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Thinking about restaurant hood, exhaust duct and fan cleaning. Is this type work mostly for larger, well established companies? I called several restaurant's and they all had the same company doing theirs. Is there such a big liability doing this that only well established, bigger companies can do this type work? Just wondering if this is a good line of work to start out in, even with training. Any help/advice is greatly appreciated.

If I were you, start out doing sidewalks. Why would you think that hood service would be a good starting point on the Yellow Brick Road?

David

Well with the training that is available today it would be easier to start now than say 20 years ago, but if you make a mistake in this line of work it can be costly, really costly.
If you decide to go this way get as much training as possible, try to get someone to take out on a few jobs, just so you know what you are getting into. That would probably require some traveling on your part, one of your potential competetors may not want to help you out in this way

Here's an example for you to think about. Out here in Pittsburgh, one of our established competitors was doing a large restaurant for a while and then decided that they needed to upgrade a lot of the ductwork, access panels etc., to stay in compliance with fire codes. He sent them the report via certified mail and they refused the additional cost so he told them he was stopping the work. They eventually found some new guy to do it for them and a few months later the place burns down completely. Fire marshall determines it was the duct work and calls up our competitor who proves he no longer did the work so they go after the new guy. Over $3 million in damages, the place burnt to the ground. All on the new guy. I don't care who you are, if you are new you don't have over $3 million in liability coverage because the costs are too much to handle. So this guy has lost his home, assets, everything, because he took on somebody else's discarded business.

Find something easier to start your business with like sidewalks, siding or awnings. There are a lot easier ways to make your money in this business. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with vent hoods, there isn't and there's definitely a lot of money to be made in this area of the cleaning business. It's just a little more involved than most of the other services you could provide as a new pressure washing company.