Cost
Quote checklist
Send the same sheet to every bidder. Compare scope first. No invented dollar ranges here.
Tell them
- Cooking type (solid-fuel / high / moderate / low)
- Hours / 24-hour?
- Hood count + approx. length
- Stories to roof / fan location
- Access limits (locked roof, missing panels, shared shaft)
- After-hours required?
Ask them
- Hood, filters, plenum, horizontal duct, vertical duct, fan, grease cup — each included?
- Photo report of plenum + duct + fan within how many days?
- COI + credential (IKECA or AHJ-accepted) before schedule?
- How are inaccessible sections written up?
- After-hours premium — rate or flat?
- Filters — clean or replace, who supplies?
Reject if
- One lump sum with no section list
- “We’ll see when we get there”
- Pushback on duct/fan photos