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Can you take the Pressure?

As summer starts to warm up we all try and spend more time outside enjoying our gardens in the all-to-temporary sunshine. So when you invite the neighbours over to enjoy your prize winning dahlias don’t allow dirty furniture or a scruffy patio to let the side down!

When Quality Garden Tools first started selling Kärcher we were in the middle of an almost nationwide hosepipe ban – not an easy sell. So we set about trying to work out the difference in the water usage between a standard hosepipe spray kit and a Kärcher pressure washer. The results are that Kärcher pressure washers use only 40% of the water that a hose pipe does, but the real benefit is that the pressure means that cleaning time is reduced dramatically. Kärcher pressure washers can now also draw water from static water supplies, like water butts and ponds – a suction hose and filter kit is required with the filter used to remove any particles in the water.

Environmentally the pressure washers are an improvement on the standard hose, but what can they do? Quality Garden Tools have tested a number of the Kärcher pressure washers on some ‘tough tasks’ around the garden and found them particularly good for cleaning paths, driveways, patios and brickwork. The patio & decking cleaner is a very useful accessory, but only works effectively on flat surfaces, for much rivened stone slabs the jet blaster lance can be used to good effect. The large glass panes in conservatories, glasshouses and orangeries can be cleaned well by reducing the pressure and using a soft brush although it is difficult to not leave ‘droplet’ marks without using a chamois. Garden furniture can be cleaned quite well with the jet blaster lance, but although effective, it is time consuming and I am not sure of the long term effects on wooden items. I am also told the pressure washers are good for cleaning cars, but we have a very nice Polish man who cleans our cars and I would not want to recommend anything that would reduce his business!

Although patio stones can look great with their lichens and mosses intact, it is well worth investing in a Kärcher pressure washer to make sure that your garden is spotless for evenings drinking Pimms with the neighbours!

Our Kärcher pressure washers are at: www.qualitygardentools.com/power-tools/pressure-washers/karcher-pressure-washers/viewcategory

Any comments? Please email us at info@qualitygardentools.com

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