PROFESSIONAL KITCHEN CLEANING. New Kitchen Ventilation Systems supplied and fitted at competitive rates

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1 New Kitchen Ventilation Systems supplied and fitted at competitive rates

2 About Us As a restaurant owner for over 25 years, I became aware of the difficulties of obtaining the services of a professional grease extraction company. Now, as the owner of Professional Kitchen Cleaning, I am able to provide a free, no obligation quote including a free cleaning report for your premises. We also undertake not to pester you with s and phone calls, once the quote and report have been delivered to you. Alternatively, if you already have a quote for your cleaning, we are able to better 99% of prices from other cleaning companies. Call us on or Or us your enquiry at johndooley540@gmail.com John Dooley Proprietor Professional kitchen Cleaning Grease Extract Ventilation Cleaning A fire authority representative has warned, at an industry seminar recently, that the accumulation of grease-laden deposits in extract ventilation systems pose the greatest potential fire risk in buildings with catering facilities. Grease extract ducting can stretch through a building s entire length reaching into a roof level exhaust. Ducting which remains uncleaned can put not only the whole premises at risk from fire but also the occupants. A grease extract fire has the potential to devastate your business. Filters in canopies will help trap many grease particles but it is inevitable that some grease-laden air will pass through, enabling deposits to settle on the internal surfaces of the ductwork. The accumulation of grease in a kitchen extract system will reduce ventilation efficiency by restricting the movement of extracted air, the result of which can be excessive humidity, over-heating, failure to remove dangerous fumes from gas-burning appliances nasty odours which can pass through the rest of the building and the ever present fire risk Owners and managers of buildings are required by The Fire Safety Order to ensure the Grease Extract Ventilation System is included in the Fire Risk Assessment. Action should be taken to eliminate potential risks to building occupants from potentially fire hazardous grease deposits in the ducting.

3 Legal Requirements Fire and Rescue Service Alert The Fire Safety Order (The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005) requires a responsible person to be appointed by the persons for workplaces, to carry out a fire risk assessment of their premises, identifying all possible sources for fire which might endanger the lives of building occupants. There is a legal requirement to take action to minimise, or preferably, to eliminate risks to the safety of the occupants of the building. The Fire and Rescue Services The legislation gives power to The Fire and Rescue Services to inspect premises for compliance and to undertake legal action for non-compliance. If the Responsible Person has failed to carry out fire risk assessments or has not taken appropriate action to protect the safety of building occupants, they will be liable to prosecution. A fire causing injury or death, will render them liable to criminal prosecution. A Fire Authority spokesperson has stated "the greatest potential fire risk present in buildings with catering facilities, is likely to be uncleaned grease extract ventilation systems". Insurance Requirements Insurers may ask for evidence to be provided to show that the Fire Safety Order and all relevant warranties are being complied with. The leading insurer in the UK requires the entire length of all flues, extraction ducting, extraction motors and fans, are cleaned at least every six months. Being a high fire risk, the grease extract system must be cleaned regularly, and many Insurers now have a minimal requirement of a six monthly deep clean under the terms of their policies. Insurers are becoming more demanding, primarily because fire claims and compensation costs are on the increase. The "don't worry, we re insured attitude is wholely inappropriate for building owners and managers. A failure to comply with the legal requirements to carry out fire risk assessments and to protect the occupants of buildings from danger, will certainly result in prosecution. A building with a grease extract ventilation system is likely to have some level of risk. It may never have been cleaned thoroughly, through lack of sufficient access panels, or not cleaned regularly enough to match the kind of cooking being carried out on the premises The consequences of a fire occurring in a grease extract system can be devastating to the lives of the occupants. the property and the future of the business where the kitchen is located. When restaurants and catering facilities are situated beneath residential accommodation, fires in extract ducts which often run through or alongside the premises can present a real danger to the lives of the residents. Fires at Heathrow, South Mimms Service Area, the Witney Town Centre and many hotels and restaurants prove there is a high cost for damage and loss of business caused by fires through uncleaned grease extract systems. Free Assessment of Fire Risk Assessing the Risk We can carry out a detailed survey of your grease extract system and provide a photographic and written assessment of risk report free of charge. Our report will provide you with invaluable information, if you have not already identified fire risks to the building occupants. The report will also describe the remedial action which needs to be taken to eliminate any identified risks to comply with the Fire Safety Order and your property insurance warranties. Insurers have used failure to comply with the legislation in recent court cases, as a valid reason for disputing claims. Partially cleaned systems will also be used as a reason for a claim dispute.

4 Eliminating the Risk Causes of Fire Spread and Statutory Legislation In extract ventilation systems, eliminating fire risks can only be achieved by the professional cleaning of an entire system with an understanding of the unique properties of this type of system, which would be beyond the capabilities of general cleaners. Our workforce is fully trained and equipped to restore the system to being fire safe and compliant with legal and insurance requirements. If access to the ducting is not already in place, we can install appropriate access panels to allow thorough cleaning throughout the system. Cleaning of the total system is the only way to ensure compliance with the Fire Safety Order and your property insurance warranties. According to Government statistics there are over 2,300 fires a year in Restaurants, cafes, public houses etc. (10% of London Fire Brigade sources report that there is a kitchen extract ductwork fire, on average, every 9 days in Greater London alone. For a fire to start it needs three essential elements. 1 - Heat 2 - Fuel 3 - Oxygen This is known as the Triangle of Fire. the Take away any one of these three elements and there cannot be a fire. Fire fighting equipment will either cool a fire to the point where the heat is not sufficient to cause ignition or suffocate it by starving it of oxygen (air). Grease is an ideal source of fuel so its removal will take away the means by which a fire can be sustained Heat/ flame source from cooking process HEAT FUEL Fuel source if grease deposits are allowed to build up in duct system Evidence of Compliance On completion of our deep cleaning process, we provide an Insurance Industry approved Fire Safety Cleanliness Certificate. The certificate can be shown to the Fire and Rescue Service Inspectors an Insurers and as evidence that you have taken appropriate action to eliminate the risks to your building and its occupants thus complying with the Fire Safety Order and the terms of your property insurance. OXYGEN Oxygen source provided by extractor fan allows fire to continue and spread

5 Causes of Fire Fires are rarely started within a kitchen ventilation system. Most fires start from faulty overheating appliances, thermostat failure on deep fat fryers is a common cause along with flames from uncleaned salamander grills or flares from charcoal grilles. Statutory Regulation A COMBINATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION REQUIRES REGULAR INSPECTION, AND MAINTENANCE OF VENTILATION SYSTEMS & REMOVAL OF FIRE RISK. The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 Where this ventilation is provided by mechanical means the regulation requires those mechanical ventilation systems to be maintained (including cleaned as appropriate) in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005* A duty for employers or premises owners/operators in England and Wales to ensure that there are measures to reduce the risk of fire on the premises. Appoint a suitable person/s to be designated as the Responsible Person whose duty it is to ensure fire safety of the premises and to undertake Fire Risk Assessments and implement any measures identified ft om that assessment *Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations Competent Person) COSHH Ignition Temperatures Flash over fires can typically generate temperatures between 700ºC -1000ºC but if they continue, can rise above 1200ºC. The FPA RC44 advises that grease within a ventilation system will spontaneously ignite between 310ºC-360ºC and the older the grease deposits, the lower the ignition point. Regardless of where the grease deposits are within the system, they will ignite when the temperature in the system rises above 310ºC-360ºC. It is temperature not direct exposure to flame that will cause spontaneous ignition. THIS MEANS THAT FIRE BREAKS ARE NOT EFFECTIVE AND WHERE THERE IS GREASE AND HEAT COMBINED, THEN YOU ARE LIKELY TO HAVE A FIRE. A duty to ensure that there are measures to reduce the risk of harm from substances that are hazardous to health.

6 Guidance - TR/19 Below are the TR/19 training tables that give guidance on when to clean and setting out the standard to which a system can be considered to be clean. Wet Film Thickness Test This is the test method recommended in TR/19 for measuring the amount of grease within a system before and after cleaning. Surface Grease Deposit Limits Water Film Thickness Test Measurement Recommended Action 200µm as a mean across the system > Complete cleaning required Any single measurement above 500µm > Urgent local cleaning required Frequency of Cleaning Some of the factors which determine the frequency of cleaning are the types of cooking appliance, its usage and the quantity of cooking taking place. Many insurance companies now stipulate that cleaning should take place at 6 monthly intervals or more. TR/19 gives some guidance on frequencies as per table on the next page. Kitchen Grease Extract Systems Cleaning Intervals (Months) Daily Usage Perceived Typical example Up to Hours Level of 6 Hours Hours Hours grease Production Low No significant production of grease laden aerosols during normal daily food production operations Medium Moderate production of grease laden aerosols during normal daily food production operations High Heavy, significant or continual production of grease laden aerosols during normal daily food production operations

7 Our price promise to you We guarantee to beat any written like for like quote for all your kitchen cleaning requirements. Annual Contract: Quarterly Inspection and Monthly Payments We offer: Independent, Personal Service Grease Extraction Engineers Canopies, Ducts, Rises TR19 & RC44 Insurance Certificate Supplied Deep Cleans Cooker Cleaning Stainless Steel Renovations Call us on or for your no obligation, hassle free quote The Old School, 188 Liscard Road, Liscard, Merseyside CH44 5TN Tel: Mobile: