• To be in compliance with your insurance company, fire inspectors, health departments, and all federal, state and local laws. Your Exhaust system must be routinely inspected and then cleaned if found to be grease laden  

  NFPA #96 Industry Standards (Bare Metal is Industry Standard)

   The Inspection Schedule Recommended by NFPA is Here

• If you pay a cheap price for the cleaning of your system there may be a reason.

  Do they clean the entire kitchen exhaust system or just what you can see; like the hood? Remember the saying you get what you pay for?

  Well in this instance you may be getting more than you were NOT bargaining for, like a devastating fire

• Due to the liability of this service many contractors are not insured for what they do. Power washing insurance is not the same as KEC (Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning) insurance. It is expensive and hard to obtain without credentials. A certificate stating liability coverage will not protect you if it is not for KEC. Are you protected?

• Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning should always include the fan top and bottom, grease box, ductwork and any access panels all the way down to the hood .

• Cleaning just your hood is not fire prevention, cleaning your complete exhaust system as stated to bare metal is the proper procedure.

• If your present company does not completely remove the fuel (grease) from your ductwork, then there is still fuel to feed the fire.

• Inaccessible areas are just an excuse a shoddy vent a hood cleaning contractor will use to keep from having to clean a system properly

• If the area is visible it is usually accessible in your grease ventilation system

• The more grease and oil buildup present in a duct system the hotter the exhaust which in turn can result in a flash fire. Both carbon monoxide and grease laden vapors are unhealthy and a disaster waiting to happen.

• In most cases if a flash fire occurs past the fire suppression system and reaches the roof; you then are at the fate of the local fire department. Do you know what the average response time is? Do you want to risk a Fire Fighters life, your customers, neighbors, yourself?