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One of the most aggravating (and expensive) aspects of running a restaurant is when equipment breaks, goes missing, or begins to malfunction. This is especially true if said equipment is absolutely vital in order to keep your restaurant up and running. For instance, when something happens to your sink, stove, oven, freezer or refrigerator, or even your kitchen exhaust system, it can feel like the end of the world. And of course, you want someone to come out as soon as possible to resolve the situation, but unfortunately, many of the appliance repair companies out there already have appointments booked up for the rest of week, so then you’ll be left with no resolution in the meantime.

While you might be able to get by with certain types of equipment being broken and may have another appliance you can temporarily switch over to as an alternative, other equipment is absolutely essential and cannot be replaced. Your kitchen’s exhaust system falls into that category.

An Exhaust System is One of the Most Important Parts of a Commercial Kitchen

You might not believe it, but the exhaust system in your commercial kitchen (if applicable) is one of the most vital pieces of equipment in your kitchen. If you have a stove in your commercial kitchen in California, it’s the law to not only have an exhaust system installed but to have one that is in working condition. Plus, having one is safer.

Cooking on the stovetop in your kitchen without an operable kitchen exhaust could lead to unhealthy debris and oils to fill the air, which can lead to uncomfortable working conditions. Your employees and even your customers might experience excess heat and even breathing problems, among other ailments, especially if they have a pre-existing health condition like asthma. It’s a serious ordeal for your exhaust system to malfunction or not work at all and can certainly be a lawsuit waiting to happen.

Need Service Today? Schedule an Emergency Exhaust Appointment Now

If your commercial kitchen’s exhaust system isn’t working or is working but isn’t doing what it’s supposed to do, your best bet is to call out Flue Steam, Inc. for service. We want your restaurant to remain up and running – and safe to work in. We don’t want you to have to temporarily close and lose business, especially during a pandemic. So, we offer emergency appointments. That being said, we’re available seven days a week, 24 hours a day.

Give us a call at 800-700-FLUE to schedule an emergency kitchen exhaust system repair appointment in Fullerton, CA.

When buying or starting up your own restaurant business, you might be shocked to find out just how many laws, codes, and ordinances you must comply with. In the beginning, your head might spin when learning all of this, but after a while of ensuring you’re in compliance with everything that you must be, you might feel a lot more confident with the legality of your business.

However, are you confident that your restaurant has a working and up-to-code automatic fire suppression system? After all, it’s a pretty important piece of equipment!

Perks of an Automatic Fire Suppression System

Anyone that owns a restaurant should know that a flash fire is not exactly all that unlikely. With grease and fats constantly being burned on the stovetop in your kitchen, it’s critical that you have a proper, working kitchen exhaust system. But sometimes exhaust systems fail. Not to mention, there’s only so much your exhaust system can do. On top of that, a flash fire may occur in your kitchen due to a completely unrelated issue, whether or not you have a working exhaust system. That’s where automatic fire suppression systems come in.

Automatic fire suppression systems automatically put out a fire in your restaurant without you needing to intervene. So, even if nobody is in your restaurant, this system will still work to extinguish unwanted flames. Even if there is somebody present to aid with the flash fire, it’s possible that they won’t have equipment such as a fire extinguisher, fire blanket, or a hose, or a bucket of water on hand to quickly extinguish the flames before they spread and cause more damage. Not to mention, they may not even be aware of the fire at first. So, really, an automatic fire suppression system is a saving grace and helps fill in when and where humans can’t most of the times.

Is Your Automatic Fire Suppression System Up to Code in California?

Having an automatic fire suppression system in your commercial kitchen is a huge blessing and something to be very grateful for. However, it must be up to code. Is yours?

If your suppression system isn’t up to code or if you’re not sure if it’s up to code in your commercial kitchen, reach out to Flue Steam, Inc. in Gardena, CA. We can help make sure that it is, in fact, up to code, so you can guarantee a safer kitchen and avoid penalties.

Call us for an appointment at 800-700-FLUE.

Restaurants were always designed to be safe, clean places that offer as little contamination between different food items (e.g., bread and shellfish) as well as contamination between food and unsafe microbes (e.g., food with exposure to an illness-causing bacterium from unsafe food handling or from being handled directly by a sick employee) as possible. It is very important that contamination and cross-contamination occur as little as possible, if not ever, in a restaurant setting as to not get customers sick and as a way to ensure your restaurant can legally stay open.

Apart from proper sanitization that your restaurant staff should be doing regularly on all dishware and many surfaces in your restaurant and generally ensuring your restaurant staff follow all rules regarding avoiding contamination, it’s a good idea to get professional decontamination services completed in your restaurant from Flue Steam, Inc.

Professional Decontamination Can Help Significantly During the Pandemic

None of us may have control over the pandemic and with COVID-19 in general, but one thing is certain: it’s in our power as restaurant owners to ensure our restaurant is as clean and as decontaminated as much as humanly possible to keep people safer.

With professional decontamination services, our team makes sure that even the tiniest of microbes that you wouldn’t expect to be present in your restaurant are killed off with our thorough work. With your regular, everyday cleaning equipment, sanitizing solutions, and general sanitization and cleaning methods, you will never be able to achieve the level of decontamination that our methods and equipment can provide.

Opt for Decontamination Services in Camarillo CA Today

Whether one of your staff members or customers has been exposed to COVID-19, has COVID-19, or may have a diagnosis of COVID-19 – or you simply want a safer, cleaner environment for your customers and employees to be within – you can count on Flue Steam, Inc. for above and beyond decontamination services in the Camarillo, CA area. These services have been proven to work to truly make a restaurant environment safer and less contaminated of many nasty microbes from viruses to bacteria.

Our friendliness, knowledge, and wide set of skills will stun you once you meet us and see what we’re capable of. All you have to do is give us the okay to decontaminate your restaurant, and you bet we will be there in a jiffy.

Schedule an appointment with our decontamination team today by calling us at 800-700-FLUE.

Running a restaurant is hard work – no doubt about that. Unfortunately, there are many laws and regulations that restaurant owners must know and follow at all times if they wish to remain open. One of those laws is making sure, that if required, there is an exhaust system installed in the kitchen, let alone, one that is in working order when the kitchen is in use. An exhaust system that isn’t working properly or at all could have some horrible consequences such as a hot and stuffy kitchen area and a kitchen environment that might lead to respiratory problems and serious discomfort among your staff and even your customers. It’s much easier and less stressful to simply have a working exhaust system than it is to have one that’s not working.

It’s the Law to Have a Working Exhaust System in Your Commercial Kitchen

As mentioned, it is illegal to not have a working exhaust system if your commercial kitchen requires it based on the equipment you have and use. If your system is broken, you may receive a fine or other penalty or even be asked to temporarily shut down your restaurant until the system is back in working order.

A broken exhaust system that leads to consequences among your employees may also lead to a lawsuit like, if for instance, you make an employee with asthma work in your kitchen, and the poor air quality from the lack-of-exhaust kitchen triggers an asthma attack in said employee.

All in all, a commercial kitchen being used with a malfunctioning exhaust could cross many legal boundaries – ones that you may not be financially prepared to be facing – and shouldn’t be facing from the start since you should be following the law with the intent to keep everyone comfortable and safe.

Get Your Exhaust System Repaired Quickly in Burbank CA

Luckily, you don’t have to shut down your restaurant for long when you have emergency exhaust system repair service that’s just a quick phone call away. In Burbank, CA and in its nearby cities, you can rely on Flue Steam, Inc. to be there for you in the event that your kitchen exhaust system fails on you, even if it occurs in the midst of a busy day and time.

Schedule your emergency exhaust repair appointment in Burbank, CA by calling us at 800-700-FLUE. We’re more than happy to help you get back up and running with a working exhaust system!

For the new year, many of us want a fresh, clean slate. This may or may not involve setting new goals, making lifestyle changes, and letting some things go from our past. New year, new us – right? You know the drill by now.

And if you own a commercial restaurant, you know that it’s important for you to do some cleaning up with this too. It might be time for you to get rid of some old menu items that are no longer selling, maybe do a little renovation inside your restaurant, add some new landscaping outside of your restaurant, and so on and so forth. Another thing you should consider doing? Ensuring your commercial kitchen’s flue is nice and clean.

A Fresh Start for Your Commercial Kitchen

A clean kitchen flue in your restaurant’s kitchen signifies a fresh, clean start. Not only is it nice knowing that you have a flue system that isn’t filled with a bunch of munk and gunk, but you can also rest assured that things will be safer when your employees cook in your commercial kitchen.

After all, one of the number one rules of running a commercial kitchen is ensuring exhaust gases and other debris are properly eliminated from your building, that is, if you have a piece of equipment in your kitchen that you use that would require such, such as a stove. Playing it safe is always key. The last thing you would want is to trigger an asthma attack in one of your workers, cause smelly air to surface in your kitchen, or unknowingly ignite a flash fire in your commercial kitchen, which can all potentially occur if you let your kitchen flue stay filthy for too long.

Need a Kitchen Flue Cleaning in Venture CA? Call Flue Steam, Inc. Today!

Every restaurant with a flue will require flue cleaning at some point in time. And if you aren’t sure if now or later is the right time to get that flue cleaned, sometimes it’s better to get it done sooner than later. Now might be the right time to bite the bullet and call out a professional restaurant kitchen flue cleaner to get the job done. Flue Steam, Inc. in Ventura, CA would be more than happy to take on that job!

You can get in touch with Flue Steam, Inc. as soon as possible at 800-700-FLUE to schedule an appointment.