In our experience at Sparkle My Hood, the average person does not give their kitchen exhaust system much attention, but restaurant workers understand how important it is. Your kitchen’s exhaust fan removes smoke, steam, odors, and aerosolized grease from the air to keep it clean and healthy for your staff and to keep the risk of fires to a minimum. In this article, our team will go over a few ways to tell if you might need commercial exhaust fan repair services —if you notice any of the following issues, simply give us a call to get our experts on the job.

Technician inspecting a ceiling vent and ductwork inside a building

  • Lingering Odors – One sign you need commercial exhaust fan repair is cooking odors lingering in your kitchen. This is a sign the fan is not sucking up the air in your kitchen as it should. If it were working properly, the air containing all those scent compounds would be vented outside and replaced with a fresh supply.

  • Changes in Airflow – Another way to tell if you need commercial exhaust fan repair is to look at how smoke or steam behaves. If your exhaust fan is working properly, any steam or smoke from the burners, flat top, or other cooking surface should be pulled right into the vents. If it lingers and spreads around the room instead, then you should get your fan checked out.


  • Strange Noises – A third way to tell if you need commercial exhaust fan repair is to listen to its sounds. If you start to hear grinding or squealing sounds from your fan instead of its usual hum, we encourage you to have our technicians take a look.

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