An IKECA member company serving the Exeter market
IKECA member hood and exhaust cleaning for Exeter commercial kitchens. Inspected by the Tulare County Fire Department. NFPA 96 compliant, photo-documented, and accepted by your fire authority.
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Exeter sits against the eastern foothills on Highway 65, in the middle of the citrus belt, and its mural-lined downtown packs a lot of trade into a small footprint. Kitchens here run charbroilers and fryers through summers that routinely top 105°F.
That heat drives grease-laden air through the ductwork at higher volume, and the deposits oxidise and harden faster than they would nearer the coast. Downtown rooftop access is tight as well, with exhaust vents sitting within a few feet of neighbouring businesses, which makes a thorough clean a fire-safety question rather than a code checkbox.
Pine Street’s family-owned restaurants, the school cafeterias, and the community hall kitchens between them make up the bulk of the work here, along with operations spread through the surrounding Tulare County foothills.
Volume differs sharply across that mix. A restaurant serving lunch and dinner six days a week fills a duct at a very different rate from a hall kitchen used a few evenings a month, so the interval is set from the cooking rather than assumed from the building.
Hood interior and baffles, the plenum, the length of the duct, and the rooftop fan taken off its curb so housing, blades and the deck underneath are cleaned properly. Filters go out to be degreased.
Tight downtown roofs shape how the work gets done here. With vents close to neighbouring buildings there is little room to be casual about containment or overspray, so surfaces are scraped and foamed rather than blasted, and any duct section without an opening gets a quoted access panel instead of an assumption. Belts, bearings and airflow are checked while the fan is lifted.
A rinse from the roof hatch is quick, cheap and largely cosmetic. On a tight downtown roof it also puts whatever comes off your system onto somebody else’s, which is a conversation nobody wants to have twice.
A documented method, and proof for each job measured against NFPA 96 rather than against the last contractor’s habits.
Timestamped photographs before and after, so the condition of the duct is evidenced rather than taken on trust.
A signed certificate and the images behind it, sealed in EvidLY and produced whenever the county asks.
Exeter kitchens cannot close mid-week to suit a contractor, so we take the early and late hours and leave the trading day alone.
PECT Designated Technicians on site, backed by a founder who holds the CECS and has been retained as an NFPA 96 expert witness.
Exeter contracts its fire protection to the Tulare County Fire Department, a CAL FIRE cooperative. The county fire department conducts commercial kitchen inspections and enforces NFPA 96 compliance.
Tulare County Fire inspectors verify that your hood and exhaust system is cleaned per NFPA 96 schedule, your fire suppression system is current, and your cleaning certificate is on file. Cleaning Pros Plus provides the documentation your Tulare County fire inspector needs.
See full Tulare County fire safety profile →Hoods, cooking type, roof access and the hours you would rather we avoided. Scope and a price come back before we hold a date.
Baffles to curb, scraped and foamed, with photographs taken as the work moves along.
With the unit off its curb we check belt, bearing and airflow condition and note anything heading for failure.
The signed certificate and photo report go into EvidLY and across to you before any inspection lands.
IKECA Membership ID 76716495 covers our work, and the crew on site are PECT Designated Technicians. CECS #200452 sits with Arthur Haggerty, the founder, who has additionally been retained as an NFPA 96 expert witness. Exeter jobs are sealed in EvidLY, which puts the certificate and its photographs in a single place you can reach.
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Cleaning Pros Plus handles fire safety on the hood. EvidLY identifies how Tulare County evaluates your food safety and fire safety, scored exactly the way your county scores them. Stovio publishes the editorial standard. Cleaning Pros Plus is the hands. HoodOps is the tools. EvidLY is the eyes. Stovio is the lens.
If your fire inspector finds any issue with our work, we come back and re-clean at no charge. No questions asked. We stand behind every hood, every duct, every fan — because your compliance is our reputation.
