What is commercial kitchen extract cleaning?

Commercial kitchen extract cleaning involves professionally cleaning the ductwork, filters, fans, and hoods in a kitchen ventilation system. This removes grease, smoke, and debris, improving air quality, reducing fire risk, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.

Why is fire damper testing and remedial work important?

Fire dampers prevent the spread of fire and smoke through ductwork in a building. Regular testing and remedial work ensures they operate correctly during a fire, protecting staff, property, and ensuring compliance with fire safety regulations.

How often should a kitchen extract system be cleaned?

Most commercial kitchens require extract cleaning at least every 3–6 months, depending on usage. High-volume kitchens may need monthly cleaning to maintain safety, airflow, and hygiene.

What does kitchen extract system sealing involve?

Sealing a kitchen extract system ensures all duct joints, fan housings, and penetrations are airtight. This prevents smoke and grease leaks, improves system efficiency, reduces energy costs, and prevents potential fire hazards.

What is high-level cleaning, and why is it necessary?

High-level cleaning involves accessing and cleaning areas of a commercial kitchen that are difficult to reach, such as ceilings, walls, beams, and overhead ductwork. It removes grease buildup, reduces fire risk, and ensures compliance with hygiene standards.

What is commercial kitchen extract cleaning?

Commercial kitchen extract cleaning involves professionally cleaning the ductwork, filters, fans, and hoods in a kitchen ventilation system. This removes grease, smoke, and debris, improving air quality, reducing fire risk, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.

Why is fire damper testing and remedial work important?

Fire dampers prevent the spread of fire and smoke through ductwork in a building. Regular testing and remedial work ensures they operate correctly during a fire, protecting staff, property, and ensuring compliance with fire safety regulations.

How often should a kitchen extract system be cleaned?

Most commercial kitchens require extract cleaning at least every 3–6 months, depending on usage. High-volume kitchens may need monthly cleaning to maintain safety, airflow, and hygiene.

What does kitchen extract system sealing involve?

Sealing a kitchen extract system ensures all duct joints, fan housings, and penetrations are airtight. This prevents smoke and grease leaks, improves system efficiency, reduces energy costs, and prevents potential fire hazards.

What is high-level cleaning, and why is it necessary?

High-level cleaning involves accessing and cleaning areas of a commercial kitchen that are difficult to reach, such as ceilings, walls, beams, and overhead ductwork. It removes grease buildup, reduces fire risk, and ensures compliance with hygiene standards.

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Our engineers help building owners, facilities managers, and duty holders ensure fire stopping systems are correctly installed, maintained, and capable of protecting fire compartments in the event of a fire.

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Fire stopping is a vital part of a building’s passive fire protection system. It is designed to seal openings and service penetrations through fire-rated walls, floors, and compartments, helping prevent the spread of fire, heat, and smoke throughout a building.

Without correct installation, inspection, and maintenance, fire stopping can become ineffective due to:

Poor or incomplete installation
Unsealed service penetrations
Damaged or disturbed fire stopping materials
Incorrect products used for the application
Building alterations or new services passing through compartments
Lack of inspection and maintenance

At Hey Service Group, we provide professional fire stopping inspections, remedial works, installation, and reporting to help buildings remain compliant, protected, and properly maintained.

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Building owners, facilities managers, and responsible persons have a legal duty to ensure fire stopping is correctly installed, maintained, and kept in effective condition.

Fire stopping helps protect fire-rated walls, floors, and compartments by sealing gaps and service penetrations that could allow fire and smoke to spread.

Fire stopping may be required where services pass through fire-rated areas, including:

Pipework
Cables
Ductwork
Trays and risers
Voids and service penetrations
Gaps around compartment walls and floors

Failure to maintain effective fire stopping can lead to:

Increased risk of fire and smoke spread
Compromised fire compartmentation
Non-compliance issues
Failed fire inspections
Insurance complications
Serious safety liabilities
Regular inspection, maintenance, and remedial works help ensure fire stopping remains effective and capable of supporting the building’s fire safety strategy in the event of a fire.

Why Fire Stopping Matters

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In the event of a fire, poorly installed, damaged, or missing fire stopping can allow smoke, heat, and flames to spread beyond fire-rated walls, floors, and compartments.

Correctly installed and maintained fire stopping helps:

Maintain fire compartmentation
Protect escape routes
Slow the spread of fire and smoke
Reduce damage to the wider building
Support life safety systems
Maintain compliance standards

Routine inspection and remedial works are essential for ensuring fire stopping remains effective and capable of performing as intended when needed most.

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Why choose us?

Why Choose Hey Service Group?

Experienced Compliance Specialists

Professional engineers with experience across complex commercial and multi-site environments.

Nationwide Coverage

Reliable nationwide service delivery for single-site and portfolio clients.

Fully Documented Reporting

Clear compliance documentation with asset tracking and photographic evidence.

Minimal Disruption

Flexible scheduling to minimise disruption to building operations and occupants.

Long-Term Compliance Support

Planned inspection programmes designed to simplify ongoing fire safety management.

FAQs

Fire stopping is important because even small unsealed openings can compromise a fire-rated wall or floor. If fire stopping is missing, damaged, or incorrectly installed, fire and smoke may be able to spread beyond the intended compartment.

Correct fire stopping helps:

Protect escape routes
Support safe evacuation
Reduce fire and smoke spread
Protect the building structure
Support fire safety compliance

The Association for Specialist Fire Protection provides technical guidance on passive fire protection measures, including penetration seals and other fire stopping components used within building structures.

Fire stopping should be inspected whenever there are changes to the building, services, or compartment lines. This includes new cable runs, pipework, ductwork, refurbishment works, maintenance works, or damage to existing fire stopping materials.

Repairs may be required where fire stopping is:

Missing
Damaged
Incomplete
Poorly installed
Unsuitable for the service penetration
Disturbed by later works

Best practice guidance from the ASFP notes that fire stopping should be carried out by competent persons and installed in line with the relevant manufacturer’s information and instructions.

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