Kent · TR19 inspections and grease testing
Waltham TR19 inspection
Looking for TR19 inspection in Waltham? We survey first, give you a fixed quote and work around your opening hours, finishing with a written report and pictures.
- Extracts that may be over the 200 micron mean
- Systems that need surveying before cleaning
- Systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements
TR19 inspection in Waltham, done properly
TR19® Grease says grease should not exceed a mean of 200 microns between cleans, while a reading of 500 microns or more anywhere calls for immediate spot cleaning. Testing is how you know where your system stands. If you are dealing with kitchens taken over with no cleaning records and surveys needed before quoting a full clean, we can help, from deposit thickness tests, pre-clean 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.
Nothing is signed off by word of mouth: a written report, dated and illustrated with pictures, and for TR19® Grease cleans, a certificate issued through the BESCA VHE portal. It shows what was done and what, if anything, couldn’t be reached.
- Location
- Waltham (CT4)
- Region
- Kent
- Records
- TR19® certificate and photo report
- Quotes
- Fixed quote, typically within a working day
- When we work
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Updated
- 30 October 2026
Different parts, different methods
Vertical risers
Risers carry the extract up through the building. Grease can run down and collect at the base, so the base is a key test point.
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
BESA’s minimum for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day is a clean every 3 months, with testing showing whether more is needed.
Nearby places to Waltham
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Your questions about TR19 inspection in Waltham
Which fire and rescue service is responsible for Waltham?
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the fire and rescue service for Waltham. It’s worth keeping your fire risk assessment, TR19® certificates and photo reports together, ready to show.
Who would carry out a food hygiene inspection at a kitchen in Waltham?
Food hygiene inspections in Waltham are carried out by Canterbury City council. It helps to keep the extract cleaning records with your food safety paperwork, so they’re ready if asked for.
What grease levels does TR19 allow?
Two figures matter: a mean of no more than 200 microns between cleans, and 500 microns at any single point, which needs immediate spot cleaning. Our report sets your readings against both.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
By covering it before any work starts. The work is kept contained and clean down when we finish.
What accreditations do you have?
Our accreditations are CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001, alongside BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite membership, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease. The Vent Hygiene Elite scheme is run by BESCA and audited independently.
Is TR19 cleaning the law?
No. It’s the benchmark rather than the law. In practice, an insurer can refuse or reduce a claim without proof of TR19 cleaning, so it matters in practice.
What about areas you cannot get to?
Anything we can’t reach goes on the report, with a note of where it is, and we explain what access is needed, such as extra access panels in ductwork.
What is TR19?
A BESA specification, with two parts that matter most here: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It is not legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
Leave it or put it right?
Surveying first means the clean goes to plan. Missing access panels, hidden duct runs and awkward fans are found before the cleaners arrive, and the quote reflects the real job. Rural sites cannot always move to another kitchen or room when something fails.
No two sites are the same, so each one gets its own fixed quote. Size, access, the condition of the system and when we can work all make a difference.
Why book with us
- Survey first, then a fixed quote
- Every visit written up, with pictures
- CHAS and SafeContractor accredited, with ISO 9001
- Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus 24/7 emergency callout
Read our cost guide or our accreditations.
Grease, kitchens and Waltham
Waltham is about 52 miles from central London, well within the area we cover across London and the South East. Visits are booked around your hours, evenings and weekends included. Environmental health officers from Canterbury City council inspect food businesses in Waltham. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. Keeping each certificate and photo report on file helps show the extract is looked after.
Where a hall near Church of St Bartholomew, or anywhere in Waltham, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Kent and Canterbury Hospital (about 5.5 miles north-east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Waltham is about 6 miles south-west of Canterbury, in Kent. Waltham 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 photos. Across Kent, we cover 922 places, and Waltham is one of them. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby (22 miles or so).
Every address in CT4 is covered for TR19 inspection, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Local streets include Church Lane, Richdore Road and Kake Street, all of which we cover for TR19 inspection. We also cover the places around Waltham: Stelling Minnis (2 miles east), Bossingham (2 miles east), Stowting Common (4 miles south), Stowting (4 miles south) and Rhodes Minnis (4 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (8 miles south-west), Canterbury (6 miles north-east), Dover (13 miles east), Folkestone (10 miles south-east), Whitstable (11 miles north) and Faversham (10 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Waltham
Around Waltham, our work takes us to kitchens and buildings near Compasses Inn. The nearest railway station is Chilham station, roughly 3.7 miles north-west of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Chilham Castle (4.1 miles north-west) and Kent and Canterbury Hospital (5.5 miles north-east).
How it works
At the end of the visit, someone from your team can look over the work with us. We point out anything that couldn’t be reached or needs a follow-up, and the same goes into the written report. The visit takes a couple of hours for a typical kitchen extract system. Rural roads and tight entrances are worth telling us about before a visit to Waltham.
- 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.
- We measure the grease and photograph each point.
- You get a report and a fixed quote for the clean.
How to prepare
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Tell us the best time to work, such as after service or at a weekend
Ask for a quote
Want a quote for TR19 inspection? Please call 0345 646 2711, or email photos and tell us about the site. We will explain what we’d do and send a fixed quote before you commit to anything.
Advice
What affects the quote in Waltham
The quote reflects the site in front of us. We consider:
- A single visit or a regular plan
- Access, including roofs, risers and ceiling voids
- What state the system is in
- Where the site is and how we reach it
What you pay depends on the size of the system, the condition it’s in and how easy it is to reach. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Helping us quote
To speed up the quote, please include:
- Photos showing the whole system and its surroundings
- Your opening hours and when the area is out of use
- Problems your staff have spotted
- Any access panels or hatches you can see
There’s no standard price list, because no two systems are the same. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then send you a fixed quote. To start, call 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
What a clean won’t put right
Some problems need a different service or another trade:
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
- Ductwork that was designed or installed badly
- The legal duty, which stays with the responsible person
Not sure which it is? You can call 0345 646 2711 or email us and we’ll tell you honestly.
Parts of the system we cover
- Pre-clean surveys
- Access surveys
- Deposit thickness tests
- Wet film thickness tests
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
Multi-site and managed buildings
If you look after several sites, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Every building has its own written report, 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. With shared responsibility, good records help everyone.
Keeping the system healthy
So the system stays in good health:
- Look out for grease drips round the canopy edge
- Wipe the canopy surfaces regularly
- Clean or swap grease filters as often as the kitchen needs
- Share inspection reports with your insurer or broker when asked
After post-clean verification, file the results with the cleaning certificate. Together they show the system was cleaned and checked.
Revisit the cleaning interval whenever the menu or hours change. Fresh readings show whether it needs to change.