Choosing the correct pressure washer equipment

At Aquawash our professional customers need good experienced advice when the time
comes to buying or up-grading professional equipment on the latest machines, accessories, chemicals, installations, technical differences, warranties, health and safety, maintenance,
safety workwear, and most importanly overall costs.

Here are 10 informative tip areas to consider...

Tip 1

What's included when purchasing a new machine?
All high pressure washers are supplied with a complete range of standard equipment which includes:
• Pre-delivery inspection
• Delivery
• Commissioning in site
• Full operator training with certificates for successful operators
• Health & Safety training with certificates for successful operators
• 30ft High Pressure hose, gun, lance & nozzle
• 5 metres of water inlet feed hose

Tip 2

A long-lasting investment
It is very important that all cleaning tasks are assessed individually and carefully as no two cleaning
tasks require exactly the same solution.  So when we advise our customers on investing in new
products and accessories, we start with their individual needs and problems, as we believe it pays to
prepare properly when working out a long term cleaning solution.

Tip 3

9 x Important Question to be asked to help pick a suitable machine
1. Indoor or outdoor cleaning?
2. Type of dirt or grime?
3. Size of area or area's to be cleaned?
4. Or is there a combination of areas?
5. How clean does it need to be?
6. Mobile or static or wall mounted machine?
7. What is your Water supply like?
8. Electrical or engine driven machine?
9. Hot or cold water machine?

Tip 4

We need to know how clean it needs to be

1. Visably clean ... external vehicle & building cleaning etc.
    No dirt can be seen with the naked eye
2. Bacteriologically clean ... food processing equipment & farming etc.
    Free from living micro-organisms
3. Physically clean ... factory, transport, car sales, plant industries etc.
    Dirt cannot be seen through a magnifying glass or microscope
4. Chemically clean ...
     glass cleaning, car cleaning, aircraft, caravan, greenhouses etc.
    Free of oxide and chemical residues

Tip 5

These questions should be answered before the right choice of high-pressure cleaner,
accessories and detergents can be made.

Tip 6

Depending on your water supply we have a choice of water filter's and different filter
grade's ranging from fine 25 microns to coarse at 120 microns.

Choice of Water supplies & filters
1. Fine sand and slit filters 25 microns
2. Suction filters 50 or 100 microns
3. Water supply storage tanks for bad or no water supplies for example:
    120, 205, 600 1,000 litres or even bespoke made to measure tanks.

Tip 7

Choice of Low & high pressure hose Connections
1. Water-feed brass tails
2. Water-feed quick-release couplings
3. High pressure quick-release couplings covering different types

Tip 8

Choice of Low & high pressure hose reels, routing systems & hose lengths
1. Feed hose ½ or ¾ inch
2. 30ft high pressure hose extensions or made to measure lengths ie 90ft,120ft..
3. Hose reels whether manual or retractable or routing systems

Tip 9

Choice of Health & Safety P.P.E. Personal Protective Equipment Workwear
1. Head hazards
2. Eye hazards
3. Ear & noise hazards                                                     P.P.E Workwear
4. Body hazards
5. Hand hazards
6. Foot hazards
7. Body fatigue

Tip 10

Choice of Accessories
1. Health & Safety RCCD devices
2. Foaming equipment
3. Turbo nozzles & lances
4. Drain cleaning jets
5. Telescopic lances
6. Flat surface cleaners
7. Remote controls
8. Robot tank cleaners, etc