Grease duct cleaning

Access panels decide what can be done in one visit

A duct that was installed with proper access can be scraped and wiped. A duct with no panels may need someone to add them before a real clean is possible. Write whether you already have panels and whether anyone has opened them.

We will not promise a “full duct cert” from a form. Ask the person who calls what they can reach.

Canopy-only is how kitchens fail the next inspection

Shiny filters and a filthy elbow behind the wall are a known pattern. If your last invoice said “hood clean” and an inspector still found grease in the duct, send that context.

This page can pass “duct was missed.” It cannot rewrite last year’s invoice.

Typical cost — not a bid

Duct work is what turns a $300 canopy wipe into a larger ticket. Long runs, multiple stories, or a first clean after years of neglect can sit well above a routine hood price — sometimes into four figures on large systems.

Typical talk. Not a quote. Provider pricing is still unknown here.

Not a grease trap

The grease interceptor under the sink is a plumber or pumper. The grease duct is the exhaust over the cook line. Use the matching trade. Sending a trap pump-out as a hood-clean lead wastes a night slot for both of you.

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Short explainers that point at this request. They are not a site visit and not a bid.

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