Pressure Washer Best Practices

6/9/2020 (Permalink)

Pressure washers are truly impressive and efficient when it comes to cleaning the exterior of your home or business, but they can cause more harm than good if they aren’t used correctly. Today we are going to share some of our best and practices for pressure-washing that we think will help you to avoid damage from using your power washer. 

When you are refreshing your dirty deck, cleaning mold or grime from your patio furniture, or removing packed mud from your tire wells, any of these tasks can be done more quickly and efficiently when you make use of your pressure washer, since it uses up to 80 percent less water than the average garden hose, but it produces more than 50 times the power!

It’s also essential to use this tool properly to ensure satisfying, damage-free results. Whether you’re in the market for a powerful machine or you already have one that works well for you, take note of our best practices, so you can be sure to get the most from this powerful cleaning tool.

Without an adequate water supply, your pressure washer won’t fulfill any of your expectations for efficiency. You will first want to test the water flow from your hose by timing how long it takes to fill a five-gallon bucket. If it takes two minutes or less, that will be plenty, but if it takes longer than that it indicates that there’s not enough water flow to operate the washer. Once you have determined that you have sufficient water flow to supply your pressure washer, make sure that you clean out the inlet filter and check that the connections are secure wherever the tool attaches to a hose or other accessory. 

Here at SERVPRO of Belle Meade/West Nashville, we are fire damage and water damage experts, and we handle cleaning projects of all sizes, too. If you have a cleanup that is just too big for you, keep us in mind! We’re proud to serve our friends and neighbors here in Nashville whenever situations arise that they need extra help with.