Kitchen Extractor Cleans
The Danger
A build up of grease and dust within the extractor and filters can cause damage and potentially fire which may only be covered by insurance if it is proved that the system has been regularly and recently cleaned (in most cases within the past 12 months or in heavy usage 3 months). Bacteria developing in grease deposits create a hazard to health. The warm greasy environment is an ideal breeding ground for bacteria and cockroaches.
Business efficiency and profitability are bound to suffer.
About Extractor Cleaning
The law requires virtually all commercial cooking establishments, restaurants, hospitals, hotels, cafeterias and other food service locations that have a hood extractor and ductwork above the cooker to exhaust steam, smoke, fumes out of the building. These exhaust gases leave a residue on the inside of the extractor. Neglect of grease extractors results in the accumulation of fats, oily deposits and fibrous particles in the system and a potential fire hazard exists. The statistics show one in three restaurant fires are caused by grease. Some examples of common kitchen exhaust fires;
- A flame flare up on the cooker
- The flair contacts the grease saturated filters above the cooker
- The filters ignite
- The flames are drawn into the ducting
Health & Safety
Health and safety at work regulations require that a risk assessment of the grease extraction system must be must undertaken. The results must be acted upon to eliminate or at the very least minimise the risk of fire. Our comprehensive cleaning eliminates the risk of hazardous conditions and our deep cleaning report and certificate is acceptable to environmental health inspections, fire regulations and insurance companies.
What CSI Do
First we liaise with you when the most appropriate time will be to do the clean. Our fully trained technicians will then complete a deep clean either by manual extraction or steam clean application depending on the type of extractor system you are currently using, leaving your system totally clean, santized and bacteria free. We then issue you with a certificate in compliance with health and safety regulations and any recommendations we feel are important to your business.
