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Welcome to Clean Hoodz
Welcome to Clean Hoodz! We are glad you stopped by. Our home base is located in Elberton, Georgia, and we proudly service the entire state of Georgia and South Carolina. We work to your convenience, not just the average. Whether you need us to be there at closing time or on a specific day, we can accommodate your schedule. We understand that night cleanings are not suitable for everyone, so we offer flexible options. Contact us today to receive an initial quote tailored to your specific needs.
Which Establishments need this service.
Which Types of Establishments Need Hood Cleaning in Georgia and South Carolina. Every restaurant or commercial establishment that deals in the food service industry needs hood cleaning services provided by Clean Hoodz. All hood cleaning services keep your kitchen equipment clean and protected from any potential fires, contamination from leaking grease, better air quality, and a more sanitary work environment for your staff. Essentially, a kitchen exhaust system is installed anywhere that a cook uses a grease exhaust system. A grease exhaust system is most commonly known as a hood. During the course of your day-to-day operation, grease accumulates on the kitchen exhaust system. As air is filtered out of your kitchen and cooking areas, a grease hood exhausts this mixture through the baffle filters, into the plenum, up the grease duct, through the fan, and eventually is captured by a grease tray beneath the fan. Over time, uncleaned hoods begin to create airflow problems and eventually will fail without proper cleaning. In Georgia and South Carolina, a hood cleaning should occur regularly based on the specifications of the code NFPA 96 outlined by the National Fire Protection Agency. The businesses that are primarily affected by the NFPA 96 code include:● Restaurants● Kitchens● Cafeterias● Hotels● Nursing Homes● Churches● Prisons● Convenience Stores● Hospitals● SchoolsEvery cooking operation in any of the listed-above locations uses grease for cooking and therefore must take action to remain operational. Clean Hoodz provides a high-quality cleaning practice that is certified and insured by our in-house technicians that offers expert hood cleaning services for your business.
Benefits Of Exhaust And Hood Cleaning
There are many benefits to having a regularly scheduled hood cleaning. ● First, the nature of hood cleaning is beyond the capabilities of most business owners. By hiring a professional hood cleaning instead of a do-it-yourself project, you ensure that your kitchen is thoroughly cleaned. Expert technicians from Clean Hoodz know the tricks of the trade through years of experience and certification, ensuring that no aspect of your hood cleaning is neglected. ● Grease fires are a potentially dangerous reality for untreated hood cleanings. Routine hood cleanings maintain your cooking equipment and prevent any dangerous grease build-up. When grease builds up on your hood and ducting, there are threats of fires that can ignite your kitchen and roof. Even small fires can cause thousands in damage and renovation, threatening your customers and employees, and may lead to extended business closures that affect your profitability. ● Air quality is a major issue for commercial kitchens, so having a professional hood cleaning ensures that the health of your workers is optimized and minimizes customer complaints due to greasy odors. Due to the warmer summer months of the south kitchen exhaust hood cleaning is a necessity to keep up with grease that coagulates in the higher temperatures. ● Because hood cleaning is an extensive process that requires your ventilation equipment to function properly, hiring a hood cleaning company ensures that your business has routine hood cleanings. If you do not have regularly scheduled grease exhaust system cleanings then there is a risk of permanent damage to your exhaust fans, improperly mounted grease exhaust fans, electrical fires in your grease ducts and grease exhaust fans. Clean Hoodz uses an extensive process that cleans your entire commercial exhaust system. Clean Hoodz performs a cleaning that includes:
Grease Exhaust Fans
Grease Ducts
Hood
Plenums (behind your filters)
Interior of your hoods
Grease trays and grease cups
Grease filters
Access Panels (if applicable)
Our Professional Services
At Clean Hoodz, we are dedicated to providing our community with exceptional cleaning services. Our team takes pride in delivering a thorough clean every time. We follow the NFPA standard by meticulously scraping down to the bare metal when cleaning the internal ducts of the exhaust system. Additionally, we perform a steam clean to ensure a deep and effective clean. Our services also include cleaning the filters of the system, the canopy of the hood, the exhaust fan, exhaust fan ducts and the bowl of the fan. We don't stop there - we also clean the exterior of the hood. As a bonus, every service comes with a free polish to leave your hood looking brand new.
Additional Services Offered
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Commercial Kitchen Deep Cleaning
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Exhaust fan repair
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Exhaust fan preventative maintenance programs
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Convection oven cleaning
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Deep fryer cleaning
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Dumpster area sanitation
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Pizza Oven cleaning
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Exhaust fan hinges
Restaurant Rescue
This unique cleaning service allows us to make any location look like new. Using a perfected cleaning process we are able to clean facility floors, walls, kitchen equipment, any stainless steel items, and vinyl wrapped ceiling tiles. Many other items can be cleaned based on facility needs. This service is used for removal of grease and everyday build-up that regular cleaning will not remove.
Rooftop Grease Containment
Grease on your roof top is damaging to the integrity of the roof. We supply a number of options to resolve grease containment issues. We are happy to help clean the existing grease and are able to install the components needed to contain grease and stop future buildup.
When to Clean your Commercial Kitchen Vents.
You should have regularly scheduled cleanings with your commercial kitchen vents. Clean Hoodz recommends frequent cleanings, but establishments can choose from:
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30 days (Monthly)
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60 days (Every two months, or 6 times a year)
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90 days (Every three months, or 4 times a year)
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or 180 days (Every six months, or twice a year)
Let’s take a look at which level of service your business needs.
30 Days
You should have your kitchen exhaust system cleaned every 30 days if you operate any kitchen that uses wood-fired stoves, charbroiling techniques, or experiences high-volume on a regular basis. These kitchen stoves need to be cleaned more than the usual restaurant. Typical types of restaurants that require monthly cleaning include:
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Wood Burning Ovens & Restaurants
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Hamburger Restaurants
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Solid Fuel Burning Establishments
The NFPA 96 recommends a cleaning up to 30 days for a kitchen that uses a high amount of grease to keep their commercial kitchen safe to use for their employees and customers. This is an important reality you need to consider when operating an excessive grease kitchen.
60-90 Days
Clean Hoodz follows a strict cleaning and maintenance procedure when making your commercial kitchen safe and protected to use. The kitchens that need a less frequently cleaned kitchen include:
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Hotel Kitchens
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Hospital Cafeterias
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Most Restaurants
These types of commercial kitchens only need to be serviced up to every 60 or 90 days. If you use a professional cleaner you will not have to worry if the kitchen is cleaned often enough or up to code. Call Clean Hoodz to see when you need to be serviced and how often.
180 Days
For instance, restaurants that serve pizza without a brick oven do not need to be cleaned as often as other establishments. Commercial kitchens that only cook with a low-grease volume may only need to be cleaned semi-annually - though it is recommended that hood cleaning services are used during the warmer months for optimal performance. Depending on which food types you serve, like vegetarian restaurants with no animal fats, bi-yearly Cean Hoodz cleaning services is sufficient to service your establishment in a sanitary and compliant manner.
Yearly
Commercial kitchens that require less cleaning are ones that use a low amount of grease. Therefore, only low-volume or seasonal facilities need to be cleaned yearly. Even if your commercial kitchen does not use or see as much grease as others, you still need to be cleaned once a year to be in compliance with health and safety codes. Typical kitchens that need to be cleaned yearly include churches, camps, timeshares, and more.
Restaurant Fire Hazards
Fire hazards are a major concern for unsanitary kitchen spaces. When you are cooking with a lot of heat for extended periods of time, the risk of having a fire increases tremendously as grease falls or reaches a flashpoint. Restaurants and commercial kitchens that cook food on grills are also very susceptible to grease fires, where grease falls into exposed flames and can ignite flammable material in the immediate area.
Because of these circumstances, you need to make sure you have regular hood cleanings from Clean Hoodz to protect your safety and the safety of those around you.
Before Remediation Prominent Fire Hazzard
After Remediation System Is Compliant
Health Risks Of Non Compliance
The health risks that come when your exhaust fan and grease hood are not cleaned regularly are substantial. Grease builds up over time and is quicker for high-volume kitchens. When grease builds up, it can prevent your exhaust fans from working properly, gumming up the components such as the fan motor.
Grease vapors that are released during high-temperature cooking caused particles to float in the air, creating many health risks for those that are exposed to it. Grease vapors are very harmful to your health and can lead to respiratory issues. Because of the risk of having respiratory issues, your employees can be put at risk and may potentially seek litigation if it is determined that your business is liable for negligence.
Grease itself is also harmful. When grease is not filtered adequately or correctly, your cooking environment becomes toxic to work in. This not only puts the overall health of all of your employees in jeopardy, but may fall into food that is served to customers and cause health issues.
Pests are also an issue for uncleaned kitchen exhaust systems. There are a number of pests that are attracted to grease and food particles trapped in the grease. Rodents and insects are provided a regular food source, which can exacerbate pest problems, leading to health code violations and unsanitary conditions.
For these reasons and more, you need a professional hood cleaning service to break down the excessive grease buildup in your kitchen. It is generally advisable that untrained individuals should avoid extensive cleaning for grease hood or exhaust fans. You will not have the right equipment or necessary chemicals to break down the grease. Exposure to these chemicals or physical harm due to incompetence can lead to serious physical injuries. Call Clean Hoodz today to solve these issues and improve the health of yourself and your staff.
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