If the rooftop fan over your Peoria kitchen won't start, squeals, or has stopped pulling smoke, we can connect you with a local company that repairs it. We don't repair fans ourselves.
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When a Peoria kitchen's exhaust fan quits, the hood stops capturing smoke and grease. This page is a referral for that repair: belts, bearings, motors, and fans that won't run or won't pull. We connect you with an independent local company. We don't climb the roof, we don't sell parts, and we don't set the price.
Cleaning is the other job. If the fan runs but the housing and blades are coated in grease, see exhaust fan cleaning. NFPA 96 treats cleaning to bare metal and a fan that actually moves air as two different duties. A cleaning sticker does not fix a dead motor.
The exhaust fan is what pulls grease-laden air out of the hood, through the duct, and outside. NFPA 96, the standard behind most commercial-kitchen fire rules, treats that fan as part of the exhaust system, not an accessory. If it isn't running, the hood is not doing its job, heat and smoke stay in the kitchen, and grease that should have left the building stays on surfaces and in the duct. Cooking under a dead fan is how a small flare-up gets worse.
The Peoria Fire Department, or the fire office for your town, is who decides how that standard is enforced on a given inspection. We aren't the fire marshal and this isn't a legal opinion. If an inspector has already written the fan up, say so when you call.
Restaurant fans on roofs around Peoria are mostly upblast units. The failures we hear about fall into a few buckets:
You don't have to diagnose it. "The fan won't start," "it squeals," or "the kitchen fills with smoke" is enough for us to pass along. Photos of the nameplate help the company bring the right belt or motor.
A typical visit starts on the roof. The company should look at the wheel, belt or motor, disconnect, and hinge before it sells you a part. Ask for a written quote before they order a motor. Motor swaps on older fans can take days if the part isn't on the truck. Some of the wiring is electrical work. Ask whether a licensed electrician will do that part. We don't check licenses for you.
Ask whether the quote includes degreasing the housing. A new belt on a grease-packed wheel often fails again. If cleaning isn't in the repair price, you can ask us for a cleaning referral as a separate visit.
If the fan is down and you're open, tell us. We'll try to find a company that can come soon. Each company sets its own schedule, and a motor that has to be ordered will not be same-day. Call (309) 724-1198 if it's urgent.
Belt-drive: the motor sits beside the fan and a belt turns the wheel. Belts are a wear item. A grease-soaked belt slips, and a loose belt squeals. Direct-drive: the motor is on the fan shaft. Fewer parts, and a failure usually means the motor itself. Newer hoods often use direct-drive upblast fans. Older buildings along the river and around the older commercial strips often still have belt-drive. Either way, the company needs to know which one is on your curb before it promises a part.
Ask if they regularly work on commercial kitchen upblast fans, not only bathroom fans or rooftop HVAC. Ask for the price in writing, what parts are included, and who does the electrical connection. Ask for proof of insurance. After the repair, run the fan with the hood filters in place and see if the kitchen clears. If it still doesn't pull, the duct may be plugged, which is a cleaning problem, not another motor.
We try to help kitchens in Peoria, East Peoria, Peoria Heights, Pekin, Morton, Washington, Chillicothe, and Dunlap. Use the form and leave the service on kitchen exhaust fan repair so the lead isn't mixed up with a cleaning request.
These are separate jobs. A match for one does not include the others unless the company says so in writing.
The main service: matching Peoria restaurants with a company for hood, duct, and fan cleaning.
Back to hood cleaningDegreasing the rooftop fan. Different from repairing a fan that will not run.
Fan cleaningBelts, motors, and fans that are down or pulling weak. We refer the repair. We don't do it.
Fan repairPump-out of traps and interceptors, with a manifest. A plumbing job, not a hood cleaning.
Grease trap pumpingThe six-month look at the wet-chemical system over the cook line. Not a hood-cleaning sticker.
Suppression inspectionWhat the hood-cleaning standard covers, and what to ask an inspector for.
NFPA 96 pageStraight answers. If yours isn't here, call (309) 724-1198.
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