IKECA member hood and exhaust cleaning for Gustine commercial kitchens. Inspected by Merced County Fire Department / CAL FIRE. NFPA 96 compliant.
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Gustine sits where Highway 33 meets Highway 140 on the west edge of Merced County, close enough to Interstate 5 to catch passing trade, in dairy country that has shaped the town since it was laid out. Its kitchens are small operations serving locals, dairy crews and travellers.
Two things make the maintenance harder here than the trade suggests. Extreme summer heat hardens grease deposits faster than a milder climate would, and fine agricultural particulate carried on the air combines with grease vapour to leave a stubborn buildup on fan blades and duct surfaces.
Commercial kitchens in Gustine are inspected by Merced County Fire Department / CAL FIRE. Fire inspectors verify that your hood and exhaust system is cleaned per NFPA 96 schedule, your fire suppression system is current, and your kitchen meets all fire code requirements.
Cleaning Pros Plus provides the documentation your fire inspector needs — cleaning certificates with before/after photos, NFPA 96 compliance reports, and the IKECA credentials held by the company and its technicians.
See full Merced County fire safety profile →Every commercial kitchen in Gustine must comply with NFPA 96. Your fire authority — Merced County Fire Department / CAL FIRE — enforces these cleaning frequency requirements:
| Type of Cooking | Cleaning Frequency |
|---|---|
| Solid fuel cooking operations (wood, charcoal, mesquite) | Monthly |
| High-volume cooking (24-hour operations, charbroiling, wok cooking) | Quarterly |
| Moderate-volume cooking (full-service restaurants) | Semi-Annually |
| Low-volume cooking (churches, day camps, senior centers, seasonal) | Annually |
Not sure which category your Gustine kitchen falls into? We'll assess your operation and recommend the right schedule.
The mix runs to Mexican restaurants and taquerias around the downtown blocks, grocery store delis and bakeries, and the school kitchens under Gustine Unified.
Those load an exhaust system at very different rates. A taqueria running a flat-top and a fryer through the day puts far more through the duct than a bakery, which is why the NFPA 96 interval is set from the cooking rather than the frontage.
Every component from the hood canopy to the rooftop termination point is covered, taking in the baffles, the plenum, the duct run and the curb the fan sits on.
Because dust binds into the grease on blades and duct walls here, surfaces are foamed and brushed rather than rinsed. Gustine exhaust fan service runs with the clean to keep airflow and system performance where they should be, and a section of duct with no way in earns a quoted access panel.
Hood and fan count, what the line cooks, and the route onto the roof. We scope and price it first.
The whole run is cleaned by hand and foam, photographed section by section as the work goes.
Belts, bearings and airflow tested with the fan raised so system performance is confirmed, not assumed.
A signed certificate and photo report, sealed in EvidLY and ready before any inspection.
This is a veteran-owned IKECA member company operating under Membership ID 76716495, with PECT Designated Technicians on every visit. CECS #200452 is Arthur Haggerty’s credential as founder, and he has been retained as an NFPA 96 expert witness. Gustine work is sealed in EvidLY, keeping the certificate and the images behind it together for as long as you need them.
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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.
The membership is the company’s, the crew are PECT Designated, and the CECS credential is our founder’s.
Timestamped images that show the duct before and after, which is what makes a cleaning verifiable.
A certificate naming the sections cleaned and the frequency your cooking type demands, in the form Merced County inspectors read.
We built the software that holds your record, so the certificate and its photographs do not depend on an email thread.
Any objection your inspector raises about our work brings us back at no charge.
Hood, duct and fan are quoted from what the system actually is — configuration, access and cooking load — so a Gustine quote holds up when the work starts.
