Calgary degreasing for commercial kitchen, industrial and auto-shop scope
Restaurant grease-trap aprons, kitchen exhaust hood exteriors, hydraulic-oil yard residue, auto-shop floors, fleet wash-bay slabs. Heavier alkaline chemistry plus extended dwell, hot rinse where available, contained runoff for industrial residue. NSF-listed for food-processing scope. Storm-drain compliant standard products. Most Calgary degreasing visits land between $150 and $1,200 per area.
Commercial and industrial grease does not respond to consumer chemistry
Standard cleaning chemistry can lift fresh oil and light grease. Industrial-grade grease — restaurant kitchen exhaust residue, hydraulic-oil shop floors, oilfield service-truck pads, heavy-equipment hydraulic leaks — is formulated to resist normal cleaning. The right approach is heavier alkaline chemistry (10-15% concentration vs 2-5% for general use) with extended dwell time (20-30 minutes vs 5-10), hot rinse where available (heated water at the surface cleaner setting accelerates the lift), and contained runoff for any residue that exceeds municipal storm-drain limits.
The scope splits across three customer types. Restaurant operators (kitchen exhaust hood exteriors, grease-trap aprons, drive-thru lanes). Industrial yards (hydraulic-oil residue, gear-oil drops, heavy-equipment staging pads). Auto-shop floors (vehicle service bays, fleet wash bays, equipment-rental drop-off pads). Each has its own chemistry, dwell and disposal pattern. Pair degreasing with restaurant exterior for the full food-service scope, with heavy equipment washing for the yard equipment side or with oil stain removal for the residential and lighter-scale work.
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How a Calgary degreasing pass runs
Four steps from site walk to clean slab
Site walk and chemistry choice
Walk the scope with the operator or facility manager, confirm grease type (kitchen, hydraulic, gear, automotive), pick chemistry (standard alkaline, NSF-listed, food-service safe), set up containment if heavy industrial residue is in scope.
Apply degreaser, dwell
Heavier concentration than general cleaning, applied at the matched dwell time for the residue type. Brush-agitate the worst zones (kitchen hood drip line, hydraulic-oil staging zones). Containment berms hold any concentrated runoff.
Hot rinse and second pass if needed
Hot water at the surface cleaner setting where available — accelerates the lift on baked-on grease. Heavily soiled spots get a second degreaser pass. Standard residue rinses to storm drain through facility-approved disposal.
Walkaround and disposal handoff
Walk the cleaned area with the operator to confirm the result, contained drums handed to the facility's licensed waste handler with manifest if applicable. Invoice matches the contract scope plus any pre-approved containment add-ons.
Calgary degreasing has three distinct demand patterns. Restaurant routine work runs monthly to weekly depending on volume — grease-trap aprons and kitchen exhaust hood exteriors are AHS-inspection target zones. Oilfield demand peaks twice a year (October pre-winter pad reset, April post-winter cleanup) because field equipment cycles seasonally through the staging yards. Auto-shop floors run on monthly contracts for active dealerships and fleet operators, quarterly for low-volume independents.
No single property runs all three scopes, but most commercial cleaning contracts include at least one. We size the chemistry, the dwell and the containment to the specific scope. Pair degreasing with dumpster pad cleaning for the food-service routine, with industrial pressure washing for the plant-scope shutdown work or with gas station and forecourt cleaning for the fuel-island degrease work.
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Pair degreasing with
Other commercial services that include or follow degreaser work
Degreasing is often a line item in a larger commercial contract. Restaurant, industrial, fleet and auto-shop scopes all pair with the degreaser pass.
Five questions that come up on most degreasing bids.
Oil stain removal is residential and small-scale — driveway aprons, garage drips, single stain spots. Degreasing is the commercial and industrial scale — restaurant grease-trap aprons, kitchen exhaust exteriors, auto-shop floors, fleet wash-bay slabs, oilfield service-truck staging pads. Heavier alkaline chemistry, larger surface coverage, often paired with sanitiser passes for food-service compliance.
Exterior of the kitchen exhaust hood and the rooftop exhaust stack — yes. Interior hood cleaning where fire-suppression code requires NFPA 96 certified work goes to a licensed hood-cleaning specialist with the right certification. We handle the exterior grease drips down the wall below the hood vent, the rooftop hood-stack surround and the adjacent ducting that is outside the regulated interior.
Yes, hydraulic oil at heavy-equipment yards, gear oil at manufacturing plants, machine-shop slab residue. The chemistry is heavier alkaline plus extended dwell because these oils are formulated to resist normal cleaning. Hot rinse where available accelerates the lift. Contained runoff for any concentrated residue that should not go to storm drain — coordinated with the facility's waste handling.
Yes, the standard degreasers we use are biodegradable, low-phosphate and meet The City of Calgary Wastewater Bylaw requirements for storm-drain runoff. Heavier industrial degreasers used on contaminated work get containment with absorbent berms and drum collection so they do not go to storm. We tell you at the site walk which type your scope needs.
Yes, with NSF-listed chemistry for food-processing and the facility's approved chemistry list for pharmaceutical. Both require sign-in through visitor management, food-grade or pharma-grade PPE, GMP protocol adherence and documented chemistry records per visit. Scheduled around sanitation downtime windows so production is not affected.
Calgary degreasing reviews
What operators say after the specialty pass
★★★★★4.9· 75 reviews on Google
★★★★★
Restaurant kitchen exhaust hood exterior had years of baked-on grease running down the back wall. Hartford used the heavier degreaser plus hot rinse, the wall came back to original colour. AHS inspector noticed the difference at the next visit.
Restaurant Owner
Calgary · Beltline
★★★★★
Heavy-equipment yard with hydraulic-oil staging pads that had not been properly cleaned in years. Crew set up containment, used the right alkaline plus extended dwell, the pads are back to spec. Quarterly contract now.
Operations Manager
Calgary · East Lake Industrial
★★★★★
Auto-shop service bays with monthly degreasing. The crew handles the bays after-hours so we do not lose service time. The bay floors look the way they should look — clean concrete, not the dark stained slab we used to live with.
Shop Manager
Calgary · 17th Avenue SE
★★★★★
Food-processing plant with NSF chemistry requirements. Hartford brought the right products, followed our GMP protocols and documented every chemistry choice. Smooth scheduled-downtime degrease pass.
Plant Manager
Calgary · Foothills Industrial
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Degreasing chemistry, storm-drain compliance and industrial scope notes
Free degreasing scope bid
Request your Calgary specialty degreasing scope in writing
Tell us the scope (restaurant kitchen, hydraulic-oil yard, auto-shop floor, fleet wash bay, food-processing), the cadence you need and whether containment is required. A Hartford account manager follows up within one business day with a scoped quote.
Storm-drain compliant standard products. NSF-listed for food-processing. Containment with drums priced as separate scope line for heavy industrial residue.
