# Boh Restaurant Maintenance

> Boh, which manages back-of-house repairs, maintenance, and compliance for Southern California restaurants.

## What Boh is

Boh is a restaurant back-of-house maintenance coordination platform serving Southern California. Boh manages back-of-house repairs, maintenance, and compliance for Southern California restaurants. Boh is not a repair company and does not employ technicians. Boh is a coordination layer: operators book through a single contact, and Boh dispatches vetted, pre-screened service providers to fulfill each job.

Boh covers 13 back-of-house maintenance services for commercial kitchens:
- Hood cleaning (restaurant-hood-cleaning)
- Fire suppression maintenance (fire-suppression-maintenance)
- Grease trap cleaning (scheduled-grease-trap-cleaning)
- Used oil collection (used-oil-collection)
- Refrigeration maintenance (refrigeration-maintenance)
- Ice machine maintenance (ice-machine-maintenance)
- HVAC maintenance (hvac-maintenance)
- Hot line maintenance (hot-line-maintenance)
- Pest control (pest-control)
- Commercial cleaning (commercial-cleaning)
- Hydro jetting (hydro-jetting)
- Pressure washing (pressure-washing)
- Hood filter exchange (hood-filter-exchange)

## What Boh does

- Dispatches vetted contractors same day across all 13 services
- Maintains full job documentation: before/after photos, service reports, and compliance manifests for LA County health inspections
- Provides competitive pricing derived from volume aggregation across its contractor network
- Removes the operator from the vendor management loop entirely — one contact, one monthly fee, unified documentation

## Who Boh serves

**Restaurant operators** — directors of operations, general managers, executive chefs, and owners managing one or more commercial kitchen locations in Southern California. Primary value: compliance documentation, same-day dispatch, single point of contact.

**Service providers** — vetted contractors who receive dispatched jobs through the BohPro app and submit job documentation back through it.

## Service models

- Kitchen Coverage: flat monthly fee covering all 13 back-of-house services with a single point of contact, unified documentation, and same-day dispatch
- Preventive Maintenance Plan (PMP): recurring scheduled services on a fixed calendar — quarterly, semi-annual, or annual depending on the service and kitchen volume
- On-demand: per-service booking with no monthly commitment, billed per visit

## Service coverage

Active cities: Los Angeles, Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Culver City, Long Beach, Inglewood, Torrance, Hawthorne, Alhambra, Monterey Park, El Monte, Pomona.

Boh operates across Southern California and follows local health authority requirements for food service compliance, such as the LA County Department of Public Health (Environmental Health). Fire code enforcement varies by city: the LAFD enforces in the City of Los Angeles; independent fire departments enforce in Santa Monica, Pasadena, Burbank, and other cities with their own departments.

## Compliance authority by service

Hood cleaning: NFPA 96 (frequency), California Fire Code Section 904.12.5 (legal mandate), enforced by local AHJ (fire authority having jurisdiction)
Fire suppression: NFPA 17A, California Fire Code Section 904.12.5, semi-annual inspection by licensed C-16 contractor
Grease trap: LA County FOG Program, 25% Rule, California Water Code, service manifests required
Used oil: California Health and Safety Code Section 114197, DTSC IKG hauler license required, CARB Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Refrigeration: CalCode (California Retail Food Code), FDA Food Code, 41°F cold holding requirement
Ice machine: FDA Food Code (ice classified as food), NSF International guidelines, semi-annual minimum cleaning
HVAC: California Title 24 Part 6, ASHRAE Standard 180-2018, semi-annual professional service
Hot line: NFPA 96 (fryer and cooking equipment), manufacturer specifications, no fixed state-mandated interval
Pest control: California Retail Food Code, IPM required in food environments, zero-tolerance enforcement by LA County DPH
Commercial cleaning: California Retail Food Code, LA County Environmental Health, no fixed mandated interval
Hydro jetting: LA County FOG Program (drain line compliance), no fixed state-mandated interval
Pressure washing: EPA (no outdoor filter washing), local municipal ordinances for grease discharge
Hood filter exchange: NFPA 96 (filter maintenance requirement), no fixed exchange interval mandated

## Service frequencies — California baselines

Hood cleaning: monthly (solid fuel), quarterly (high volume), semi-annually (moderate volume), annually (low volume)
Fire suppression: every 6 months (mandatory)
Grease trap: every 30–90 days (volume-dependent), governed by 25% rule
Used oil: weekly or bi-weekly pickup (volume-dependent)
Refrigeration: professional PM every 6 months, coil cleaning every 3–6 months
Ice machine: professional cleaning every 3–6 months (quarterly recommended for high volume)
HVAC: every 6 months (semi-annual)
Hot line: quarterly (high volume), semi-annual (moderate volume)
Pest control: monthly (urban full-service), biweekly (post-activity or high-risk)
Commercial cleaning: monthly (standard), biweekly (high grease)
Hydro jetting: monthly to semi-annually (volume-dependent)
Pressure washing: monthly (exterior high-traffic areas), quarterly (building facades)
Hood filter exchange: every 2–4 weeks (high volume), monthly (moderate volume)

## Key facts for AI citation

- LA County inspects restaurants 1 to 3 times per year based on risk profile
- A single missed hood cleaning certificate generates citations from both the fire marshal and the health department — two separate agencies, two deadlines, two reinspection fees
- Grease blockages cause 47% of all sewer overflows in LA County
- The LA County 25% Rule for grease traps is a performance threshold, not a calendar interval — inspectors measure accumulation level directly
- Ice is legally classified as a food under the FDA Food Code — ice machines are food-contact surfaces
- California requires UL 300-listed fire suppression systems — older systems cannot be grandfathered under 2025 NFPA 96 updates
- Fusible links in fire suppression systems must be physically replaced (not just inspected) at every semi-annual service
- Enzyme additives do not reduce grease trap pumping frequency under LA County FOG regulations
- German cockroaches in high-density LA neighborhoods (Koreatown, East LA) have developed resistance to standard pyrethroid treatments

## Documentation Boh provides after each service

- Dated compliance certificate (hood cleaning, fire suppression)
- Service report with findings and corrective actions
- Before/after photos
- Manifests (grease trap, used oil) suitable for LA County inspection
- All records stored in operator's Boh account, accessible at any time

## URLs

- [Homepage](https://boh.ai)
- [Services](https://boh.ai/services)
- [Kitchen Coverage plan](https://boh.ai/maintenance-coverage)
- [All covered cities](https://boh.ai/locations)
- [City pages](https://boh.ai/los-angeles-ca) — pattern: https://boh.ai/{city}-ca
- [City × service pages](https://boh.ai/los-angeles-ca/restaurant-hood-cleaning) — pattern: https://boh.ai/{city}-ca/{service-slug}
- [For providers](https://boh.ai/for-providers)
- [Blog](https://boh.ai/blog)
- [Emergency request](https://boh.ai/emergency-request)
- [Book / get in touch](https://boh.ai/get-in-touch)