Hood cleaning report template

Generate a report outline your customer can actually use.

Build a practical hood cleaning inspection report template with job details, system scope, photo prompts, deficiency notes, inaccessible-area language, next service recommendation, and signoff fields.

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Enter the basic job context. The template updates immediately with copy-ready report sections, photo prompts, deficiency language, access notes, and signoff fields.

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Routine cleaning report outline

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Job and customer details

  • Contractor: Your Hood Cleaning Company
  • Customer/site type: Restaurant
  • Systems documented: 1 hood system
  • Service type: Routine cleaning
  • Include service address, onsite contact, service date, technician or crew, and work order number.

Scope of work

  • Routine kitchen exhaust cleaning record prepared for customer handoff. Areas included: hood canopy, filters / baffles, plenum, duct access and exhaust fan.
  • Hood canopy, grease troughs, and exposed hood surfaces were documented.
  • Grease filters or baffles were removed, cleaned, documented, and reinstalled where applicable.
  • The hood plenum and filter track areas were included in the service record.
  • Accessible duct sections and duct access points were documented.
  • The exhaust fan, fan bowl, fan blades, curb, and accessible rooftop components were documented.

Technician notes

  • Heavy grease found in fan bowl before service. Photos attached.
  • Recommended next service: 90 days.

Deficiency section

  • List each deficiency separately with location, condition found, photo reference, risk or operational concern, and recommended next step.
  • Keep unresolved deficiencies visible in the customer handoff instead of burying them in general notes.
  • Example: Missing access panel above rear cookline. Crew could not verify or clean the concealed duct section from that point. Recommend approved access panel installation before next service.

Inaccessible-area notes

  • No inaccessible areas selected for this template.
  • If access changes onsite, add the location, reason, photo, and recommended action before sending the report.

Photo list

  • Hood exterior label
  • Hood interior before
  • Hood interior after
  • Grease trough after
  • Filters before removal
  • Filters after cleaning
  • Filters reinstalled
  • Plenum before
  • Plenum after
  • Filter track condition
  • Duct access location
  • Visible duct interior before
  • Visible duct interior after
  • Fan exterior
  • Fan bowl before
  • Fan blades after
  • Fan curb condition

Signoff block

  • Technician completion name and timestamp
  • Customer or onsite contact acknowledgement
  • Report issue date
  • Contractor contact information
  • PDF download or permanent customer share link

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Report workflow

Use the template as a structure, not the finished record.

The generator gives your office or crew a consistent report skeleton. It is useful for planning what to capture, but the final customer record still needs real job photos, component-specific notes, customer acknowledgement, and a durable PDF or share link.

  • Separate completed work, deficiencies, and inaccessible areas.
  • Match before and after photos by component whenever possible.
  • Keep next service recommendations visible in the final report.
  • Store the signed record where the customer can retrieve it later.
Standards note

What this template does not replace

This free template is a documentation aid. It is not the NFPA 96 standard, does not certify a cleaning job, and does not guarantee acceptance by an AHJ, insurer, customer, or fire marshal.

Verify the current standard, local authority expectations, customer contract requirements, and technician credential requirements before relying on any report.

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