An IKECA member company serving the Central ValleyInternational Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning AssociationCommercial Kitchen Hood Cleaning
You have a receipt. Do you have a record?
If your last cleaning left an invoice and nothing else, you cannot prove the work met NFPA 96. Your fire marshal, your insurance carrier, your property manager, your landlord — most will accept that invoice without question. That is not the same as meeting the requirement. Nobody checks — until there is a fire, a claim, or an audit. Then everyone does, at once. We clean to NFPA 96 standards and make the photographs available with a certificate and written report.
Why the work is different
Your system is assessed by a CECS credential holder — or call (209) 318-2737.
Fire Safety & Asset Protection
Specialists for Commercial Kitchens
Every service includes
- Hood, filters, duct, fan and rooftop — cleaned to NFPA 96 standards
- Every access panel opened and cleaned behind
- Before and after photographs, made available
- Certificate and written report issued for every service
If your current hood company:
Nearly every kitchen already has a hood cleaner. Here’s how to tell if yours is leaving you exposed.
- Hands you an invoice and nothing else — no report, no certificate.
- Cleans the hood and skips the duct and the fan on the roof.
- Leaves no dated sticker on your hood.
- Gives you no before-and-after photos.
- Makes you chase them to get on the schedule.
- Cancels the night of, and you find out in the morning.
- Leaves grease on your roof.
- Leaves a mess in your kitchen for your crew to clean up.
- Never walks you through what they found.
- Leaves you guessing who pays if they damage something or one of their workers gets hurt while servicing your kitchen.
- Never reminds you when you’re due again.
Most hood cleaners hand you an invoice. We hand you evidence.
Three Promises
We Open Every Access Panel
Hood, plenum, ductwork, fan and rooftop — the full system, hand-scraped and chemically cleaned, not pressure-washed. Most cleanings stop at the hood because the hood is the part you can see. Every panel gets opened, cleaned behind, and photographed before and after.
Every Job Produces a Certificate and a Written Report
Not an invoice. A Report of Service showing what was cleaned, what we found, and the photographs. A Certificate of Service — the document your fire authority and your carrier ask for. Issued on every service, without being asked.
The Credentials Run Company, Founder and Crew
Cleaning Pros Plus is an IKECA member; membership requires proof of insurance and ongoing training, verified annually. The founder holds the CECS and has been retained as an NFPA 96 expert witness in commercial kitchen fire litigation. The technicians are PECT Designated.
Who does the work on your roof.
Arthur Haggerty founded Cleaning Pros Plus and still runs jobs. He holds the CECS — Certified Exhaust Cleaning Specialist — and has been retained as an NFPA 96 expert witness in commercial kitchen fire litigation, where this standard decides the case. He spent 25 years in enterprise IT consulting at Deloitte, Cisco and Dell, and ten years in the U.S. Air Force before that.
The company performs 350+ exhaust services a year, from single-hood taqueria kitchens to multi-unit national accounts and eight kitchen locations inside Yosemite National Park.
That combination is why the record exists. Cleaning Pros Plus built the field software the crew runs on, and every job produces the same documented output — no matter who is on the truck.
What Our Clients Say
“Here in Merced, it’s been an uphill battle to get a quality company to clean our hood system. Now we’ve got Arthur here in our town. I’ve been in the business over 40 years. Very professional, courteous, fair pricing.”
— John B., Google Review
“Arthur and his team are very punctual and do an exceptional job cleaning our hood and exhaust system.”
— K. Yang, Google Review
“These guys went above and beyond today on my hood. They were professional, clean, and super informative.”
— Jennifer C., Google Review
Here's How You Get Inspection-Ready
You focus on the food. We make sure the exhaust system never gets in the way.
Request an Estimate
Tell us about your kitchen. We'll scope your system, give you clear pricing, and schedule around your operation — not ours.
We Inspect & Clean
Our PECT Designated technicians assess your entire exhaust system, perform a thorough cleaning, and document everything with photos and timestamps.
You Get Your Report
You receive photo-verified compliance documentation that inspectors, landlords, and insurance carriers trust. Hand it over with confidence.
What Happens When Kitchens Don't Have a Plan
These aren't hypotheticals. They happen in commercial kitchens every week — and they're almost always preventable.
Kitchen Fire
Shutdowns, property damage, liability exposure, injured staff
Failed Inspection
Citations, fines, temporary closure — and the scramble to fix it
Insurance Claim Denied
“Show us the cleaning records.” If you can't, the claim is rejected.
Landlord Violations
Property managers don't want fire risk on their roof. Neither does their insurance.
Emergency Cleanings
Premium rates, scrambled scheduling — because you're paying for urgency, not quality
Fan & Airflow Failures
Grease recirculation, ventilation problems, kitchen air quality complaints
What the record does when someone asks.
The four parties who ask for it, and what each one gets.
The fire inspector.
Photographs of every access panel, before and after, dated. A Certificate of Service naming what was cleaned and when. That is the document the inspection asks for, and it is issued on every job.
The insurance carrier.
A claim after a kitchen fire turns on whether the cleaning records exist. Yours are timestamped, photographed and complete from the first service forward, ready before the renewal or the adjuster asks.
The landlord and the property manager.
Rooftop grease is their damage and their liability. The report shows the containment, the fan, and the roof condition on the day the work was done.
The corporate compliance team.
Multi-unit operators get the same report format at every location, on the same schedule, in one place. Nothing to chase down per site before an audit.
Our Core Services
Everything your exhaust system needs — delivered as one unified program.
Kitchen Exhaust Inspection (KEI)
Risk rating + compliance readiness check aligned to NFPA 96.
→ See what an inspection coversKitchen Exhaust Cleaning (KEC)
True grease removal — not surface-level wipe downs.
→ See what a cleaning coversFan Performance Management (FPM)
Prevent fan failures, airflow issues, grease recirculation.
→ See how fan management worksGrease Filter Exchange (GFX)
Scheduled filter swaps that reduce buildup and improve airflow.
→ See how filter exchange runsRooftop Grease Containment (RGC)
Contain grease, protect roofs, reduce slip hazards.
→ See what containment protectsConsulting Services
Violation resolution, inspection readiness, compliance planning.
→ See consulting scopeYour kitchen answers to everyone.
All at the same time. All changing on different schedules. None of them talking to each other.
A lot of people have expectations of your kitchen exhaust system — the fire marshal, your insurance carrier, the health department, your property manager. They all want proof it’s been done right. Cleaning Pros Plus gives you the work that stands up to every one of them — documented, certified, and ready before anyone asks.
Cleaning Pros Plus built HoodOps and EvidLY — software born from real findings, real gaps, and real compliance pressure in the field. EvidLY identifies what every agency above expects from your kitchen and helps reduce the risk before anyone shows up.
Introducing EvidLY — Commercial Kitchen Risk Management.
Serving Every Industry With a Commercial Kitchen
If you operate a commercial kitchen, you face the same risks: grease buildup, inspection pressure, and real fire exposure.
An IKECA member company serving the Central ValleyInternational Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning AssociationAbout Cleaning Pros Plus
Veteran-owned, IKECA member fire safety and asset protection specialists serving commercial kitchens across California.
Built From the Field Up
“I hold an IKECA membership and a CECS credential — Certified Exhaust Cleaning Specialist. That means I don’t just clean your system. I’m certified to inspect it.
My company performs over 350 exhaust services a year. Our work runs from single-hood taqueria kitchens to multi-unit national accounts and eight kitchen locations inside Yosemite National Park.
I didn’t build Cleaning Pros Plus to compete with everything you’ve accomplished. I built it to match it.”
— Arthur Haggerty, Founder & CEO
That same field experience — combined with an M.S. in Information Management Systems and 25 years of enterprise IT consulting at Deloitte, Cisco, and Dell — led us to build EvidLY, risk management software now live: the standing proof of the work we do, and the record your fire authority and insurer trust. Learn more about EvidLY →
By the Numbers
Our Credentials
Certifications with insurance, training, and testing behind them — not logos.
IKECA MemberThe company — an IKECA member serving the Central ValleyCECSThe founder — Certified Exhaust Cleaning Specialist
PECTThe crew — Professional Exhaust Cleaning TechniciansFounder & CEO — Arthur Haggerty
- IKECA CECS — Certified Exhaust Cleaning Specialist
- Retained NFPA 96 expert witness — commercial kitchen fire litigation
- U.S. Air Force veteran
- 25 years enterprise consulting — Deloitte, Cisco, Dell
An IKECA member company serving the Central ValleyInternational Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning AssociationFrequently Asked Questions
Clear answers for commercial kitchen operators.
General
Inspection & Compliance
Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning
Filters, Fans & Rooftop
EvidLY
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