Rooftop grease cleanup and containment
Grease that escapes a rooftop fan stains the membrane and shortens the life of the roof. It is often the first sign a property manager gets that the kitchen's exhaust vendor is not doing the whole job.
What we do on the roof
Included
- Clean grease off the fan curb and the membrane around it
- Empty and clean the containment box, or quote one if there is none
- Photograph the fan, the hinge and the cable condition
- Document roof condition for the property file
For facilities and property managers
The report is written to be forwarded. Fan, duct, access panel and rooftop conditions are all documented, deficiencies come with a priority, and protecting the roof and the equipment during service is part of the standard scope rather than an extra.
What grease on a roof actually costs
Grease sits on a membrane and stays there. It softens some roofing materials, it collects grit, and it is the thing a landlord photographs when the lease comes up. The repair lands on the tenant, and it is usually larger than several years of exhaust cleaning.
The second cost is quieter. Grease running off the curb means the fan is passing it through instead of holding it, which means the duct below is loading faster than the cleaning interval assumes.
Containment boxes and what they need
A containment box catches what leaves the fan and holds an absorbent pad. It works while somebody empties it. A full box overflows in exactly the spot it was installed to protect.
If you have one, emptying and cleaning it is part of the visit and it gets photographed full and empty. If you do not have one, we quote it as its own line rather than folding it into a cleaning price.
On the roof, after
The rooftop fan from the first full clean, back together on its curb. The condition of the roof around it goes into the same report.
Questions we get
Is roof grease my problem or the landlord's?
Read the lease. In most Middle Tennessee restaurant leases the tenant owns the exhaust equipment and the damage it causes, and the landlord owns the roof. That combination is why dated photographs matter: they record the condition before anyone is arguing about it.
Do you do roof repairs?
No. We clean grease off the membrane and the fan curb, we service or quote containment, and we photograph the roof condition we find. Roofing work goes to a roofer.
How often does a containment box need emptying?
It depends on how much the kitchen fries and how well the fan holds. We check it at every visit and photograph it, and the report says whether the interval is holding or the box is filling faster than the schedule.
Can you clean the roof without cleaning the hood?
Yes. Roof and fan work is quoted on its own, and it often is, because a property manager usually finds the problem before the kitchen does.
Is the roof inspection really free?
Yes. We go up, photograph the fan, the curb, the containment and the membrane around it, and send you the pictures. There is no site-visit fee and no obligation, whether or not anything gets booked.
Get a free roof inspection
Tell us the hood and fan count and roughly when it was last cleaned. Photos of the hood, the filters and the rooftop fan speed the quote up considerably.