Kent · TR19 inspections and grease testing
TR19 Inspection in Westenhanger
TR19 inspection in Westenhanger, surveyed first and signed off with a written report and photos. Ask us for a fixed quote.
- Heavy grease suspected in the plenum or ducts
- Parts of the system left out of past cleans
- Extracts that have never been grease tested
Questions from Westenhanger
Can you get to a site in Westenhanger?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. A survey first, from pictures or a visit, means we arrive with the right kit.
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Westenhanger?
The local authority for Westenhanger is Folkestone and Hythe council, and its environmental health team does the inspecting. Have your latest TR19® certificate and photo report to hand, as an officer may ask how the extract is maintained.
Do you offer emergency callouts?
Yes. Our emergency line runs 24/7, for problems that can’t wait. Call us any time and explain what’s happened.
Can you inspect our extract for our insurance company?
Yes. We inspect the system and produce a report with grease readings, photos and any inaccessible areas. It’s set out for your insurer or broker.
Can we book visits on a schedule?
Yes. We run scheduled maintenance contracts, with visits at the interval your system needs. Each report recommends when the next visit should be.
Is TR19 cleaning the law?
No. It’s the benchmark rather than the law. Without TR19 records, an insurance claim can be reduced or refused, so it matters in practice.
What do you do with what you remove?
It leaves the site with us when we go. While we work, it’s kept contained to keep the area clean.
What happens on a pre-clean survey?
We look at the system from canopy to discharge, take grease readings and check access. From it, we plan the clean and quote a fixed price.
TR19 inspection in Westenhanger
BESA sets minimum cleaning intervals by daily use: every 3 months for heavy use of 12 to 16 hours a day, every 6 months for moderate use of 6 to 12 hours, and every 12 months for light use of 2 to 6 hours. Grease testing shows whether your kitchen needs cleaning more often than that. The work covers insurer audits, wet film thickness tests and access surveys, and people most often call us about systems cleaned on a calendar with no measurements and confirming a clean reached the whole system.
Work in a small place like Westenhanger starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean itself is the same full TR19® job as in any town: canopy, filters, duct, fan and discharge, with a certificate and photo report at the end.
The sign-off is always in writing: a written report, dated and illustrated with photos, 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.
- Place
- Westenhanger (CT21)
- Region
- Kent
- Paperwork
- Certificate plus before-and-after photos
- Quotes
- A fixed price before we start
- When we work
- Nights, weekends or holidays to suit you
- Telephone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Also near Westenhanger
What else we do in Westenhanger
Grease, kitchens and Westenhanger
The coast is only about 3 miles from Westenhanger. Near the sea, the fan and discharge at the top of a kitchen extract corrode faster than they would inland. Food Standards Agency data counts about 5 cafés, restaurants and staff canteens and about 5 takeaways within about 1.5 miles of central Westenhanger. A WFTT or DTT reading tells each of those kitchens whether its grease is staying under the 200-micron mean. Westenhanger sits within the area of Kent Fire and Rescue Service. 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.
A kitchen near Westenhanger station that serves breakfast and dinner can run its extract twelve hours or more, which shortens the cleaning interval. Bursars and site managers at schools such as Lympne Church of England Primary School tend to book extract cleaning for when the kitchen is empty.
Westenhanger is about 2 miles north-west of Hythe, in Kent. For TR19 inspection in and around Westenhanger, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please phone us on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email. We work across South East England and London, Westenhanger included. Westenhanger is one of 922 places in Kent we cover for commercial clients. Our Maidstone page covers sites nearby, about 25 miles away.
Work in CT21 is surveyed, quoted and booked the same way as anywhere else. Other places close to Westenhanger include Newingreen (1 mile south), Berwick (1 mile south), Pedlinge (1 mile south-east), Lympne (1 mile south-west) and Sandling (1 mile east). Further out, we also cover Ashford (8 miles north-west), Canterbury (13 miles north), Dover (12 miles east), Folkestone (6 miles east), Tower Hamlets (12 miles east) and Hawkinge (6 miles east).
Near you in Westenhanger
Locally, jobs take us to businesses close to Brockhill Park Performing Arts College, Sandling Park and The Royal Oak Public House, among other places. There’s a railway station in Westenhanger itself: Westenhanger station. Well-known places in the area include Hythe Museum (2.5 miles south-east) and Royal Victoria Hospital (5.8 miles east). Open spaces near Westenhanger include Hatch Park and Tolsford Hill.
Staff cleaning versus specialist work
Staff cleaning and specialist work are not the same thing. A daily filter wipe and a weekly filter wash keep grease down at the front of the system, but grease that has passed the filters is out of reach. Reaching it takes a specialist with the right equipment.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: keeping grilles clear, noting unusual noise or smells and logging filter changes. Cleaning inside ducts and units is specialist work.
What happens if it’s left?
An EHO visit, an insurance renewal or a fire risk assessment is a bad time to find your extract records are thin. A recent inspection report means you’re ready when asked. Systems in rural buildings are often out of sight and out of mind.
We don’t list prices on the website, because the cost depends on the site in front of us. For a fixed quote, call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line, and we will talk you through it.
Why Westenhanger businesses choose us
- Work around your opening hours, with 24/7 emergency cover
- Ventilation hygiene specialists since 2009
- Every job surveyed first
- Member of BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite, cleaning to BESA TR19® Grease
Take a look at what affects the cost and our accreditations and certificates.
For landlords and multi-site operators
For anyone managing more than one site, we can plan visits across the whole estate and price them together. Each site gets its own report and photos, so each one has its own record.
We also work for facilities teams across offices, schools and healthcare across Kent. Work can be phased by floor, building or site around the people who use them.
Different parts, different methods
Restaurants, pubs and hotels
Inspections are done when the kitchen is closed or quiet so the kitchen keeps cooking.
Canopy and plenum
Behind the filters, the plenum catches plenty of grease. Readings and photos are taken in the plenum on every inspection.
When to call us in Westenhanger
As hot, greasy air travels up the duct, it cools and leaves a film behind. The thickest layers can sit out of sight in the plenum, at bends and along flat runs.
Any of these means the system needs a check-up:
- Missing access panels found on survey
- Surveys needed before quoting a full clean
- Ductwork where grease may be over the TR19 limits
- Checking the result of a recent clean
Healthcare kitchens, like those at hospitals such as Royal Victoria Hospital (about 5.8 miles east), often cook for long hours, which puts them in BESA’s heavier-use bands.
Questions to ask before you book
- When the next visit should be, and why
- If they look at the system before pricing
- Whether the quote shows VAT
- Which accreditations they hold, and whether you can check them
When it’s something else
In fairness, there are a few things this work won’t fix:
- Hidden runs that need access panels first
- Heavy deposits found on test, which still need cleaning
- Mechanical faults in the extract
Not sure which it is? You can ring 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll tell you honestly before you book.
What the work covers
- Pre-clean surveys
- Wet film thickness tests
- Deposit thickness tests
- Access surveys
- Post-clean checks
- Insurer audits
What we do, step by step
The visit has three parts: set-up, the treatment itself and the sign-off. Getting ready means protecting surfaces and switching off what needs to be off, while signing off means the written report and photos. Most of the time goes on the work itself, and that takes anything from an hour for a small canopy and short duct to a good part of a day for a large site. The timing of a visit to Westenhanger is set by you, and the travel is our side of the planning.
- Post-clean verification is booked once the clean is done.
- The same access points are opened up.
- Grease readings are taken again at set points.
- We photograph each area to record how it was left.
- The results are reported, with anything missed flagged.
How to prepare
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
- Make sure someone can let us in and lock up afterwards
- Mention any sign-in, permit or induction we need
Ask for a quote
There’s no standard price list, because every site is different. We look at your system first, from pictures or on a visit, and then give you a fixed quote. To start, call 0345 646 2711, or email photos.