Kitchen Hood Repair · Los Angeles
A shredded belt or a seized bearing stops service the same day it happens, and a system that is not moving air is not a compliant system either. We diagnose it on site, price it before we start, and the repair is signed off by a licensed California contractor.
Tell us what it is doing. We come out, diagnose it, and give you the price before we touch anything.
Kitchens we already service
Commercial kitchens only. A clear price before work starts, and a photo record when the work is done.
Four things account for most exhaust failures. Three of them sit on the roof, which is why they go unnoticed until the kitchen fills with smoke during a service.
Smoke rolling back into the kitchen
A belt that has stretched, glazed or shredded is the most common cause, and the cheapest to put right. The system was sized to move a set volume of air, and a slipping belt quietly stops it doing that long before anyone would call it broken.
Stops service today
A squeal or a rumble overhead
Hardened grease builds up on one side of the fan wheel and throws it out of balance, which chews through bearings and then through the shaft. Caught early it is a clean and a bearing. Left alone it is the wheel and the motor.
Stops service today
The fan runs and nothing moves
The motor sounds healthy from the ground because it is spinning freely. The wheel is either coated to the point that the blades have no bite left, or it is no longer gripping the shaft it sits on.
Stops service today
It came up on an inspection
A missing or painted-over duct access panel, a broken hinge kit that stops the fan being opened, or filters that no longer seat square. None of it stops the kitchen today, and all of it gets written up when somebody checks.
Fails the next inspection
Phone footage from the crew. Vertical because that is how a technician standing on a roof holds a phone.
The reason repair quotes move is that most of them get given before anybody has been on the roof. We diagnose first, so you decide with the number already in front of you.
Smoke, noise, or a line on an inspection report. Any of the three is enough to start from, and you do not need to know which part failed.
The unit gets opened and the run gets checked, because the part that failed is often downstream of the real cause.
What it is, what it takes, and what it costs. If the work is bigger than the call suggested, you hear that then rather than afterwards.
Photographs of the failed part and the replacement, and a certificate recording what was changed, signed by a licensed contractor.
Standard hours are Sunday to Friday, 5:00 AM to 8:00 PM. There is an emergency line outside them, which is what most people use when a fan goes down mid-service.
Choose the offer that fits, then mention it when we call to confirm your visit.
With a scheduled hood and exhaust cleaning.
Available to veterans on eligible commercial kitchen service.
First-time clients.
“Great service. Very professional company, the job been done on time, fast and clean. Highly recommended”
AM PM City Market · via Yelp
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
Filters, hood, plenum, duct and the fan on the roof, photographed as we go.
Fans, motors, belts and makeup air, put right by a licensed contractor.
Type I and Type II systems sized, installed and left ready to inspect.
A local crew rather than a national dispatcher, working commercial kitchens across the county.
Not on the list? Ask. The route usually reaches further than the cities we name here.
Tell us what it is doing. We diagnose it on site and give you the price before we start.