Monday, May 1, 2017

Getting The Hood Cleaning Chesapeake VA Kitchens Need From Time To Time

By Jason Patterson


There are all kinds of hoods over many pieces of equipment in many businesses all over The Old Dominion State. These can be found over any machinery that produces smoke, gasses or other odors to help prevent these from getting out into the rest of the room. This is a common item in kitchens where the type of material this hood is designed to evacuate could bother others working in the room. If you have any of these hoods, you need to contact a company that does the Hood cleaning Chesapeake VA businesses have done.

The chef that is standing, all day, in front of the grill or flattop is generating smoke and greasy substances that get airborne. The steam that is also very real has materials suspended in it. All of this material is caught up by the fan, inside the hood, and is pulled into it. This takes all of that and removes it from the air.

Chesapeake VA has many of the companies that offer these services and they can be found in local trade journals. Many of them are separate departments in custodial cleaning companies. You can check with your current cleaning firm to see whether they offer this. If not, you have another criteria to use to decide who should be your next cleaning company.

Since the material that goes into your hood is predominantly greasy, it is also sticky. It will stick to the insides of the hood and will also attract normal dust, dirt, and germs, as well as allergens that are not killed off by the heat from the cooking surfaces nearby. The cleaning company will have to know what types of cooking you are doing so they can formulate the appropriate cleansers for this stuff.

As the cleaners get to work, they will begin by protecting the cooking surface and the others that close by. This is done by laying tarps over them. The best time for this work to take place is after the kitchen has shut down for the night. The stove should also be fairly cool as they will be sitting, leaning and or standing on it.

The first step, after getting access to the hood is physically removing as much of the caked on material as possible. They will usually attack this buildup with brushes on long handled poles. This brushing will cause a lot of material to become dislodge and fall out, That is why the protection on the cooking surface is necessary. Some crews will have vacuum hoses attached to these brushes to collect as much as possible.

Special poles can be used that will help extend the reach as far as possible. The filters will also be removed at this time to either clean or replace them. This is crucial as these filters rarely get much attention, otherwise regardless of what frequency they are supposed to be cleaned.

After removing as much of the dried on material as possible, actually wet cleaning the hood is next. Many companies will use foam or pressure washing machines to accomplish this. Others will use the cleansing solutions on cloth or sponges to remove this residue. A completely clean, smooth and healthy hood will stay cleaner longer.




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