Cleaning Pros Plus, LLC

10/07/2026

🔥 It's Fire Prevention Week (October 4–10), and here's something every kitchen operator should know:

A commercial kitchen doesn't run on one fire system. It runs on FIVE. 👇

🔥 Kitchen Exhaust (KEC): grease builds in the duct every service. We measure it in micrometres. When it crosses the threshold, the system gets cleaned and we document what we found.

🧯 Suppression: the hood-mounted system that dumps agent on a flame. Separate service interval, separate tag, separate record.

💧 Sprinklers: building-wide, inspected and tagged on their own schedule.

🔔 Fire Alarm: detectors, pull stations, panels. Another interval, another record.

🪣 Portable Extinguishers: wall-mounted, tagged, inspected on their own clock too.

Every one of those five carries a service tag. Every one is supposed to leave a paper (or digital) record. When an inspector or an insurance adjuster walks in after an incident, they look for all five.

Here's what we see from the roof and the van: kitchens that stay current on KEC sometimes let suppression drift. Kitchens tight on suppression sometimes haven't pulled a grease depth reading in longer than they realise. One system in good shape does not cover a lapse in another.

✅ This is the week to line up all five records and check the dates.

Cleaning Pros Plus handles the Kitchen Exhaust side, with 350+ services performed in the Central Valley and East Bay. Our PECT Designated Technicians measure, clean, and report. Our founder holds CECS
#200452, and CPP is a proud IKECA member.

For the other four systems, call the licensed contractors who cover them. What matters is that all five records exist and all five dates are current.

👉 Check your records this week. Need your kitchen exhaust looked at? We'd love to hear from you: cleaningprosplus.com/contact

10/01/2026

How often should someone be looking inside your hood system? 🔥

It comes down to two things: how much you cook, and what you cook on.

🔥 Charcoal grill or wood-fired oven: monthly. Just one puts the whole system on a monthly schedule.
📈 High-volume kitchen: quarterly
🍽️ Moderate volume: twice a year
📅 Low volume: once a year

Here's the part a lot of kitchens miss: cleaning runs on its own trigger. It's set by the grease depth we measure at your inspection. Pull up your last report and check the reading.

Not sure where your kitchen lands? We'll help you find your schedule and keep you on it. 👇
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09/24/2026

The grease above your cooking line is fuel, and most of it sits where nobody looks: the duct runs and the fan on the roof.

One check after your next cleaning: ask for the before-and-after photo of the rooftop fan. No fan photo, no hood-to-roof clean.

Cleaning Pros Plus leaves you a report of every access panel opened and the certificate your fire marshal asks for.

IKECA member · 350+ services a year

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09/16/2026

Hood cleaning gets the grease out of the parts of the system that move it: the hood over the line, the ducts running behind the wall and up through the roof, and the fan on top. That's the path a fire would travel, and that's what you're paying us for.

Filters are a different job. They lift out of the hood, they get swapped for clean ones, and they usually need attention on a much shorter cycle than the system does. We handle that too, but it's its own service — Grease Filter Exchange. Keeping the two separate means you're not paying system prices for filter work, and your filters stay on a schedule that matches how hard you actually cook.

It's worth knowing when you compare quotes. If a number looks low, ask what it covers. Filters only, or the hood, ducts and fan as well?

On the system side, here's what you get from us: hoods, ducts and fans cleaned to NFPA 96 Standards, a report showing what we did and what we found, and a certificate for your records.

Cleaning Pros Plus is an IKECA member. Our founder holds CECS
#200452, and our crew works as PECT Designated Technicians. We perform 350+ services a year across the Bay Area and Northern and Central California.

Schedule an Appointment With Us — www.cleaningprosplus.com

09/09/2026

Most of the grease you never see.

It leaves the cooking surface as v***r, gets pulled into the hood, and starts cooling the moment it hits the ductwork. As it cools, it sticks — and it keeps layering with every service hour.

Here's the part that catches people off guard: the heaviest buildup is rarely right under the hood. It migrates. The further the duct runs toward the fan, the more time that grease has had to cool and collect. By the time you reach the rooftop fan, you can have thick, fuel-like deposits the hood itself never showed you.

That matters because grease ignites. A fire that starts in a duct doesn't stay in the duct — it follows the airflow toward the fan and the roof. The run you can't see is often the one that decides how far it goes.

NFPA 96 sets cleaning frequency by cooking volume and fuel type because buildup is predictable — it's a function of what you cook and how often. A lapse in the schedule doesn't reset the clock. The grease is already there.

When CPP cleans a system, we clean the hood, the full duct run, and the fan — not just the visible sections. You get a report and a certificate documenting the work. Cleaned to NFPA 96 Standards.

350+ services completed. IKECA Member · CECS
#200452 (founder) · PECT Designated Technicians.

Kitchen leaders: know what's building between visits.

👉 Contact us today: cleaningprosplus.com

09/08/2026

Heavy grease drops out at the collar. The lighter stuff rides the full duct and settles at the fan — close to a heat source, in high airflow, where a fire moves fast.

Both ends build every single day your line runs. That's why cleaning frequency exists.

Every Cleaning Pros Plus service covers hoods, ducts and fans, and comes with a written report and an NFPA 96 certificate — the record you want on hand when an inspector shows up or a claim gets filed.

350+ services completed | PECT Designated Technicians | IKECA Member | CECS
#200452

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08/31/2026

Here's something most operators don't know: your county fire marshal isn't enforcing NFPA 96 "as published." They adopt a specific edition — often years behind the current one — and then layer on local amendments that change everything from cleaning intervals to access-panel requirements to what triggers an inspection.

In California alone, counties enforce anywhere from the 2011 edition to the 2021 edition. And most have amended it further.

So if you're following "the standard" without knowing which edition your county adopted, you're not following the standard. You're guessing.

EvidLY gives you the adopted edition, the local amendments, and the exact requirement — so you know what applies where you operate, not just what's printed on the cover of the book.

Know your county. Know your code. Know you're covered.

👉 getevidly.com

08/31/2026

Your hood system is only as clean as its weakest point.

Your hood does more than hang over the line. Every part of that system has a job — and when one part is neglected, the whole system falls behind.

Here's a quick walkthrough of what's actually in your exhaust system:

🔲 Hood — Captures heat, smoke, and grease-laden v***r before it spreads through your kitchen.

🔲 Grease Removal Devices — The baffles or cartridges inside the hood that knock grease out of the airstream before it moves deeper into the system.

🔲 Plenum — The chamber behind the filters that collects grease that made it past the removal devices. It builds up fast and quietly.

🔲 Horizontal Duct — Carries exhaust toward the riser. Because it's nearly flat, grease settles here and accumulates over time.

🔲 Riser (Vertical Duct) — Moves air up and out. Grease can coat the walls and collect at the base.

🔲 Exhaust Fan — The engine of the whole system. Grease in the fan housing reduces airflow and adds weight to the motor.

Every one of these surfaces gets cleaned when CPP services your hood system. Kitchen leaders who've had us out tell us the difference is visible.

We've completed 350+ services and document every one with a full report and certificate — cleaned to NFPA 96 Standards.

✅ IKECA Member · Founder CECS
#200452 · PECT Designated Technicians

Contact us today at cleaningprosplus.com

08/28/2026

08/28/2026