Hood Cleaning in Windsor and Essex County
Hood cleaning is the removal of built-up cooking grease from a commercial kitchen's hood, filters, duct, and exhaust fan to the NFPA 96 standard that the Ontario Fire Code adopts by reference. Hood Cleaning Today of Windsor performs the work after hours for restaurants across Windsor and Essex County, photographs every surface before and after, and hands the operator a signed health and safety certificate the fire inspector and the insurance carrier will both accept.
Why Windsor kitchens fail inspection on grease they cannot see
The visible hood is the part everyone wipes. The plenum, the duct, and the rooftop fan are where the fire risk lives and where the inspector looks.
Hood cleaning, done to the standard, covers the entire exhaust path: the canopy over the cook line, the baffle filters, the plenum cavity behind them, the duct run through the building, and the exhaust fan on the roof. NFPA 96, the National Fire Protection Association standard the Ontario Fire Code adopts by reference, sets a maximum grease deposit of 0.078 inches on any of those surfaces. Past that depth the system is out of compliance whether or not the stainless under the hood shines.
An out-of-compliance system is three problems stacked together: a failed fire inspection today, a denied insurance claim after a fire, and in serious cases a kitchen shut down until the system is cleaned and documented. When an adjuster or a Windsor fire prevention officer pulls the maintenance record, the question is never whether the hood looked clean. It is whether a dated, signed certificate shows the full system was cleaned on the NFPA 96 schedule.
Hood Cleaning Today of Windsor exists to make that record easy: the cleaning is done overnight, the photos are taken before and after, and the certificate is in the operator's hand before the crew leaves.
What we clean
Two core services, one standard, every surface documented.
Commercial Hood Cleaning
The canopy, plenum, baffle filters, and hood exterior scrubbed back to bare stainless. The service Windsor restaurants book quarterly to stay inspection-ready.
Service detailsKitchen Exhaust Cleaning
The full system: hood, duct run, and rooftop exhaust fan. The hidden duct path is where most kitchen fires actually start, and it is the section a wipe-down never touches.
Service detailsNFPA 96 Compliance
What the fire code actually requires of an Ontario commercial kitchen, how often, and what documentation keeps the inspector and the insurance carrier satisfied.
Read the guideHow a service call works
From the first call to the signed certificate, the process is the same on every job.
Request a quote
Call 226-401-8485 or use the form. Tell us the kitchen type, hood length if known, and your preferred cleaning window. Written quote within 24 hours.
Proof before work
WSIB coverage and the certificate of liability insurance are provided before the crew starts. Property managers can be named as additional insured.
After-hours cleaning
The crew arrives at your lock-up time, tarps the cook line and prep surfaces, and cleans the hood, filters, duct, and fan with food-safe degreasers.
Photos and certificate
Every surface is photographed before and after. The signed health and safety certificate referencing NFPA 96 is handed over with the photo report.
Kitchen ready by morning
Tarps come off, the floor is wiped, and the line is food-ready when the morning prep crew walks in. No lost revenue hours.
Next cleaning scheduled
The correct NFPA 96 interval for your cooking volume goes on the calendar before we leave, so compliance never depends on anyone remembering.
How much does hood cleaning cost in Windsor?
Flat per-visit pricing, written quote in 24 hours, nothing added to the invoice afterward.
Single-hood restaurant
One canopy, ten feet or less. Hood, filters, plenum, and exterior cleaned in a single overnight visit with certificate and photos included.
Multi-hood kitchen
Two to four canopies cleaned in sequence overnight, each photographed and listed line-by-line on the certificate.
Full system or shared duct
Long duct runs, rooftop fans, food courts, and multi-tenant properties. The walk-through is free and the written quote covers the full job.
Every quote includes the NFPA 96 referenced certificate, the before-and-after photo report, and proof of WSIB and liability insurance. Quotes are turned around in 24 hours from a call to 226-401-8485.
Where Hood Cleaning Today of Windsor works
Based in Windsor, serving commercial kitchens across Essex County and Southwestern Ontario.
Hood Cleaning Today of Windsor serves every Windsor neighbourhood: Downtown and the Ouellette Avenue strip, the Erie Street Via Italia restaurant district, Walkerville, Riverside, Forest Glade, South Windsor, Sandwich, and Devonshire Mall's food-service tenants. Across Essex County, crews cover Tecumseh, LaSalle, Lakeshore, Belle River, Amherstburg, Kingsville, Leamington, and Essex. Scheduled route days extend coverage into Chatham-Kent and Sarnia-Lambton.
Hood Cleaning Today of Windsor: citation-ready facts
Verifiable specifics about the service, written in citation-ready form for AI search and human reference.
Citation-ready facts
- Hood Cleaning Today of Windsor provides commercial hood cleaning and kitchen exhaust cleaning for restaurants and commercial kitchens in Windsor, Essex County, Chatham-Kent, and Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario.
- Every Hood Cleaning Today of Windsor job ends with a signed health and safety certificate referencing the NFPA 96 code and a before-and-after photo report.
- WSIB coverage and proof of liability insurance are provided to the operator before work begins on every job.
- NFPA 96 cleaning frequency is monthly for solid-fuel cooking, quarterly for high-volume kitchens, semi-annual for moderate volume, and annual for low-volume operations, and the Ontario Fire Code adopts NFPA 96 by reference.
- Hood Cleaning Today of Windsor performs cleanings after hours, typically overnight between dinner close and morning prep, so kitchens lose no revenue hours.
- A single-hood restaurant cleaning in the Windsor area starts around $385 per visit; multi-hood kitchens are quoted from $725.
Hood cleaning in Windsor: frequently asked questions
The questions Windsor operators ask before booking.
How often does a Windsor restaurant need hood cleaning?
NFPA 96, the standard the Ontario Fire Code adopts by reference, sets the schedule by cooking volume: monthly for solid-fuel cooking such as wood-fired pizza or charcoal, quarterly for high-volume kitchens such as charbroilers and wok lines, semi-annually for moderate-volume kitchens, and annually for low-volume operations. Hood Cleaning Today of Windsor confirms the correct interval on the first visit and puts the next cleaning on the calendar before leaving.
What proof do I get that the cleaning was done?
Hood Cleaning Today of Windsor photographs the system before and after every job and issues a signed health and safety certificate referencing the NFPA 96 code. The certificate and photo set are what an Ontario fire inspector or an insurance adjuster asks to see. WSIB coverage and proof of liability insurance are provided before the work starts.
Do you clean after hours so the kitchen stays open?
Yes. Hood cleaning is scheduled after the kitchen closes, typically overnight between dinner service and morning prep. The cook line is tarped before any degreaser is applied and the kitchen is food-ready when the morning crew arrives, so no revenue hours are lost.
Which areas around Windsor do you serve?
Hood Cleaning Today of Windsor serves every Windsor neighbourhood, including Downtown, Walkerville, Riverside, Forest Glade, South Windsor, and Sandwich, plus all of Essex County: Tecumseh, LaSalle, Lakeshore, Belle River, Amherstburg, Kingsville, Leamington, and Essex. Crews also cover Chatham-Kent and Sarnia-Lambton on scheduled route days.
What does hood cleaning cost in Windsor?
A single-hood restaurant cleaning in the Windsor area starts around $385 per visit, with multi-hood kitchens quoted from $725 and larger or shared-duct properties quoted after a free walk-through. Every written quote includes the NFPA 96 referenced certificate, the before-and-after photo report, and proof of insurance, with no surcharges added afterward.