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TR19 inspections and grease testing in Trottiscliffe, Kent
Our technicians work in Trottiscliffe 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.
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- An insurer’s request for a TR19 audit
- Kitchens taken over with no cleaning records
Trottiscliffe: your questions answered
Can you get to a site in Trottiscliffe?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Do you work at weekends in Trottiscliffe?
Yes, out-of-hours work is a big part of what we do. The work in Trottiscliffe can fit around your hours. Just ring 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line with your opening times and we will plan around them.
Are you accredited?
Duct Doctor is a BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001 are in place too, and we’re fully insured.
How long does grease testing take?
Typically, the inspection takes an hour or two for a single kitchen, longer for a large or complex system. System size and access decide the rest.
What is a WFTT or DTT grease test?
The Wet Film Thickness Test (WFTT) and Deposit Thickness Test (DTT) measure how thick the grease is at a given point. We take readings at set points from canopy to fan.
Do you offer maintenance contracts?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. The report from each visit recommends the next date.
Where does the waste go?
We contain it and take it with us. We collect grease, debris and waste water as we go, so it does not spread.
What about areas you cannot get to?
They’re marked on the report. Often the fix is extra access, such as new panels in ductwork, and we can fit those.
How we handle TR19 inspection in Trottiscliffe
After a clean, post-clean verification checks the result, with fresh grease readings, photos and a look at the areas that were cleaned. It shows whether the system was left in the condition the paperwork describes. Common call-outs are for heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts and extracts that have never been grease tested, across access surveys, pre-clean surveys and post-clean checks.
Somewhere as small as Trottiscliffe, 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 paperwork matters as much as the work. Each visit is written up with pictures, covering the work done, any areas we couldn’t access and a recommended next date. File it in your maintenance log so it’s to hand when an insurer or inspector asks.
- Where
- Trottiscliffe (ME19)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quote
- Fixed quote, usually within a working day
- Working hours
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Call
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Looking after it afterwards
How long the results last depends on use and care. We suggest:
- Keep to the recommended interval
- Report grease dripping from the canopy
- Store grease readings where your insurer can see them
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
Any access problems we found are listed with a suggested fix. Fitting them before the next clean means the whole system gets done.
Keep certificates, reports and readings in one place so you can produce them quickly.
What your team can do, and what needs us
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but hidden parts of the system still need specialist attention.
When your team notices a problem 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.
Signs you need TR19 inspection in Trottiscliffe
TR19® is the benchmark that insurers, fire officers and EHOs refer to. TR19® itself is not law, but the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires the responsible person to assess and reduce fire risk, and in a kitchen that means keeping grease under control.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Kitchen extract systems with no recent grease readings
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Insurers asking for TR19 evidence
- Sections of duct that cannot be reached
Bursars and site managers at schools such as Trottiscliffe Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Comparing quotes
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Whether they’re fully insured
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
- Exactly which parts of the system are covered
Why deal with it now?
Without readings, you are guessing when to clean. If grease reaches 500 microns anywhere, TR19® Grease calls for immediate spot cleaning, and you can only act on that if you’ve measured it. It’s simpler to plan the work at Trottiscliffe now than to arrange it in a hurry later.
When the work has to happen, how we reach it and how big the site is all affect the cost. We take each of them into account and give you a fixed price before we start.
Why Trottiscliffe businesses choose us
- Full insurance on every job
- Fixed quotes from a survey or pictures
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- A BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite member, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at how cleaning jobs are priced or our accreditations and certificates.
What happens on the day
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Somewhere like Trottiscliffe, lanes, gates and parking are worth mentioning in advance.
- We go through any past certificates and reports.
- We follow the extract from canopy to discharge.
- Access panels are located and any missing ones noted.
- Grease readings are taken and pictures recorded.
- We report back with readings and a fixed quote.
Preparing for the visit
- Let us know how we reach the system, including roofs, risers and plant rooms
- Let us know about parking and loading
- Move anything stored near the system
How to get a quote
Every quote begins with a look at the system, from your pictures and details or, where that is not enough, a survey on site. After that, you get a fixed price for the work so you know the cost before any work starts.
Related advice
TR19 inspection in Trottiscliffe: the local picture
Look up Trottiscliffe on the FSA’s food hygiene register and you will find about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens within about 1.5 miles of central Trottiscliffe. Kitchens like these cook for very different hours, and grease testing shows which extracts need cleaning soonest. Kent Fire and Rescue Service covers Trottiscliffe. 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. Kitchens in Trottiscliffe get their food hygiene inspections from Tonbridge and Malling council. They look at how clean the premises and equipment are, and the kitchen extract is part of that. A TR19® certificate and photo report after each clean gives you a record to show an inspector.
If your kitchen is in a listed or historic building, like the houses around Trottiscliffe (Old Soar Manor is about 4 miles south), fitting access panels needs care. Where a hall near Church of St Peter and St Paul, or anywhere in Trottiscliffe, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does.
Trottiscliffe is about 8 miles east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. Wherever you are in the ME19 postcode area, we cover TR19 inspection for commercial sites. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, Trottiscliffe among them. Maidstone is in our area too, about 8 miles from Trottiscliffe.
TR19 inspection in ME19 follows the same survey, fixed quote and written report as everywhere else we cover. Whether your site is on Church Lane, School Lane and Wrotham Water Lane or a nearby road, we can help. If your site is just outside Trottiscliffe, we cover Vigo Village (1 mile north), Fairseat (1 mile north-west), Addington (1 mile south-east), Culverstone Green (2 miles north) and Ryarsh (2 miles east). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (8 miles south-east), Dartford (10 miles north-west), Sevenoaks (8 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (13 miles south), Gravesend (8 miles north) and Tonbridge (9 miles south).
Landmarks near Trottiscliffe
Around Trottiscliffe, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Wrotham School, Trosley Country Park and The Plough Public House. Trottiscliffe’s nearest station is Borough Green & Wrotham station, about 2.7 miles south-west. Well-known places in the area include Leybourne Castle (3 miles east) and Coldrum Long Barrow (0.8 miles east).
Towns and villages near Trottiscliffe
Other services in Trottiscliffe
What the work involves, part by part
Canopy and plenum
Filters can look fine while the plenum behind them is heavily coated. So we measure behind the filters, not just in front.
Horizontal duct runs
Grease settles on the floor of horizontal ducts as the air cools. We test at points along the run through access panels.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Trottiscliffe
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare in Trottiscliffe and across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.