As a restaurant or cafe owner, ensuring compliance with local councils, insurance companies, and health standards is a constant concern. With so much at stake, a dirty kitchen hood or exhaust system isn’t just a logistical nightmare – it’s an emotional burden, leaving you worried about inspections and potential fines.

Key Takeaways When it comes to maintaining a commercial kitchen, the cleaning of canopies and exhaust systems is not just a matter of cleanliness; it’s a matter of safety, compliance, and efficiency.  At the core of this process is a meticulous approach that begins long before any cleaning agents are

Cleaning your exhaust ducts is essential for maintaining a safe and efficient restaurant or cafe. The following 5 methods are often used to clean a greasy kitchen canopy and exhaust system: This blog post will detail the Manual Method. Clean Air Filtration use variations of the Manual method in almost

A commercial kitchen canopy and exhaust system should be cleaned when the grease build-up exceeds 0.2 mm on average across the system or if the grease build-up exceeds 2 mm in any one spot.

Key Takeaways You’re an expert in hospitality and not necessarily an expert in exhaust system cleaning. Perhaps you’re a chef, a cafe or restaurant owner, or even a Restaurant Manager for a restaurant chain. With that in mind, this post is designed to help you gain a quick overview of

Risks associated with quarantine hotels have resulted in experts focusing on building ventilation, airflow, and HVAC cleaning. An airborne virus like COVID-19 will be carried from room to room

The stated objective of AS/NZS 3666.2:2011 is to assist Building & Facility Managers in the control of microorganisms in building systems. However, the emergence of COVID-19 has made this task more difficult.

This blog post explores the ways in which a virus can spread within a commercial building. In particular, it outlines the ways in which a company like Clean Air Filtration Services can minimise the chance of virus spread through its HVAC cleaning and Compliance programs. How Does A Virus Spread

Key Takeaways You must keep your kitchen exhaust system safe if you are a commercial kitchen operator (cafe, restaurant or fast food business owner), a building owner or a building manager. This obligation falls under the Work Health & Safety (WHS) regulations and the food safety standards for commercial kitchens.

The recent kitchen fire in a Hungary Jacks restaurant highlights the need for commercial restaurants to implement regular and professional canopy and exhaust cleaning procedures. On June 24, it is reported that a fire started in a deep fryer in the Traralgon restaurant before quickly spreading to the kitchen canopy,

Let’s start from the beginning. What is ventilation and why do we need it? Ventilation provides air from a clean outdoor air supply to an indoor building. A building requires clean air to: Humans breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. Left un-moderated, this could be dangerous in a building with

The responsibilities of a facility manager relating to the ongoing maintenance of a buildings’ HVAC system are clearly outlined in the applicable Australian standard – AS/NZ 3666.2:2011: AS/NZS 3666.2:2011 outlines the when and what HVAC cleaning tasks to perform in order to assist in the control of microorganisms within buildings.

Punters at a popular Melbourne restaurant were shaken ‘all night long’ in ACDC Lane last week due to a fire in exhaust ducts of the restaurant’s commercial kitchen. In addition, residents in a connected apartment building were evacuated as smoke from the fire billowed up through the duct system shared by the

Commercial kitchen cleaning inclusive of kitchen canopy cleaning and kitchen exhaust cleaning is no easy job. However, Clean Air Filtration Services can take care of all your commercial kitchen cleaning requirements. A kitchen canopy can develop a layer of grease and dirt on its surface. This results in an increase in bacteria growth