Express Kitchen Hoods, LLC | Commercial Hood Installation, Cleaning & Repair | DC, MD, VA
Express Kitchen Hoods, LLC - commercial kitchen hood installation, NFPA 96 certified hood cleaning, and emergency repair across Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, and New York City. IKECA trained, fully insured, same-night documentation. Call (800) 200-2134.
Express Kitchen Hoods, LLC is a specialized commercial kitchen ventilation contractor serving restaurants, hotels, corporate campuses, and institutional kitchens across Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York City. We perform hood installation, NFPA 96 certified hood and duct cleaning, exhaust fan repair, and emergency service — all with same-night documentation. Call (800) 200-2134.
Who We Are
Express Kitchen Hoods was founded to address a gap in the Mid-Atlantic commercial kitchen service market — the need for a contractor that combines technical expertise in commercial kitchen exhaust systems with the reliability, documentation quality, and customer communication that restaurant operators and their management companies expect from a professional service partner. We are not a general HVAC contractor that occasionally cleans hoods — commercial kitchen exhaust systems are our exclusive focus.
Our service territory spans the full Washington DC metropolitan area across all Maryland and Virginia jurisdictions, southeastern Pennsylvania including the Philadelphia suburb and York-Lancaster corridor, and New York City with a focus on Brooklyn and Manhattan. We maintain NFPA 96 cleaning and installation expertise across every major fire jurisdiction in this geography and ensure that our documentation meets the specific requirements of each local fire inspection program.
Our Services
NFPA 96 Hood & Duct Cleaning
Complete commercial kitchen exhaust system cleaning — hood canopy interior, filters, plenum, grease trough, full duct run from hood collar to rooftop fan, and rooftop exhaust fan — with NFPA 96 certificate and before-and-after photo documentation delivered same night. Recurring semi-annual and quarterly maintenance agreements available for all service areas. We service all kitchen configurations and cooking equipment types including high-output ethnic kitchens, charbroiler-heavy operations, wok range installations, and institutional food service.
Hood Installation & Replacement
Type I grease exhaust systems and Type II heat-and-moisture systems for new restaurant construction, kitchen reconfigurations, and hood replacement projects. Complete scope: site survey, equipment list, exhaust volume calculations, hood selection and custom fabrication, all-welded grease duct, rooftop fan installation, make-up air, fire suppression coordination, and mechanical permit management. We serve new build-outs and replacement projects throughout the DC, MD, VA, southeastern PA, and NYC territory.
Exhaust Fan Repair & Service
Emergency and scheduled exhaust fan repair — belt replacement, motor diagnosis and replacement, bearing service, capacitor repair, fan wheel cleaning, and full fan unit replacement. 24/7 emergency dispatch for fan failures across the DC, MD, and VA territory. Fan condition inspection and documentation at every NFPA 96 cleaning visit. Preventive maintenance that catches developing fan issues before they become emergency shutdowns.
Commercial Pressure Washing
Hot-water commercial pressure washing for restaurant exteriors, dumpster pad areas, drive-through lanes, sidewalks, and kitchen loading zones. Grease accumulation from exhaust system discharge and food service operations creates slip hazards and health code concerns on restaurant exterior surfaces. We provide health code compliant exterior grease removal as a complement to interior hood cleaning service for a comprehensive grease management solution.
Why Choose Express Kitchen Hoods
NFPA 96 Certified
IKECA-trained technicians performing full NFPA 96 compliant cleaning — not partial service. Every component cleaned, every visit.
Same-Night Documentation
Certificate of cleaning, field report, and before-and-after photos delivered digitally the same night as every service visit.
All Jurisdictions
Documentation correctly formatted for every fire inspection program across DC, MD, VA, PA, and NYC — one contractor for your entire portfolio.
24/7 Emergency
Emergency fan repair and urgent cleaning for pre-inspection compliance available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
No Partial Cleaning
We clean the full system — hood, duct, and rooftop fan — every visit. We never issue a certificate for an incomplete cleaning.
Multi-Location Management
Restaurant groups and hospitality management companies use us as their single vendor across their entire DC/MD/VA portfolio.
Service Territory
Washington DC
Montgomery County, MD
Prince George’s County, MD
Baltimore City & County
Howard & Anne Arundel MD
Fairfax County, VA
Arlington & Alexandria, VA
Loudoun & Prince William, VA
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Manhattan, NYC
Brooklyn, NYC
Richmond, VA
Get Started with Express Kitchen Hoods
NFPA 96 certified hood cleaning, installation, and repair — Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and NYC.