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DO NOT LET YOUR WASHER FREEZE! If possible, store your pressure washer in a warm place. Automatic bathroom or "Milk House" electric heaters work well in small areas like small garages and inside of enclosed vehicles (vans, bobtails, trailers).For Natural Gas and LP Gas water heaters the pilot lights provide heat at the base of [...]

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Approximately 1/2 the homes in the United States have a wooden deck, siding, fencing, or roof. Without protection wood rapidly deteriorates from the following elements:

Water. Water is absorbed into the wood and washes out the natural wood resins and color. Freezing/thaw cycles can splinter and crack the wood. Also water promotes algae, mold, and [...]

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The following are the IKECA Member who authored the Team IKECA Kitchen Grease Exhaust Cleaning Business Library and other contributors.

Lockout/Tagout is covered in section 1910.147, under subpart J (General Environmen­tal Controls) of 29 CFR 1910. Of course, 29 CFR 1910 is the OSHA regulations pertaining to General Industry. The equipment in which unexpected energization or startup of the machines or equipment or the release of stored energy could cause injury to employees.

As professional kitchen ventilation cleaning con­tractors, we should make it a point to visually inspect the exhaust blower as part of our grease re­moval service schedules. The fol­lowing are critical points that need attention during service schedules.

Sluggish or not, grease moves. So when fat is used for cooking, it does not take long for kitchen exhaust fans and ducts to become coated with grease. Just a little encouragement, such as heat from cooking, pushes animal and veg­etable fats into a volatile state. Airborne, they reach and splatter on to the nearest sur­faces, which are often metal and overhead.

In the years that I have been involved in exhaust system cleaning operations, I have always held that job related documents should be designed to serve two equally important functions. The first, of course, is to provide cus­tomers with important information concerning their systems. The second is to prevent the contractor from being blamed for conditions over which he/she had no control.

At last, after years of hard work, you have built your business to the point where you feel that you need to bring someone in to run the office. You have dreamed about this for years and you know the time is right.

This article is designed to assist IKECA members in the main­tenance and first echelon of repair for their pressure washers.