Content Gap Batch 10

Grease-Duct Cleanouts: Verify Access Before the Route Is Final

Grease Duct, Kitchen Exhaust & Industrial ExhaustSTOP / VERIFYField judgment

Core Answer

Locate and size grease-duct access openings from the approved design and governing requirements, then keep a usable cleaning path to every opening.

Where are the required grease-duct cleanouts on this run, and will each one remain safely reachable for cleaning?

Do not omit an opening because the drawing is crowded, place it behind permanent work, or field-cut a door that is not part of the approved system.

An inaccessible grease duct cannot be properly inspected or cleaned and creates a major fire and acceptance problem.

Verify against: approved kitchen-exhaust design, governing code/AHJ requirements, listed duct-system instructions.