Kitchen Grease Extraction Cleaning in Aldford

Welcome to Brightside Commercial your friendly, local experts in the provision of commercial kitchen grease extraction duct cleaning in Aldford.

At Brightside Commercial Cleaning, our aim is to provide your commercial kitchen with a full and vigorous kitchen grease extraction cleaning service that is second to none.

Kitchen Grease Extraction System Cleaning Methods

• Brightside Commercial Cleaning utilize only environmentally friendly non-hazardous non-caustic industrial degreasing agents to clean your grease extraction ducting to fully comply with HVCA standards.
• When cleaning circular ducting we utilise Hepa units combined with brush cables to thoroughly clean all interior surfaces of circular duct-work.
• Square or rectangular ducting will quite literally be crawled through by our duct cleaning operatives (where regular access panels are not present) yes that’s right we will quite literally send in the umpa lumpas, to physically scrape collect and remove all grease deposits from your kitchens grease extraction ducting.
• Once all fatty deposits have been removed we thoroughly eliminate any remaining residue with our non-hazardous non caustic heavy industrial degreasing agent leaving them 100% grease and fire hazard free.
• The final stage of our kitchen grease extraction cleaning procedure is to destroy any remaining bacterial growth with our dry steam system, the stream vapour dispersed by this machine is heated to such an extent that it produces zero moisture content evaporating bacteria in one hit of the lance.

It is estimated that as much as 80% of Kitchen Grease Extraction Systems ducting are not cleaned and maintained regularly, that makes them hazardous for your staff, your customers and the building itself.

Here at Brightside commercial we pride ourselves on being able to bring even the most neglected kitchen grease extraction systems back to a full bill of health not only leaving them clean and bacteria free but also removing the risk element of a fire erupting within the ducting.

Fire Risk in Unclean Ducting.

It is not uncommon for grease extraction ducting to run through an entire building to reach a roof level exhaust.

In the unfortunate event of a fire breaking out in your commercial kitchen this can result in a total loss of property/premises or even life, as the fire easily spreads throughout the building using the build-up of grease inside the ducting as a fuel to burn, this is especially hazardous when you factor in that the fire could be being fed oxygen by extractor fans still running.

Although building owners and operators were given new duties of care in fire safety legislation in 2006 (Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRO)) but in 2007-08 the London Fire Brigade recorded 166 fires in restaurants alone (including cafes and takeaway food shops) in the capital.

One of the biggest fire hazards in any commercial kitchen is the use of cooking oils which are typically used at temperatures of around 200ºC.

If the temperature of the oil is heated to is too high, either by operator error or failure of the thermostats, then self-ignition can occur and result in a fierce fire which unless controlled quickly can spread to surroundings and into hard to reach hidden areas such as extracts plenum's and ducts.

The safety margin between cooking and self-ignition temperatures reduces as the oil is used due to oxidation processes and the build-up of grease deposits in unclean ducting.

The regular cleaning and maintenance of your grease extraction ducts is of paramount importance to any commercial kitchen as you are duly obliged under The Management of Health and Safety at Work act and Fire Precautions in the workplace 2003 to regularly clean and maintain your kitchens grease extraction system.

Many insurers will not honour your claim in the event of a fire if you are unable to categorically prove that your grease extraction ducting has been regularly maintained in accordance with all relevant legislature.

To this end Brightside Commercial Cleaning will provide your company with a documented and certified photographic survey to provide to your insurers, with clear and concise documented paper work you can rest assured that your obligations under the health and safety at work act and fire precautions in the workplace act have not only been met but surpassed.

Commercial Kitchen Fire Related Loss Statistics.

Typically, fires resulting from cooking facilities fall in the top 6 causes in the UK. According to statistics collated by the Fire Protection Association (FPA), one of the main specific causes for kitchen fires in the UK was due to poorly maintained grease extraction ducting systems.

Between 2007 and 2008 there were 166 reported serious fires resulting in damage in excess of £60m with an average loss per incident over £650,000.

Don’t let your business become part of the national fire statistics let Brightside take care of your kitchen grease extraction duct cleaning

What can your Food Preparation Business do to Reduce the Risk of Fire?

• Undertake and update fire risk assessments to identify hazards and develop meticulous self-inspection checklists.
• Maintain good housekeeping regimes to eliminate the build up of unnecessary combustibles.
• Provide and maintain up to date record of induction and refresher training to employees in the correct use of protective equipment and emergency fuel isolation switches or valves.
• Develop written emergency plans and have regular fire drills.
• Clean extract filters, grease traps and canopies at a frequency determined by risk assessment (normally weekly) and keep a record.
• Regularly replace the cooking oil based on risk assessment, replacement or replenishment should not be undertaken whilst the oil is still hot.
• Arrangements should be in place for a regular full length deep clean of extract duct-work by a specialist contractor at a frequency determined by risk assessment or Health and Safety legislature, (at least annually for light use) this is to remove greasy fat deposits within the duct-work which if left unchecked could cause a fire to start within the ducting.
• Arrange for cooking equipment and electrical installations to be inspected and maintained by a competent company.
• Ensure deep fat fryers are not left unattended when in use and that the fuel supplies to all cooking equipment is switched off at the end of each working day.

Choose Brightside Commercial Cleaning, why have a half clean when you can have a deep clean?

To book your free site survey or to discuss any of the cleaning services provided by our company call us Today on 0151 691 4922.