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Squirtgun

Squirtgun

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A guy from church asked me to clean his exhaust system at his take out fried chicken restaurant. I told him we aren't certified or insured for exhaust systems and didn't do that type of cleaning.
He stated telling me his last company wasn't either.He then goes on to tell me the systen hasn't been serviced in 6months but they do pull the filters once a week and rinse them with a garden hose.
EEEWWWWW...we get take out from there about twice a month.
 
Makes you think twice before eating out huh?

I know I always think twice.
 
Just go clean it if you want.You don't need to be Certified.After 19 years I am not and do it full time.Who certified the certifiers anyway?
 
Scott,
If you really want to be 'certified', for whatever reason, it is real easy. I am 'certified' through a nationally recognized training program, however I consider it of no value and seldom even reveal it. There is no cost whatsoever to receive a legitimate certificate - other than a small amount of your tme. I would place its value in the same category as the 'CHDC' certificate that is being bandied about on this board - worthless for all purposes, however if this is your desire email me and I'll direct you.
Richard
 
RJTravel said:
Scott,
If you really want to be 'certified', for whatever reason, it is real easy. I am 'certified' through a nationally recognized training program, however I consider it of no value and seldom even reveal it. There is no cost whatsoever to receive a legitimate certificate - other than a small amount of your tme. I would place its value in the same category as the 'CHDC' certificate that is being bandied about on this board - worthless for all purposes, however if this is your desire email me and I'll direct you.
Richard
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RJ,
I'm not really interested in the cert. or KEC. However,I would like to help the guy out. We have the equipment and chems.I have a good understanding of what the end product should look like.Thanks to the KEC guys on this BBS who share their knowledge.
I'll go talk with him tomorrow and try to get and idea of what he was paying,as well as,the exact size of the system and condition of the supression system(it looks to be very old and not well maintained).
 
Squirtgun said:
RJ,
........and condition of the supression system(it looks to be very old and not well maintained).
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If the system isn't in date, I wouldn't TOUCH it with a 10' pole.

Be sure to grab your self at LEAST 1 million in insurance. We carry $3 million and still wonder if that is enough sometimes. Else have a legal disclaimer about the lack of them maintaining their equipment and have a member of their board sign it, not just the flunky running the register (that's not a legal binding agreement). But it's surprising he would care about the cleaning and not the fire protection system.


Squirtgun said:
RJ,
I'll go talk with him tomorrow and try to get and idea of what he was paying
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Does it matter? Shoot YOUR price at him and if he balks, you walk. You wouldn't remove an impacted turd for less than the next guy just to get to do it...would you? There are plenty of "impacted turds" out there, remove them for what YOU want paid to do it.
 
This place got cleaned recently(not my me)the owner told me it cost him $1700 to clean and have fire suppression repaired.
The owner of a chinese place where we eat(hey,what can I say,I like stir fried cat,dog and pigeon) asked if he could rent my rig to clean his exhaust.Rent,Yeah,as if that will ever happen before hell freezes over.
I told him NO, and even if I did rent it out he wouldn't want to pay the fee.He told me."you a jerk off", "I crean with some gasorine and rags",I'm waiting to see the fire footage on the news.
 
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I hope the suppression system was broken badly for a bill in that amount. You can figure $200 low to $500 high for the hood cleaning, that leaves $1200 to $1500 for the suppression work. I'm pretty sure that would buy you a new system with most companies.
 
We did a few Chicken Places. This one place has had several fires before we started with them. We cleaned them on a quarterly basis for about 2 years. 300.00 per service. 10 ft hood, duct straight uo with 3' fan on a flat roof. It was greasey and dirty every time. They wouldnt pull the filters but once a month if that. The owner thought they needed to drop back to every 6 mo. at the same quarterly price. So we dont service them anymore. Waiting for the next fire.
 
Scott,

Methinks your friend got roasted. Even just using the Dxxco pricing method, 12 foot hood: $120 to $240; 1 roof top fan $40 to $60. Price from $160 to $300. Say $350 to clean. $1700 minus $350, that's a lot of cable and fiddling around for $1350. Why not go back and take pictures of the fan on the roof and down the duct and behind the filters, show them to your pal. See if it looks any cleaner.
 
The "extra" could have been for some thing more extensive. Right now, we are upgrading ALOT of systems to UL300, as most everyone is. Very little profit would be priced at $1850 for the upgrade only, not including a cleaning or portable extinguishers.

So actually, it's very possible that he got one hell of a deal. If that $1350 was for the upgrade to the system, WOW! Good deal!

I can hear it now...
Owner: You too high! You do work for less! You no upgrade for $2000! Me pay you $1350 and give you $300 in gift certificates!

Me: Um, no. Goodbye.
 
Yeah the numbers didnt look quite rite for me either.
Somebody wants to update systems for that much I'll sub the work to you and still pay for my new truck.
 
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