School, church or daycare kitchen
Community kitchens are easy to forget between inspections. We set them up with the right hood and a regular cleaning schedule.
Commercial Kitchen Hood Installation →Serving Schaumburg & nearby Roselle, Hoffman Estates
Commercial Kitchen Projects in Schaumburg, IL
Exhaust hoods, hood cleaning and grease traps for restaurants, cafes and institutional kitchens in Schaumburg.
- Commercial kitchens across Schaumburg ZIP 60193, 60173, 60194, 60195
- Nights, early mornings and closed days
- Coordination with the fire and health inspectors
Commercial kitchen problems we take care of in Schaumburg
Commercial kitchens fail inspections and lose service days over the same few systems. Our Schaumburg crews handle the ventilation over the cook line and the grease treatment under the sinks, from new installation through routine cleaning and the records inspectors ask for.
Hood cleaning sticker expired
Inspectors look for a current dated cleaning certificate on the hood. We clean the system after hours and post a new one with a written report.
Commercial Hood Cleaning →Grease dripping from the hood or roof fan
When grease escapes the hood or fan, it's overdue for cleaning. We degrease the whole system and note any parts that need repair.
Commercial Hood Cleaning →Adding fryers, grills or a new cook line
When the cook line changes, the ventilation has to follow. We recalculate the hood, fan and makeup air and coordinate suppression changes.
Commercial Kitchen Hood Installation →New kitchen needs a grease trap or interceptor
Plan review for a new food establishment usually requires grease treatment. We size the trap or interceptor from your fixtures and flow and install it.
Grease Trap Installation & Cleaning →Smoke and heat filling the kitchen
When the line is hazy and doors whistle, the exhaust and the replacement air are out of balance. We measure and correct the system.
Commercial Kitchen Hood Installation →Taking over a second-generation space
Before you sign or open, we can look at the existing hood, duct, fan and grease trap and list what needs upgrading.
Commercial Kitchen Hood Installation →Opening a new restaurant
A new food establishment needs an approved hood system over grease-producing equipment and grease treatment on its drains before it can open. We plan, permit and install both.
Commercial Kitchen Hood Installation →What the job covers
- Permits and plan reviewDrawings and permits for hoods and grease traps, with answers to building, fire and health reviewers.
- Hood, duct and fan installationThe full exhaust system from canopy to roof, sized to the equipment.
- Fire suppression coordinationSuppression is installed by a licensed suppression contractor; we coordinate the hood work around it.
- Kitchen exhaust cleaningHood, plenum, duct and roof fan cleaned to bare metal, after hours.
- Grease trap installationUnder-sink traps and in-ground interceptors sized, permitted and installed.
- Grease trap cleaning and pumpingSmall traps cleaned on site; interceptors pumped by licensed waste haulers.
- Records for inspectorsCleaning certificates, service reports and trap logs kept for each visit.
What goes into the system
Grease traps and interceptorsGrease treatment sized to how much grease the kitchen sends down the drain.
Install, clean or serviceInstall when the system is missing or wrong; clean or service when it's sound but loaded.
Makeup air unitsUnits that replace the air the hood removes, tempered where needed.
Grease duct and exhaust fansThe path the grease vapor takes out of the building, built to be cleaned.
Type I hoodsGrease hoods with baffle filters and suppression for fryers, griddles, ranges and broilers.
Kitchens like yours in Schaumburg: before and after
Before
AfterBefore and after: a restaurant kitchen in Schaumburg
The site: a restaurant kitchen near Olde Schaumburg Centre. The reason for the call: a worn cook line under an old, undersized hood. Finished kitchen: the same kitchen with a new hood line and stainless equipment. Work included permits and plan review, fire suppression coordination, plus grease trap installation.
Before
AfterCommercial Kitchen Projects in a restaurant kitchen, Itasca
A restaurant kitchen in Itasca, a typical kitchen for Itasca. What bothered the owners most: a worn cook line under an old, undersized hood. After: the same kitchen with a new hood line and stainless equipment. Work included fire suppression coordination, kitchen exhaust cleaning, plus grease trap cleaning and pumping.
Commercial Kitchen Projects in Itasca →
Before
AfterA Schaumburg two-story colonial from the 1990s: before and after
Cabinets in deep olive with unlacquered brass knobs and cup pulls, charcoal concrete-look quartz counters, a white 3x12 tile in a stacked pattern backsplash, gray wood-look porcelain plank flooring and black cage pendants and slim recessed lights.
Kitchen Remodeling in Schaumburg →
Before
AfterSchaumburg kitchen, 1990s two-story colonial: kitchen cabinet painting
Finished: the same doors sprayed in light butter yellow, new brushed nickel bar pulls; counters and floor stayed as they were.
Kitchen Cabinet Painting in Schaumburg →
Before
AfterBefore and after: a 1990s two-story colonial in Schaumburg
Finished: new five-piece shaker doors in sage green on the existing boxes, matching face-frame veneer and satin brass pulls.
Cabinet Refacing in Schaumburg →Scheduling around service
- Call with what you're seeingTell us about the kitchen, the problem and any inspection notice or deadline.
- Site visitA walk-through to measure, inspect and plan around your hours.
- Written proposalYou get an itemized proposal for the installation, cleaning or service.
- Work and paperworkWe do the work, often after hours, and leave the permits, certificates or logs.
Commercial Kitchen Projects questions from Schaumburg businesses
What standard covers commercial kitchen ventilation?
The main standard is NFPA 96. The village's mechanical and fire codes decide how it's enforced locally.
Do you work on school, church and daycare kitchens?
We do, including kitchens used only for events or a few meals a week.
How often should the hood be cleaned?
It depends on your cooking: busy fryer and grill lines are cleaned often, lighter kitchens less. We recommend a schedule after seeing the system.
How often should a grease trap be cleaned?
It depends on trap size and grease load, and local FOG rules may set a minimum. We measure at each visit and adjust.
Can you help if we just failed an inspection?
We can. Many write-ups are fixable quickly once someone reads them against the system on site.
Do I need a Schaumburg-registered contractor for commercial kitchen project?
Contractors must register with the Village; out-of-town contractor license $125/year (includes $10 Schaumburg Business Association fee), runs through Dec 31. We take care of that before work starts.
What is the Schaumburg building department phone number?
Permits go through Community Development Department, Permitting Division (Permit Services), phone (847) 923-4420. When your scope needs one, we prepare the application and schedule the inspections.
Which Schaumburg office signs off on hood work?
Schaumburg Fire Department inspects all businesses and food facilities. We schedule the inspection and have the paperwork ready.
Do you work in my part of Schaumburg?
Yes. Our crews work across Schaumburg, including Weathersfield, International Village, Woodfield area, Olde Schaumburg Centre — ZIP 60193, 60173, 60194, 60195 — and nearby Roselle, Hoffman Estates, Hanover Park.
Working in Schaumburg
- Kitchens in Schaumburg keep cooking as long as possible: we schedule the noisy work for off-hours.
- When a permit is required, we prepare the submittal for Community Development Department, Permitting Division (Permit Services) and meet the fire inspector on site.
- Insurance certificates, site access and landlord requirements are sorted out before work starts.
WeathersfieldInternational VillageWoodfield areaOlde Schaumburg CentreTown Square
ZIP 60193ZIP 60173ZIP 60194ZIP 60195
Commercial Kitchen Projects nearby
Other kitchen services in Schaumburg
Kitchen RemodelingFull kitchen remodels, from layout to last cabinet pull.
Kitchen Cabinet PaintingFactory-smooth painted cabinets without replacing them.
Cabinet RefacingNew doors and fronts on your existing cabinet boxes.
Countertop Fabrication & InstallationQuartz, granite and butcher block, templated and installed.
Kitchen Backsplash InstallationTile backsplashes with clean lines and flush outlets.