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Clean filters, on the same cycle.
Baffle filters are the first thing the grease meets and the first thing an inspector pulls. Summit exchanges them for clean filters on the program’s cycle, supplies replacements to size where a filter is damaged or missing, and records the count, the size and the condition on the certificate every visit.
Canopy filters — [Venue]
| Visit | Exchanged | Replaced | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Month] | [n] of [n] | 0 | All serviceable · photo pair |
| [Month] | [n] of [n] | 1 · bent frame | Replacement supplied to size |
| [Month] | [n] of [n] | 0 | All serviceable · photo pair |
A clean filter is not a clean system. But a blocked one loads everything behind it.
Filters catch what they can; the rest goes on into the plenum, the duct and the fan. A filter that is blocked, bent or missing lets more through, pulls harder on the fan and raises the fire load in the canopy. It is also the one part of the system a health or fire inspector can see from the floor.
Summit treats the filters as a line on the record: counted and sized at the survey, exchanged on cycle, and photographed in place. Whether the system behind them is within criteria is a separate question, answered by the readings. Why clean filters do not make the system compliant
Exchange, replacement and the record.
Counted and sized at the survey
Every canopy’s filters are counted, measured and photographed at the survey, so the exchange is scoped to the kitchen rather than estimated.
Exchanged on cycle
On each service visit the soiled filters come out and a clean set goes in, on the same calendar as the exhaust program, so the kitchen is never without a full set.
Replacements supplied to size
A bent frame, a missing baffle or a wrong-size filter is replaced with one supplied to the canopy’s measurement, and the replacement is noted on the record.
Recorded on the certificate
The canopy and filters are their own line on the certificate, with the count, the size and a photograph, so the next inspector can see what was there and when.
Any kitchen on a program, and a few that are not.
Kitchens on a Summit program
Filter exchange is scoped at the same survey as the exhaust system and runs on the same visits. Most kitchens take it this way.
Groups and multi-site operators
Filter counts and sizes held per site, exchanged on each site’s cycle, and summarised for head office with the rest of the program.
Kitchens that clean their own filters
Where the kitchen soaks its own filters between services, Summit supplies replacements to size when one is damaged or missing, and records the set at each visit.
Survey to certificate, on one cycle.
Count
Filters counted, measured and photographed at the survey; the cycle set to the kitchen’s load.
Exchange
Soiled set out, clean set in, on each scheduled visit.
Replace
Any damaged or missing filter replaced to size and noted on the record.
Record
Count, size, condition and photograph written on the certificate with the rest of the system.
Put the filters on the record.
The survey counts and sizes them; the program keeps them clean and on the certificate.
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