About Kanata Hood Cleaning Pros
Kanata Hood Cleaning Pros is a commercial kitchen exhaust cleaning company working a single west-end route: Kanata, Stittsville, Carp and Richmond. The work is cleaning grease out of commercial cooking exhaust systems to the extent the NFPA 96 standard describes, photographing the result, and issuing a certificate that says honestly what was reached. This page covers how that is done and, just as importantly, what falls outside it.
The standard the work is measured against
One published document, applied the same way on every job.
Every visit is performed to the NFPA 96 standard, which sets out what a maintained commercial kitchen exhaust system looks like. That means grease removed to the surface rather than lightened, across the whole path from the canopy to the rooftop fan, at an interval matched to how the kitchen actually cooks.
Kanata Hood Cleaning Pros does not describe itself as NFPA 96 certified, because no such certification exists. NFPA publishes standards and does not license contractors, and Ontario does not license this trade either. The honest claim is working to the standard, and the way to verify that claim is the photographs and the certificate rather than a badge. The NFPA 96 page sets out why this distinction matters and what to ask any contractor you are considering.
What is settled before a technician arrives
Three things, every time, because the fourth-largest cause of a bad job is a crew turning up unprepared for the building.
Why the certificate names what was missed
This is the part that separates a useful document from a decorative one.
Most certificates list what was cleaned. A certificate that only lists what was cleaned is impossible to falsify against, because a section nobody could reach simply does not appear, and its absence looks identical to it not existing. The owner reads the document, sees a clean list, and reasonably concludes the system is fully serviced.
Every certificate issued here names any area that could not be reached and states the reason: no access panel on that run, a fire separation preventing one, a roof that could not be worked safely on the day. That is uncomfortable to hand over and it is the single most valuable line on the page. It tells the owner exactly what to fix. It tells an inspector the contractor is describing reality. And after a loss it tells an insurer that the operator was given accurate information and acted on it, which is a materially better position than holding a document that quietly overstated the work.
It also means the fix gets quoted. A run with no access panel appears on the certificate once, gets panels fitted, and never appears again. A run with no access panel on a certificate that does not mention it stays uncleaned for a decade.
What Kanata Hood Cleaning Pros does not do
A short scope, stated plainly, so nobody wastes a phone call.
This is a kitchen exhaust business and nothing else. It does not carry out residential range hood cleaning, general janitorial or office cleaning, floor and grout work, HVAC or air duct cleaning, dryer vent cleaning, or exterior pressure washing. Several contractors on this side of the city bundle those services together, which is a legitimate way to run a company and simply is not this one.
Fire suppression is a separate trade with its own service interval, its own tag and its own licensing, and it is handled by a suppression contractor rather than a cleaning company. The two schedules are worth aligning, and the nozzles are worth having reviewed whenever a cook line changes, because equipment gets moved far more often than nozzles get repositioned. Neither of those is work performed here.
Duct and hood repairs beyond access panels, hinge kits, grease containment and filter replacement are referred out. Fitting an access panel is part of cleaning a duct properly. Rebuilding a duct is not, and pretending otherwise is how a cleaning visit turns into a construction project nobody costed.
Frequently asked questions
Are you insured, and can I see the documentation?
Yes. Liability insurance and WSIB clearance documentation are provided before work begins, and can be sent to a property manager or head office in advance where a building requires it lodged ahead of access. Ask for it at quoting stage rather than on the night.
Do you clean residential range hoods?
No. This is commercial kitchen exhaust work only: Type 1 hoods over commercial cooking equipment, their ductwork and their rooftop fans. A domestic range hood is a different job with different equipment and is better handled by an appliance or general cleaning service.
Who actually turns up, and at what hour?
A crew equipped for the whole system, including roof work, so the visit is not split across two appointments. Timing follows the kitchen: overnight after close for restaurants and pubs, mid-afternoon for corporate and campus serveries once the line shuts, and between events for banquet and concession kitchens.
Can you take over from another contractor mid-schedule?
Yes, and it is worth a walk-through first. Systems changing hands frequently turn out to have sections nobody has opened for years, particularly the plenum and the duct run, and knowing that before the first visit means it can be quoted properly rather than discovered at two in the morning.
Do you serve the rest of Ottawa?
No. The route is Kanata, Stittsville, Carp and Richmond. Holding that boundary is what makes same-day response and genuine overnight scheduling possible, and both disappear when a service area is drawn to look impressive. The areas served page sets out the boundary in detail.