Hood Filter Exchange Service
Safe Dux operates FilterShine Charlotte, a part of FilterShine USA, for nationwide service.
We deliver and install 100% clean stainless steel filters and take the grease-laden filters offsite to boil them clean in our facility. We service the entire Charlotte metro area.
Our offsite cleaning is less expensive than running your old filters through your dishwasher, and our stainless steel filters look great, fit correctly, and better protect your kitchen. Filters are the first line of defense in a kitchen hood fire - NFPA96.
Hood Filter Exchange saves money, improves fire readiness, and removes 70% of the buildup in your grease trap!
Need new filters? Safe Dux is a stocking distributor of most types and sizes of filters. Let us give you a quote.
Hood filters are the 1st line of defense in a cookline fire. To do their job, they must be clean inside and out, undamaged without any gaps between them, and always present in the hood when cooking equipment is turned on.
Lastly, clean hood filters prevent liquid grease from building up in your grease ducts.
Why is this important? Liquid grease is caused by slow-moving exhaust air in the grease ducts. Over time, this liquid grease is pulled through the ducts until it reaches the exhaust fan on the roof. From there, it fills up the bottom of the exhaust fan and drains into a grease containment unit (if one is installed), or directly onto the roof.
This is a large part of the reason FilterShine USA was created. FilterShine delivers and installs 100% clean and grease-free filters on a routine basis and removes the grease-laden offsite for processing. Our process ensures exhaust systems function at peak performance and this eliminates helps to keep grease ducts clean, and roofs grease free. Additionally, this service greatly improves the fire readiness of the grease ducts throughout the building and helps to keep the kitchen air clean and cool.
Benefits of Filter Exchange
Decreases fire risk
Restaurant hood filters are the single most important, yet ignored, piece of safety equipment in a commercial kitchen. Exhaust hood manufacturers state in their warranties that these filters must be replaced every 2 years, at a minimum. And as often as every 6 months for specific categories of cooking equipment. However, in our more than 20 years of experience, this requirement is universally ignored by everyone involved.
The job of a hood filter is to remove airborne grease fumes from the exhaust air and prevent a cookline fire from spreading into the exhaust duct. However, filters must be clean, undamaged, and not have any gaps between them. Otherwise, they will not work.
Positively impacts your tenants and surrounding businesses
Do the restaurants in your building give off a sour smell? It could be from grease rotting in their hood filters and grease ducts. It is not appealing to think of something rotting in restaurants, but grease is organic and if left untouched it will decay and give off an unpleasant smell. This alone, is another very good reason to not ignore hood filters.
Increases safety
Clean hood filters are capable of removing up to 70% of liquid grease from the grease duct. This increases the safety for the entire building including tenants, surrounding businesses, and restaurant customers.
Protects investment in complete restoration
Clean hood filters will protect the investment made in the grease duct restoration work. While a clean hood filter will not be as effective as our Grease Lock System, it will help keep the grease ducts clean after they've been restored down to bare metal.
Mitigates risk of legal and financial liability
Restaurant operators are responsible for keeping their systems clean. If unclean systems cause a fire, they could be opening themselves personally to legal and financial liability.
NFPA 96 and fire code compliant
Per NFPA, grease ducts must be cleaned to bare metal and be maintained accordingly.
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