At eye level
Filters
The baffles above the range. The one section a kitchen sees off the wall, and the only reason a hood can look finished while the rest of the run is not.
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Kitchen Hood Cleaning · Los Angeles
The part they grade you on is the part you cannot see
Your hood looks finished from the kitchen floor. The duct above it and the fan on the roof are what decide an inspection, and you have no way to check either. We clean the whole run and photograph it, so you are not taking anyone at their word.
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- 15 years, family owned
- 4.9 from 357 reviews
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Tell us where the kitchen is. We look at the whole run and price the work before anything starts.
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- Free inspection
- No obligation
- Family owned
Kitchens we already service
Why kitchens call HEC
The short version
Commercial kitchens only. A clear price before work starts, and a photo record when the work is done.
15Years, family owned
357Google & Yelp reviews
27Cities served
4Sections cleaned
The whole system
One of these four you can see. The fire uses all of them
Grease leaves the pan and travels. These are the four sections it moves through, in order, and the height each one sits at. Only the first is visible from where you stand.
Above the filters
Hood and plenum
The chamber behind the baffles, where grease collects out of sight and drips back down. Scraped and washed to bare metal.
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Through the ceiling
Vertical duct
The run between the kitchen and the roof. No one in the building can look at it, and it is the section that carries a fire from the range to the rest of the property.
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On the roof
Exhaust fan
Hinged up, washed, belt and housing checked, and the grease taken off the roof rather than tipped beside the unit.
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Filmed on the job
What it looks like when somebody is actually up there
Phone footage from the crew, shot during service. Unedited, and vertical because that is how a technician standing on a roof holds a phone.
How often depends on what you cook
The national fire code sets the interval by how much grease a kitchen actually puts into the hood, not by the calendar. We tell you which band you are in on the first visit, in plain words.
Every month
Solid fuel
Wood or charcoal grills, and anything burning a log.
Every three months
High volume
Charbroilers, wok ranges and fryers running most of the day.
Every six months
Moderate volume
Most full-service restaurants and hotel kitchens.
Every twelve months
Low volume
Cafes, delis, churches and school kitchens.
Fire marshals across Los Angeles County read the same bands. If a previous vendor put you on a schedule that does not match how you cook, that gap is what tends to surface during an inspection.
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From the reviews
“Great service. Very professional company, the job been done on time, fast and clean. Highly recommended”
AM PM City Market · via Yelp
4.9
across 357 reviews on Google and Yelp
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I would like to recommend Hec as a very good company to deal with. Great customer service and a very professional workers. Definitely the best cleaning company I know.
Natali B. · Google
Very good company and great customer service! Thank you guys for amazing hood cleaning work
Jacob E. · Google
What we do for commercial kitchens
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Kitchen hood cleaning
Filters, hood, plenum, duct and the fan on the roof, photographed as we go.
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Kitchen hood repair
Fans, motors, belts and makeup air, put right by a licensed contractor.
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Kitchen hood installation
Type I and Type II systems sized, installed and left ready to inspect.
Los Angeles County, city by city
A local crew rather than a national dispatcher, working commercial kitchens across the county.
- Los Angeles
- Long Beach
- Glendale
- Santa Monica
- Pasadena
- Torrance
- Burbank
- Culver City
- West Hollywood
- El Segundo
- Hawthorne
- Gardena
- Inglewood
- Whittier
- Alhambra
- Carson
- Beverly Hills
- Compton
- Downey
- Lakewood
- Norwalk
- Cerritos
- Monterey Park
- Arcadia
- West Covina
- Pomona
- Santa Clarita
Not on the list? Ask. The route usually reaches further than the cities we name here.
Before you book
Will this actually pass an inspection, or just look done
We clean all four sections of the run, which is what a fire marshal opens and checks. Nobody can promise you an outcome that is decided by an inspector on the day, so what you get instead is the evidence: photographs of each section and a certificate of completion recording the service.
If there is ever a fire, will my paperwork hold up
After a fire the question stops being whether the hood was clean and becomes whether you can show it was. What we leave is dated and itemised: photographs of each section and a certificate of completion recording what was done and when. We cannot speak for your insurer. We can make sure you are not reconstructing a year of service from memory.
How do I know you cleaned the duct, not just what I can see
You get photographs of it. That is the whole point of the record. The plenum, the vertical duct and the rooftop fan are places nobody in the building can reach, so the only honest proof is a picture of each one, taken on the day.
Will the people who show up know what they are doing
Fifteen years, family owned, and commercial kitchens all day. The same crews work the Hilton, Taco Bell and UCLA kitchens on the list above, so nobody is learning a hood on your job.
Is the price you quote the price I pay
We look at the hood, the duct run and the roof before quoting, which is the reason the number holds. If we open a panel and find something that was not priced, you hear it then, before we carry on, rather than reading it on the invoice.
If something happens today, can anyone come today
Standard hours are Sunday to Friday, 5:00 AM to 8:00 PM, closed Saturday, and most work happens before opening or after close because kitchens get cleaned around service. There is an emergency line outside those hours. A suppression discharge is the usual reason it rings.
Free inspection
Find out what is actually in your duct
We come out, open the run, and show you what is there. The inspection costs nothing and you get the price before anyone starts work.