Redesigning A Restaurant’s Kitchen Space The Safe Waysubmitted on 14 January 2017
When you set out to redesign a kitchen in a restaurant, there are a lot of things that you are going to have to take into consideration. You have to worry not just about codes and laws, but the personal protection of all of your employees and patrons of your establishment. These are some of the points that you want to keep in mind when you are redesigning the kitchen for your restaurant.
Know What You Are Facing
It is important to remember that taking the “it will not happen to me” attitude is not only dangerous, it can be downright deadly. According to a 2012 report issued by the NFPA, or National Fire Protection Agency, there were approximately 7,640 fires in eating and drinking establishments that were responded to by various fire departments across the country between the years 2006 and 2010. During those few short years, over $246 million dollars in property damage was done. There was also injuries to 115 citizens and annual loss of life of 2 each year.
In order to ensure that your restaurant kitchen does not become a part of a statistic, you will need to make sure that your kitchen equipment, fire suppression system sprinklers, and ductwork, which includes the duct access doors themselves, are of the highest quality and the right kind for a commerical kitchen.
Having Proper Ductwork In Place
Believe it or not, having the best quality ductwork in place will have a lot to do with keeping your kitchen safe from fires. In fact, the biggest point you need to consider when you are shopping for new materials and considering options is the access to ductwork for frequent cleaning purposes. This is mandatory to have in order to prevent buildup of grease which is high risk of fire.
Depending on the size of the ductwork, you must have access doors in measured intervals throughout the ductwork. These duct access doors will allow your ventilation cleaner into the ductwork at just about any point for standard cleaning and maintenance work. When you keep up with the required steps, you will have a lower chance of facing major problems.
Know Your Brands
When you are shopping for your kitchen equipment, it is important for you to remember that the quality of the equipment is what matters more than the price. Therefore, you may want to stick with brands that are well known in the industry to sell products that you can trust.
Flame Gard access doors is one of those brands and you should have no trouble looking through a wide variety for whatever your restaurant kitchen's ductwork needs. Another nice thing is that the Flame Gard brand has worked hard to bring you a variety of sizes in the duct access doors. This way, no matter what kind of setup you will have, or whether you want to have the access door on the side or the bottom of the duct work, you will be able to find what you need.
Don’t Forget The Sprinklers
Having a proper fire-suppression system or sprinklers in place in your restaurant and especially in the kitchen, is crucial for maintaining the safety of everyone in the building. You will want to make sure that you are taking the time to review the NFPA’s lists of codes so you can always know whether you are on the right track.
It is important to have the best quality sprinkler system in place and have your sprinklers spaced out in a proper manner. If you are hiring a quality sprinkler installation company to assist you with this, they should be able to help guide you in the right direction.
Starting with those points, you should be on the right track for redesigning your kitchen in the safest possible manner. In later articles, we'll go over some recommendations of the most important types of equipment to have in a commercial kitchen for cooking, cooling as well as cleaning.
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