not sure, just call 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form and we will give you a straight answer.
What we work on in Teston
- Insurer audits
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Pre-clean surveys
Teston: your questions answered
Can you work in Teston outside opening hours?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. That way a site in Teston does not have to lose a day’s trading. Let us know the hours you’re closed and we will book within them.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Teston?
That’s Maidstone council, whose environmental health officers carry out food hygiene inspections in Teston. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Is Teston in your area?
Yes. Our technicians work in Teston, as part of our area across London and the South East.
Do you survey before quoting?
Yes. We always survey first, either from pictures and details you send or on a site visit. Then you get a fixed quote.
Which kinds of sites do you work on?
Any commercial site with kitchens or ventilation, from a small pub to a hospital. Hotels, schools, care homes, offices, shops and leisure sites are all part of our work.
Can you quote from photos?
Yes, for many jobs. Send wide shots, close-ups of any access panels and anything that worries you, and a fixed quote normally follows within one working day. If pictures aren’t enough, we’ll survey first.
What does TR19 mean?
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?
There’s no set price, as it depends on the job: the size of the system, its condition, access and when we can work. You get a fixed price before any work starts.
How the visit works
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the pictures you sent. Anything unexpected is raised with you before we go further. From there, it takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. A few pictures of the system help us make the most of a visit to a place like Teston.
- The visit is arranged for when the kitchen isn’t busy.
- The system is checked from canopy to discharge.
- Grease readings are taken at set points using WFTT or DTT.
- We photograph the test points and record any sections we cannot reach.
- We send a report setting out the readings, photos and next steps.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any locked doors, roof access or ceiling voids
- Arrange a key holder or contact on site
- Plan for cooking equipment or plant to be off before we arrive
Getting a quote
Here’s what helps us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, photos of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Then ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line.
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Multi-site and managed buildings
For anyone managing more than one site, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, and that can be the employer, the owner, a landlord, a facilities manager or a managing agent. Where responsibility is shared, records matter even more.