Duct Cleaning Basics
Dubai Municipality requires commercial kitchen duct cleaning every six months by an approved contractor, to NFPA-96. EZ Solutions cleans the hood, filters, horizontal and vertical ducts and the extract fan, usually overnight, and issues a certificate.
What should be the frequency of duct cleaning?
It depends on how often the kitchen cooks. In Dubai, the municipality requires commercial kitchen duct cleaning at six-month intervals, by an approved contractor, with a certificate the inspector can ask for.
Benefits of duct cleaning
Grease in an extract system is the fire load. A grease-accumulated duct is far more likely to catch and carry a fire than a clean one. It also vents bad odours into the kitchen and the dining room. A clean duct is a safer working environment and looks presentable when civil defence or an insurer inspects.
Will kitchen duct cleaning affect my operation?
Most of our kitchen work is overnight or on a closing day. We agree the window before the job so service is not interrupted.
What is included?
The kitchen hood, grease filters, the connecting horizontal ducts, the extract fan and the ecology unit where one is fitted. Cleaning the hood alone leaves the grease that actually carries a fire sitting in the duct run.
What about the vertical ducts?
Grease settles first in the horizontal runs, but vertical risers cannot be ignored. A site engineer explains access, the method and the cost before we start, and we hand over before and after photographs with the report, to NFPA-96.