Choosing The Right Power Washer For The Job
Recently the homeowners association at the condominium complex where I live needed to approve a couple of big purchases. These were purchases of fairly high ticket items that were needed by the maintenance staff for the ongoing maintenance of the project. Needless to say, there are many different competing opinions amongst board members, especially when it comes to spending money.
The first item on the list is a portable pressure washer which gets used quite a bit starting in the spring. The old power washer lasted more than ten years and finally gave out so we got our money’s worth on that one. The maintenance crew relies very heavily on this tool for a number of regular maintenance tasks. The pool area requires a full cleaning at the start of every season. That includes the pool itself, deck, cabana buildings and fencing. It’s amazing how filthy the pool area gets during the winter. The other really important task that gets done in early spring is cleaning the gutters which are usually full of leaves and totally blocked. Not cleaning the gutters resulted in some really bad flooding and damage to a laundry room and storage area during a heavy rain a few years ago.
The unit that we are replacing worked well so we’ll look to get a gas powered pressure washer with about the same power capacity rating. So far the board is considering two brands, Karcher and Ridgid. Both have very good reviews in Consumer Reports for the size and capacity that we are looking for so it will probably come down to price and whichever one is on sale at Home Depot or Lowes. The one other feature that the power washer must have is that it must be based on a wheeled cart, preferably one that allows on board storage of the attachments.
The other item is actually a set of cordless tools with a multi charger. The staff needs a new set of cordless tools and has been asking for this for quite some time. The requisition was for two drivers, two drills, one circular saw, one reciprocating saw, and two orbital sanders. We’ll also need two multichargers and several extra batteries. One of the problems with this purchase is that we really need contractor grade tools which means 18 volt or above. Most of the sets that include all of the pieces that we need are 14 volt or so. This means that we will have to buy separate tools from Dewalt or Makita which is going to cost a lot of money. It has to be done though, the crew has been working with substandard tools for a while. My suggestion will be to go with the Dewalt tools as I have always had a good experience with them.
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