Hood Cleaning in Cambridge, Ontario
Cambridge Hood Cleaning is a commercial kitchen exhaust cleaning service for restaurants, franchise units, retirement homes, halls, food plants and food trucks across Cambridge, Ayr and Paris. The crew cleans the canopy, filters, plenum, duct and rooftop fan to the published NFPA 96 standard, photographs every surface and leaves a signed certificate. A single-hood kitchen starts from $585 per visit.
Kitchens Cambridge Hood Cleaning serves
Six kinds of kitchen book the visits in Cambridge, Ayr and Paris.
Franchise and chain lines on Hespeler Road, at the Highway 401 interchanges and along Highway 24. A head office or district manager books, the certificate goes to a central file, and several units get done on one route night.
Independent restaurants in the three downtowns. Main Street and Water Street in Galt, King Street in Preston, Queen Street in Hespeler: older buildings with kitchens on the ground floor and duct rising through the floors above.
Retirement and long-term care kitchens. Three meals a day, every day, and a certificate that goes to the operator and its insurer.
Churches, legions, cultural centres and community halls. Volunteer kitchens that cook in bursts, often on the annual cycle, with a board member holding the paperwork.
Food plants, wholesale bakeries, commissaries and caterers. Long duct runs, several hoods, and an insurer and a food-safety auditor who both want the record.
Food trucks and trailers. A short system that still needs the filters, the hood and the fan cleaned and documented.
Where to find hood cleaning near me in Cambridge
Cambridge Hood Cleaning covers the whole City of Cambridge plus Ayr and Paris, overnight or between services.
The City of Cambridge sits in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo where the Grand and Speed rivers meet, with a 2021 census population of 138,479. Each of its former towns still has its own downtown. Galt is the southern half, with Main Street and Water Street along the Grand River and the Gaslight District beside them. Preston is west, on King Street where it meets the Speed River. Hespeler is northeast, with Queen Street village at its heart. Blair is a small village west of Preston near Fountain Street.
Between those downtowns runs a different kind of kitchen. Hespeler Road, Franklin Boulevard, Pinebush Road and Eagle Street carry the franchise and plaza strip up to the Highway 401 interchanges: new-build units with short duct runs and a fryer bank under a low hood. The downtowns hold older buildings with long duct runs through masonry and apartments above the kitchen. The two need different scopes, and the walk-through sorts out which one you have.
Highway 8 runs west to Ayr in the Township of North Dumfries, and Highway 24 runs south to Paris in the County of Brant. Both are on the same overnight schedule as Cambridge. Community detail, the fire services and the public health units are on the areas served page.
What happens on a Cambridge hood cleaning visit
Seven steps, in the same order on every job.
- Free walk-through. The technician counts and measures the canopies, notes the filter type, traces the duct to the roof and records where access is missing.
- Written quote within 24 hours. Scope, price and any item that needs your separate approval, such as a new access panel on a duct that has none.
- Insurance proof before the night. Proof of WSIB coverage and liability insurance goes to you, and to the landlord where the roof is involved.
- Line and floor covered. Cooking equipment is sheeted and the floor protected before the first spray.
- System cleaned in sections. Filters out, canopy and plenum taken to bare metal, duct reached through its panels, fan opened and cleaned inside.
- Photographs before and after. Each surface is shot before the degreaser goes on and again at bare metal, plenum and duct interior included.
- Signed certificate. A health and safety certificate referencing the published NFPA 96 standard, listing the sections cleaned and the date. Cambridge Hood Cleaning is not affiliated with NFPA.
Scope for each service is on the services page. Method detail is on the hood cleaning services and kitchen exhaust cleaning pages.
Hood cleaning company in Cambridge: what to look for
Judge a hood cleaning company on what it hands you after the visit, not on what it promises before.
Photographs of the parts you cannot see. Plenum, duct interior and fan housing, not only the canopy face.
A certificate that names sections and dates. Each part of the system on its own line, with the date. The NFPA 96 guide explains what that document does and does not claim.
Insurance documents before the visit. WSIB coverage and liability insurance, both in writing, before anyone is on your roof.
A crew that reaches the whole duct. A downtown Galt or Hespeler building can carry duct through two or three floors. The quote should say which sections can be reached and which need a panel added. Read the kitchen exhaust cleaning page for how long runs are handled, and the exhaust fan repair page for the rooftop end.
How much does hood cleaning cost in Cambridge in 2026?
Cambridge Hood Cleaning charges from $585 per visit for a single-hood kitchen up to ten feet and from $995 per visit for a multi-hood kitchen of two to four canopies. Larger systems are quoted on site after a free walk-through, and the written quote comes back within 24 hours.
Canopy count and length set the per-visit price. What cooks under the hood sets how often the crew comes back, and that sets the yearly total, so a charbroiler franchise on Hespeler Road and a church kitchen in Preston pay different amounts over a year for a similar hood. The published intervals by cooking volume are on the NFPA 96 guide. Fan repair and deep cleaning of the cooking line are quoted per job after inspection or walk-through.
Next step: call 226-917-4064 or send the form above with the canopy count and what cooks under it. The contact page lists what else to have ready. Who does the work is on the about page.
Hood cleaning in Cambridge: frequently asked questions
How often does a Cambridge restaurant need hood cleaning?
The cooking volume and the appliance decide it. NFPA 96 publishes intervals from monthly for solid-fuel cooking to annual for low-volume kitchens such as churches and seasonal camps. The full table and the inspection checklist are on the NFPA 96 guide.
Can the kitchen stay open on the day of a hood cleaning?
Yes. Cambridge Hood Cleaning works overnight or between services: a Water Street dining room after the last table leaves, a Hespeler Road franchise unit after close, a retirement home kitchen between dinner clean-down and breakfast prep.
Does Cambridge Hood Cleaning cover Ayr and Paris?
Yes. The coverage line is the City of Cambridge (Galt, Preston, Hespeler and Blair), Ayr in the Township of North Dumfries, and Paris in the County of Brant. Nothing beyond that line. See the areas served page.
Can several franchise units be cleaned on the same night?
Yes. Units along Hespeler Road, Pinebush Road and the Highway 401 interchanges are routed as one overnight run, each unit gets its own certificate and photo set, and the documents go to the head office or district manager as one package. The hood cleaning services page covers route nights.
What should be ready before calling for a quote?
Three details: the canopy count and rough length, what the line cooks, and the date of the last certificate if one exists. Call 226-917-4064, or read the contact page for the rest, including who holds the roof key.