If you do not sell filters right now, you might want to add that to your hood cleaning. I have been selling them right along. A 20x20 galv baffle filter cost me $8.00, and they are a good quality filter. I resell them for $18 to $22. A 20x25 cost about $11.00 in the door, retail for $20 to $28. If a customer needs 8-10 filters, thats quite a profit for no labor. Pluss you don't have to clean the old ones in the hood. Smith Filter is one supplier, there are many others. Hope this helps.
Way to make more money.
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grizzley
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Good idea.
I buy alum baffle filters for $9 each. I sell a allot of them and they are priced at $35 each. From 1/1/2006 - 2/22/2006 I have sold about 70 filters. That's around $1000 / month just for filters.
Here are some pics of some of the new filters I sell. If you are interested, I sell this particular model at a discounted price of $2.75 each; everyone loves saving cashola!
I buy alum baffle filters for $9 each. I sell a allot of them and they are priced at $35 each. From 1/1/2006 - 2/22/2006 I have sold about 70 filters. That's around $1000 / month just for filters.
Here are some pics of some of the new filters I sell. If you are interested, I sell this particular model at a discounted price of $2.75 each; everyone loves saving cashola!
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David Saulque
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Just sold 30 stainless Flamgard at around $55 each-You couldn't give me a alum. filter.
grizzley
Member
David Saulque said:
I'll keep that in mind when I am giving away free filters.
Grant said:
What's equivalent?
Because they are LISTED... so just have to define the second part of that sentance "equivalent". I am under the impresion they are equivalent; the hood manufactures are selling them and so are some "big" suppliers. My guess is if the hood manufacture(s) are thinking they are equivalent I will also until an AHJ says they aren't.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=equivalent
I dunno...
David Saulque
Senior Moderator
If the hood is stainless then the filter should be stainless. The problem is the customer wants a cheap replacement filter for the short term. The value for the stainless filter is two fold, longer shelf life and is much easer to service and clean. This should be our job to convey this to our customer-sell them on the stainless.
David Saulque
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It comes down to the AHJ-we should do what is best for ones self and for the customers.
mtngoat
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Aluminum is light and easy to handle,and much more cost effective.
Stainless and galvanized are definetly more rigid and cost more.
I believe that eventually aluminums in the larger city restaurants with high traffic will be phased out.
There is definitly a gap in the high temperature break down point of Aluminum VS Stainless/Galvanized. Aluminum is a "no contest" to Stainless/Galvanized.
Have you ever experienced a place after it has been engulfed in flames that had Aluminum filters in the hood? They melt and break down fast.
The point of the baffle filter is for it to collapse on itself and cut off oxygen supply and line of fire travel. Mesh filters are worthless in this capacity. It would be like fire through a screen door.
Stainless and galvanized are definetly more rigid and cost more.
I believe that eventually aluminums in the larger city restaurants with high traffic will be phased out.
There is definitly a gap in the high temperature break down point of Aluminum VS Stainless/Galvanized. Aluminum is a "no contest" to Stainless/Galvanized.
Have you ever experienced a place after it has been engulfed in flames that had Aluminum filters in the hood? They melt and break down fast.
The point of the baffle filter is for it to collapse on itself and cut off oxygen supply and line of fire travel. Mesh filters are worthless in this capacity. It would be like fire through a screen door.
Michael T
Member
The purpose of baffles
I think the point of a baffled filter is to create centrifigal force in the air as it passes between the baffles. This causes the suspended grease to sling out of the air and thus removing some of the grease from the exhaust air. I dont think it has anything to do with the baffles collapsing to cut off air supply. I think it does have an effect on the path of the flame. Yes a flame will go thru a mesh filter readily. Isnt that the reason NFPA outlawed them?
Just my thoughts.
Michael T
mtngoat said:
I think the point of a baffled filter is to create centrifigal force in the air as it passes between the baffles. This causes the suspended grease to sling out of the air and thus removing some of the grease from the exhaust air. I dont think it has anything to do with the baffles collapsing to cut off air supply. I think it does have an effect on the path of the flame. Yes a flame will go thru a mesh filter readily. Isnt that the reason NFPA outlawed them?
Just my thoughts.
Michael T
Does it realy matter?
I don't think it matters much what they are made of, key point is SELL them and make some money, If they get to be junk in a couple of services, sell them new one again. If you sell stainless, you will never sell them another set for the life of the account. That does not benifit you. I have some accounts that pay for new ones every two months when hoods are done, filter profit almost as much as hood cleaning profit.
I don't think it matters much what they are made of, key point is SELL them and make some money, If they get to be junk in a couple of services, sell them new one again. If you sell stainless, you will never sell them another set for the life of the account. That does not benifit you. I have some accounts that pay for new ones every two months when hoods are done, filter profit almost as much as hood cleaning profit.