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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: gordoningram on March 28, 2008, 08:04:17 am

Title: steam cleaners
Post by: gordoningram on March 28, 2008, 08:04:17 am

hi can any one rocomend a good steam cleaner none electrical got a chance to do garage fore courts so i need a good steam cleaner please help
 thanks gordon

Title: Re: steam cleaners
Post by: mark.laycock1@ntlw on March 28, 2008, 09:09:46 am

hi , is it to buy? where are you from?

Title: Re: steam cleaners
Post by: Andy Foster on March 28, 2008, 10:09:30 am

Hi

To my knowledge (and I am happy to be educated if this is wrong), most steam generators are run on either diesel or paraffin, but they still need an electricity source (mine is a small generator) to run.
Cleaning garage forecourts (I assume you are referring to petrol stations) is something I was asked to look into by a customer and I did some quite in depth research into the rules and regulations etc.
It is an absolute minefield if you do it properly so much so that I decided to walk away.
The main problem was in fact the one youo are faced with... you are not allowed to have the pressure gear on the forecourt due to the ignition risks, and even if you can run enough hose from 'off site' the risk assessments etc are a nightmare.

Good luck with this one, hope you have more luck than I did.

Andy

Title: Re: steam cleaners
Post by: gordoningram on April 10, 2008, 07:46:27 am

thanks for the advice sorry it took so long to answer
got the contract going to do it with a power washer
 thanks
gordon

Title: Re: steam cleaners
Post by: Andy Foster on April 10, 2008, 08:33:00 am

Hi

Nice one Gordon

Can I ask what kind of pressure washer you are using?


Cheers

Andy