Fires within food retail outlets are often caused by the grease within extraction systems

(20/05/2010)

Kitchen Extraction systems present a hidden risk to your premises if they are not properly maintained and inspected.

The canopies along with the ductwork and fans are designed to carry the heat and grease particles away from the point of cooking. The grease then collects within your filters, canopy and ductwork and when it builds up over time in these areas it becomes a fire hazard.

A large amount of fires within food retail outlets are caused due to the grease within extraction systems igniting from fires beneath or caused during the cooking processes. Estimates attribute some 8-10 fires a week in the greater London area to dirty kitchen extract systems.

Insurance companies are rapidly getting tired of paying out enormous sums of money because of large scale ductwork fires and are now threatening to refuse cover unless clients meet standard ductwork cleaning procedures and are now enforcing warranty conditions on their policies that state that kitchen extraction systems are cleaned as a minimum, once per annum.

Ductclean (UK) Ltd are capable of undertaking all forms of ventilation system cleaning and specialise in cleaning and maintenance of kitchen extraction systems. Since their inception they have led the way in developing and promoting new technologies in ventilation surveys, decontamination, sanitisation, commissioning and new installation.

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