Straight numbers, with the honest caveat that the number of hoods, the length and complexity of the duct run, and rooftop access move every quote. Budget from your tier, not from the lowest bid.
We’re a local referral service for commercial kitchens. Call or send the form and we’ll connect you with a trained, insured kitchen exhaust cleaning company serving Lexington — one that cleans the full system to NFPA 96 and leaves you the documentation your fire inspector and insurer expect. No charge for the referral.
A single-hood restaurant with a straightforward duct run and accessible rooftop fan typically lands in the $400–$600 range per full-system cleaning. Multi-hood kitchens, long horizontal runs, ducts needing new access panels, and difficult rooftop access run higher — sometimes considerably. A first visit on a neglected system costs more than maintenance visits afterward, because there’s more grease to remove and often panels to install.
Multiply the per-visit number by your NFPA 96 frequency: a semi-annual kitchen at $500 a visit budgets about $1,000 a year; a quarterly kitchen about $2,000; a monthly solid-fuel operation $6,000 or more. Against the cost of a duct fire, a failed inspection, or a denied claim, every one of those is a rounding error — but it belongs in the budget as a line item, not a surprise.
A quote well below the field is almost always a quote for less system: canopy and filters, not duct and fan. It produces a shiny hood, a sticker, and an unchanged fire risk in the duct above it — and often no compliant report. Ask every bidder the same four questions: Is the full duct run and rooftop fan included? Will you install access panels if the duct needs them? Do I get before/after photos? Do I get a signed report and dated sticker? The answers price the quote correctly. What compliant includes.
Tell us about your kitchen — hoods, cooking style, hours — and we’ll connect you with a trained, insured company that quotes the whole system.
We’re a local referral service for commercial kitchens. Call or send the form and we’ll connect you with a trained, insured kitchen exhaust cleaning company serving Lexington — one that cleans the full system to NFPA 96 and leaves you the documentation your fire inspector and insurer expect. No charge for the referral.
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Information on this site is general guidance on NFPA 96 and commercial kitchen exhaust maintenance, not a compliance determination for your specific kitchen — your local fire authority makes that call. Lexington Hood Cleaning is a referral service and does not itself perform exhaust cleaning, inspection, or certification.