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Are you seeking a deep clean for your commercial kitchen’s exhaust system? Have you noticed that while hand scraping is reasonably effective and straightforward, it doesn’t reach every nook and cranny of your commercial kitchen’s exhaust system? If you’ve pondered these thoughts recently, it’s time to consider Flue Steam.

As Southern California’s top steam cleaning service, we have over 52 years of experience in steam cleaning commercial kitchen exhaust systems throughout the region. We would be delighted to visit your kitchen regularly to ensure it’s not just up to code but also safe and efficient for daily cooking activities. Be it a restaurant, hotel, hospital, retirement facility, or any other commercial kitchen, ensure a spotless exhaust system by partnering with Flue Steam today.

Understanding Steam Cleaning

Steam cleaning employs hot, high-pressure water to meticulously remove grease deposits from every tiny part of your commercial kitchen exhaust system. While it may cost a bit more than hand scraping, it provides a more thorough cleaning. We suggest scheduling steam cleaning services for your exhaust system approximately 2-4 times per year.

This frequency may vary based on the amount of grease that accumulates in your exhaust system. Do you frequently fry or broil food? If so, we recommend steam cleaning services four times a year. However, if you fry or boil occasionally, like at a sushi restaurant, two or three cleanings per year should suffice. Schedule your service today by calling 800-700-FLUE.

What Gets Cleaned?

We utilize specialized equipment to clean every part of your exhaust system. Starting with the range hood, which typically accumulates the most grease, we proceed to remove grease deposits from the exhaust ducts, drip cups, and exhaust fans. To ensure a comprehensive cleaning, we can also install code-required access panels in your ducts. We strive to make your exhaust system shine after every cleaning service.

Additional Services

Your commercial kitchen’s safety and efficiency are our priorities. Therefore, each regular cleaning service includes an exhaust fan inspection. Our technician will examine the belts and other parts, and also lubricate your fan bearings. If your belts are worn out and you have a replacement available, we’ll install the new belt free of charge. This proactive approach ensures your exhaust fan always functions optimally, maintaining a cleaner exhaust system for longer periods.

We eagerly look forward to forming a partnership with you, consistently delivering top-tier steam cleaning services for your commercial kitchen exhaust system. Contact us today at 800-700-FLUE to schedule your first appointment.

In any commercial kitchen, the grease filters within the exhaust system play a crucial role in reducing the risk of fire and maintaining a safe working environment. These filters are designed to trap vaporized grease, preventing it from accumulating within the exhaust system ducts and potentially causing a dangerous flash fire. However, over time, grease filters can become saturated, hindering their ability to effectively capture grease and compromising the efficiency of your exhaust system.

To safeguard your business and minimize the risk of fire hazards, it is essential to invest in regular grease filter replacement and cleaning. At Flue Steam, we understand the importance of hassle-free maintenance, which is why we offer a convenient grease filter exchange program to simplify your filter maintenance routine.

Why Regular Grease Filter Maintenance Matters

Clean and properly functioning grease filters can trap up to 70-80 percent of the grease passing through them. By regularly replacing or cleaning filters, you can significantly reduce the potential for grease accumulation and lower the risk of a flash fire in your kitchen.

When grease filters are saturated with grease, they become less effective in capturing grease particles. This can result in reduced efficiency of your exhaust system, leading to poor ventilation, increased odors, and a less comfortable working environment for your staff.

Introducing Our Grease Filter Exchange Program

At Flue Steam, we make grease filter maintenance effortless with our Grease Filter Exchange Program. Here’s how it works:

• Initiate Service: Simply call or email us to schedule the service. We will work with you to determine a regular schedule that aligns with your kitchen’s needs.
• Hassle-Free Filter Delivery: Our qualified technician will deliver fresh, clean filters directly to your kitchen at the agreed intervals. You no longer have to worry about tracking filter replacement dates or maintaining an inventory.
• Professional Installation: Our technician will expertly install the new filters for you, ensuring they are properly secured and ready for optimal performance.
• Proper Disposal: We will also take care of removing and cleaning your old filters, ensuring proper disposal and minimizing any environmental impact.

Determining the Right Maintenance Schedule

In most cases, grease filters should be cleaned or replaced every two weeks to maintain optimal efficiency. However, restaurants with lower grease or oil usage may be able to extend the filter life to four weeks. Our team can work closely with you to determine the ideal maintenance schedule based on your specific kitchen operations.

We Are Your Partner in Grease Filter Maintenance

At Flue Steam, we understand the challenges of running a commercial kitchen and the critical importance of fire safety. With our Grease Filter Exchange Program, you can trust us to provide reliable and convenient grease filter maintenance, ensuring your kitchen remains safe, efficient, and compliant with industry regulations.

In addition to our filter exchange program, we offer new grease filters for purchase from top brands such as Kason and Flame Gard. By purchasing filters in bulk, we can pass the cost savings on to you, offering quality filters at competitive prices. Protect your business and maintain a safe kitchen environment by prioritizing regular grease filter maintenance. Contact Flue Steam today at 800-700-FLUE to learn more about our grease filter services and schedule your free consultation. Let us handle your grease filters so that you can focus on what you do best—serving delicious meals to your customers with peace of mind.

At Flue Steam, we understand the importance of clean air circulation in your kitchen, which is why we offer comprehensive swamp cooler services to ensure the efficiency and functionality of your kitchen ventilation system. Often overlooked, swamp coolers play a critical role in replacing hot air with cool, fresh air, creating a comfortable and safe environment for your kitchen staff.

Maintaining a balanced air flow is essential to prevent the negative effects of improper ventilation

When the volume of cool air entering the kitchen doesn’t match the amount of hot air being drawn out by the exhaust system, a vacuum effect occurs, leading to increased temperatures, reduced air flow, and potential issues like slamming doors. This can create discomfort for employees and even compromise the efficiency of your kitchen, resulting in poor effluent removal and a smoky atmosphere.

Maintenance is Essential

Regular preventative maintenance is key to keeping your swamp cooler operating at optimal efficiency. Industry standards recommend professional servicing of the swamp cooler at least every six months to ensure proper functionality and prevent potential breakdowns.

When you choose Flue Steam for swamp cooler service, our skilled technicians will perform a thorough inspection of vital components such as the float valve, pump, belts, and pads. Any necessary replacements or repairs will be promptly communicated to you. Additionally, we will drain, clean, and reseal the unit to maintain its performance and prolong its lifespan.

For utmost convenience and minimal disruption to your business operations, we highly recommend scheduling swamp cooler service in conjunction with your regular exhaust system cleaning. This way, you can streamline maintenance tasks and ensure comprehensive care for your kitchen ventilation system.

Don’t Overlook this Important Service

Don’t overlook the significance of your swamp cooler in maintaining a healthy and comfortable kitchen environment. Trust the expertise of Flue Steam to deliver reliable and efficient swamp cooler services, providing peace of mind for your business and the well-being of your kitchen staff.

To learn more about our swamp cooler services or to schedule an appointment, contact Flue Steam today. Our dedicated team is ready to assist you in optimizing your kitchen ventilation system and ensuring a pleasant working environment.

Enroll in our grease filter exchange service today to guard your commercial kitchen against risky and expensive flash fires. Because they lessen the amount of vaporized grease that enters your exhaust system ducts, grease filters are a crucial component of your commercial kitchen exhaust system. A flash fire can happen if grease is given too much room to accumulate.

Making sure your grease filters are never saturated with grease is a crucial step in preventing flash fires in your kitchen, in addition to scheduling routine exhaust system cleaning services with Flue Steam. If your filters are clogged with grease, your exhaust system will continue to accumulate grease. As a result, the efficiency of your entire kitchen exhaust system will decrease, and there will be a significant buildup of grease directly above your cooking appliances.

Put your customers and kitchen staff’s safety first by utilizing Flue Steam‘s frequent grease filter exchange services to eliminate any chance of flash fires in your commercial kitchen.

We Can Keep Your Kitchen Safer with Less Work from Your Staff

If you’ve ever tried to change a grease filter yourself, you are aware of how laborious the procedure can be. Let us help you live a simpler life! We provide filter exchange services that are quick, easy, and reasonably priced. Your grease filter won’t need to be maintained any longer.

The scope of our grease filter exchange services

In Southern California, we are pleased to provide full grease filter exchange services for commercial kitchens. Our technician will deliver new, clean filters to your kitchen at predetermined intervals during each grease filter exchange service appointment. The technician will install the new filters for you after removing the old ones for cleaning.

We recommend that most grease filters be updated every 2 weeks. Some restaurants can sometimes get away with waiting to replace their filters every 4 weeks if they don’t use a lot of fat or oil. Call us at 800-700-FLUE, and we’d be pleased to talk about your restaurant and make recommendations regarding how frequently your grease filters should be changed. Feel assured that ensuring the most effective and secure operation of your commercial kitchen is our top focus.

Also, we sell grease filters of the highest quality. We provide most sizes of grease filters from the Kason and Flame Gard brands at competitive prices. We gladly pass on the savings to you because we buy grease filters in bulk.

Additional services we provide

We offer additional services for all of your commercial kitchen air quality management and fire protection needs, including cleaning of all fans, hoods, and ducts in the kitchen exhaust system, including hand scraping and steam cleaning, services for changing grease filters, swamp cooler upkeep, upkeep of exhaust fans, service for automatic fire suppression systems, and sales and service of portable fire extinguishers.

Call Flue Steam at 800-700-FLUE to sign up for any or all of our services right away. We look forward to making your kitchen run more smoothly, effectively, and safely.

Cooking is the primary cause of all nonresidential structure fires and the primary cause of restaurant fires specifically, according to the most recent statistics from the National Fire Incident Reporting System. Every year, commercial kitchen fires injure about 75 people and inflict over $172 million in property damage.

Thankfully, 91 percent of kitchen fires are minor, contained incidents that do not significantly harm the restaurant structure. This is mostly due to the fact that the majority of restaurant owners put a lot of effort into lowering their risk of fire and making sure that any fires that do start in the kitchen are quickly put out. The experts in kitchen air control and fire suppression at Flue Steam can help you lower the risk of fire in your commercial kitchen by doing the following three things.

Hoods Are Needed for Every Cooking Appliance

Grease fires in the kitchen are frequently found to be the origin of non-confined restaurant building fires. Even pinpointing the precise appliance is possible occasionally. According to the data, deep fryers account for 9% of these non-confined fires, ranges for 7%, and other cooking equipment for 5%. Make sure your kitchen appliances have exhaust hoods that can efficiently vent all grease-related fumes away from the appliance and outside the structure.

Clean Your Kitchen Exhaust System

Even with properly sized and positioned exhaust hoods, some greasy buildup is inevitably going to stick to kitchen surfaces, particularly the interior of the kitchen exhaust system and the underside of the hood. With a combination of hand scraping and steam cleaning methods, the experts at Flue Steam can assist you in maintaining these grease deposits within the ranges deemed safe by regional fire rules.

Keep Your Automatic Fire Suppression System in Working Order

An automatic fire suppression system is a crucial component of commercial kitchen fire prevention. This system can put out fires that start on the cooktop or in the exhaust hood before they spread to the ductwork when it’s working properly.

Regular inspections of your automated fire suppression system are essential, especially following a discharge. In addition to the automatic system, kitchen staff should have access to portable fire extinguishers that are maintained nearby. Both portable fire extinguishers and automatic fire suppression systems are offered and/or serviced by Flue Steam. Call us at 800-700-FLUE for immediate help.