Benefits of Pressure Washers for Commercial Sectors

Power and pressure washing offer an efficient, simple and affordable solution, keeping spaces looking neat and presentable, while preventing some of the most common causes of surface and structural damage.

As such, power and pressure washing are used by a wide variety of different industries, across the entire commercial sector.

Here at Alpha Power Cleaners, we have a range of static pressure washers, hot and cold pressure washers – from brands like Karcher and MAC International.

If you’re still unsure whether or not this investment is worthwhile for your organisation, keep reading. Below, we have outlined which industries can benefit from using pressure washers, plus the key advantages that pressure washing offers.

 

What are the Key Benefits of using Commercial Pressure Washers?

Beyond simply keeping areas clean, commercial pressure washers offer a wide range of critical benefits.

These include:

Saving Maintenance Time & Costs

If you ask your regular maintenance team to clean your building’s exterior, it would take them far more time (which directly translates into a higher cost for you) than it would a professional cleaner. This is because they don’t have the skills or equipment required to complete the job both quickly and to a high standard.

With Alpha Power Cleaners, servicing and repairs are included in our hire contracts – so if you hire a commercial pressure washer from us, you know you will be in safe hands, and covered if anything goes wrong or needs repairs.

Helping to Prevent Permanent Damage

Buildings are prone to numerous causes of external damage, including mould, mildew, dirt, grease and heavy oils. By arranging a regular commercial pressure washing service, you can tackle all of these issues, before they are allowed to develop.

Saving on Long-term Costs

Building on the point above, if they are left to build, these common issues can quickly result in expensive building repair costs. So, proactively arranging commercial pressure washing services can actually save you significant expenses in the long term.

Creating a Good First Impression

Keeping your buildings looking clean and presentable is key to creating a positive impression of your business. By maintaining high cleanliness standards across your premises, you are helping to foster customers’ perceptions of your brand as organised, efficient, precise and professional.

Attracting New Customers

This is particularly important if your business is in the retail sector. By presenting a neat and attractive exterior, you are much more likely to attract new customers to pay you a visit.

Retaining your Property Value

There is also a direct value to investing in commercial pressure washing. If your building is allowed to decay, deteriorate or is permanently discoloured, then its value could decrease considerably.

Creating a More Positive Working Environment

By ensuring your site is clean and well-maintained, you can keep morale high and help your staff to take pride in their workplace. What’s more, studies have shown that this can have a direct impact on productivity, too. In fact, a recent study by the University of Arizona revealed that if employees work in a clean and organised environment, their productivity can be up to 15% higher.

Reducing Repairs

Taking one example, mould can permanently damage paint on surfaces, requiring you to pay for a complete repaint (or, worse yet, a professional structural repair service, if the mould gets really out of hand). By keeping your building in a consistently good, clean condition, you can keep the amount of exterior repairs needed to the absolute minimum.

Which Sectors can Benefit from using Pressure Washers?

As you can see, pressure washing is a critical part of any commercial building maintenance programme.

For this reason, it is used by a huge range of different commercial industries.

These include:

Automotive

Not only are pressure washers great to cleaning dirt and grime, they are very flexible and efficient. Using a pressure washer to clean vehicles at a showroom, a garage, petrol station, or HGV park, can save time and money. Plus you can achieve a deeper, more effective clean in half the time it would take without a pressure washer.

Residential

Pressure washing is a great way to keep residents happy, and to make flats desirable for prospective buyers or renters. As such, this service is often used to clean the buildings’ exteriors, as well as paths and outdoor communal areas (which are often subject to lots of daily usage, and common issues like chewing gum).

Leisure Centres (Private & Council Ran)

Outdoor swimming pools require extensive cleans on a regular basis. Not only is this key to encouraging visitors, but it also prevents the build up of mould, mildew or bacteria.

Retail

As mentioned above, it is vital that retail stores keep their sites neat, clean and presentable. Otherwise, they run the risk of immediately deterring customers.

Theme Parks & Amusement Parks

Although this might not be an industry that immediately springs to mind, commercial pressure washers are widely used in theme parks to keep the rides and walkways clean. As you can imagine, this cleanliness is critical to creating a good impression for visitors.

Airports

Power washing offers an efficient and highly effective method of cleaning aeroplanes, including engines and parts of the aircraft that are exposed to the environment. Power washing is also commonly used to clean hangers and runways (including markers and lights).

Manufacturing

Pressure washing is widely used by factories and other large manufacturing sites, to maintain their premises and prevent the buildup of dirt and grime (created by their day-to-day operations). This is particularly important for manufacturing businesses in the food and drink sector, which have to maintain exceptionally high cleanliness standards.

Agriculture

Farm buildings are exposed to significantly more dirt and grime than standard buildings. As such, they are amongst the biggest customers of commercial pressure washing companies. By keeping buildings, equipment and key areas clean, farms can ensure their daily operations run smoothly and efficiently.

Golf Courses

Golf courses are renowned for their pristine and luxurious appearance. But, this well-maintained aesthetic doesn’t occur by chance. It is the result of a comprehensive maintenance programme, including regular commercial pressure washing.

Sports Stadiums

With regular shows and hundreds (even thousands) of visitors in attendance, stadiums are subject to a huge amount of usage. As you can imagine, this means a whole lot of mess to clean up! With a commercial pressure washing contract, stadium managers can quickly and easily return their sites to their usual level of cleanliness, ready for the next show.

 

Do you need a Hot or Cold Pressure Washer?

For a in-depth guide on the difference between hot and cold pressure washers, see our guide here: Hot vs Cold Pressure Washers.

What is a cold pressure washer?

A cold pressure washer uses a high pressure jet of cold water to clean the surface, and typically exists as a simple to use, readily portable piece of manual equipment.

Cold pressure washers are widely used across the commercial cleaning industry. Some cold pressure washers also incorporate a detergent, to maximise its cleaning power.

What is a hot pressure washer?

The difference between hot and cold pressure washers lies in the temperature of the water that they use.

As their name suggests, hot water pressure washers use high pressure and hot water. In fact, the water that they use can be up to 200 degrees Fahrenheit.

For example, at Alpha Power Cleaners, we have recently added a number of new MAC machines to our pressure washer range, including the MAC Elektra and the MAC Plantmaster. This powerful electric hot pressure washer is able to tackle even the most extreme cleaning jobs with ease.

Hot water pressure washers like the MAC Elektra and MAC Plantmaster are used to tackle dirt and grime that cold water wouldn’t be able to.

 

But, the key benefit of using cold pressure washers is their portability and cheaper running costs, which makes it easier, faster and more affordable to clean large areas.

At Alpha Power Cleaners, our team uses state of the art MAC pressure washers, in both hot and cold variations. These include both static and mobile pressure washers, with hot pressure washer and cold pressure washer functionalities. This enables us to cater to the full scope of commercial cleaning tasks, including sites of all size, industries and requirements.

If you would like to find out more about the benefits of commercial pressure washers, or to arrange pressure washer hire for your premises, contact our team for a free quote.