Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning
All commercial kitchens run the risk of facing extremely damaging fires. Taking preventative measures, however, can greatly reduce that risk and avert property damage. This is why properly cleaning your kitchen exhaust hood and maintaining your exhaust fan is imperative.
Fire marshals and insurance companies require periodic exhaust hood cleaning. Some businesses, such as churches, can clean their hoods once a year, but depending on your kitchen equipment and your business, cleanings may need to occur as frequently as every 30 days. If you’re unsure about whether your kitchen exhaust hood is being maintained properly or not, give us a call for a free inspection.
Xtreme Fire & Safety LLC is a hood cleaning service provider that will gladly help you clean your current kitchen exhaust hood and keep you on track in order to avoid a damaging fire.
Hood Cleaning Process
Step 1
We remove and clean hood filters. This important first step is where your kitchen crew and other cleaning companies typically stop.
Step 2
Drape and funnel hoods. We don’t leave a mess behind after we’re done. Draping and funneling your hoods allows us to capture the greasy wastewater that comes from cleaning your hoods.
Step 3
Cover appliances, if necessary. Most kitchens stay open, even through hood exhaust cleaning. We take care to cover all appliances as needed to ensure your kitchen is just as clean after we’re done as when we started.
Step 4
Apply degreaser to hood, fan and duct work. This is where the cleaning really starts. Degreasers help to break up the grease so we can clean efficiently.
Step 5
Pressure-wash hood, fan and duct work to remove grease. Using the entry points available, we pressure-wash the entire exhaust system from the top down, leaving no corner untreated.
Step 6
Clean up excess water and remove drape. We won’t leave our mess for you to clean up. Our trained technicians are careful to make sure your kitchen is clean and ready to operate again.
Step 7
Wipe down and polish hood.Kitchen employees and restaurant owners take pride in their equipment, and we make sure everything is polished and looking professional.
Step 8
Test function of hood fan. When we’re done cleaning, we will perform a test to ensure the fan is fully operational and vibration free. We leave nothing to chance.
Step 9
Place a certification sticker on the outside of the hood. Sometimes our customers need a reminder of when their hood exhaust system was last serviced. We will leave a sticker in a prominent place so you and inspectors know when your hood was cleaned, and when it’s time to give us a call.
Step 10
Fill out report and note any deficiencies and/or preventative maintenance recommendations. Our technicians get to know your equipment literally inside and out. We will provide you with a full report of what we did and let you know if we notice any maintenance issues you should look into further.
We remove and clean hood filters. This important first step is where your kitchen crew and other cleaning companies typically stop.
Step 2
Drape and funnel hoods. We don’t leave a mess behind after we’re done. Draping and funneling your hoods allows us to capture the greasy wastewater that comes from cleaning your hoods.
Step 3
Cover appliances, if necessary. Most kitchens stay open, even through hood exhaust cleaning. We take care to cover all appliances as needed to ensure your kitchen is just as clean after we’re done as when we started.
Step 4
Apply degreaser to hood, fan and duct work. This is where the cleaning really starts. Degreasers help to break up the grease so we can clean efficiently.
Step 5
Pressure-wash hood, fan and duct work to remove grease. Using the entry points available, we pressure-wash the entire exhaust system from the top down, leaving no corner untreated.
Step 6
Clean up excess water and remove drape. We won’t leave our mess for you to clean up. Our trained technicians are careful to make sure your kitchen is clean and ready to operate again.
Step 7
Wipe down and polish hood.Kitchen employees and restaurant owners take pride in their equipment, and we make sure everything is polished and looking professional.
Step 8
Test function of hood fan. When we’re done cleaning, we will perform a test to ensure the fan is fully operational and vibration free. We leave nothing to chance.
Step 9
Place a certification sticker on the outside of the hood. Sometimes our customers need a reminder of when their hood exhaust system was last serviced. We will leave a sticker in a prominent place so you and inspectors know when your hood was cleaned, and when it’s time to give us a call.
Step 10
Fill out report and note any deficiencies and/or preventative maintenance recommendations. Our technicians get to know your equipment literally inside and out. We will provide you with a full report of what we did and let you know if we notice any maintenance issues you should look into further.