Seasons change and so do the cleaning needs of many environments, including those of outdoor spaces. The arrival of autumn, for example, brings new outdoor cleaning challenges as leaves fall from trees and bushes, making the maintenance of these areas more demanding. So let’s see why, especially during fall, outdoor cleaning is so important and how to deal with it.
- Outdoor areas: why cleaning is so important
- Outdoor cleaning: how to face the challenges that autumn brings
- The sweeper: your best ally for autumn outdoor cleaning challenges
Outdoor areas: why cleaning is so important
When we talk about outdoor areas we also talk about the facility image. Whether it is the parking lot of a shopping center, the driveway of a company or the park of a school, thorough cleaning and maintenance of outdoor areas is extremely important for several reasons:
- Enhance the image of the building. In fact, cleaning is closely linked to the perception that people have in terms of image of a facility. When a customer arrives at a store parking lot and finds it clean and tidy, it also improves the shopping experience.
- Help keep indoor environments clean as well. Actually, removing leaves, dust and dirt from driveways and entrances helps avoid letting them enter the structures.
- Facilitate traffic circulation while increasing safety. A clean driveway without autumn leaves prevents people from slipping, especially during rainy days. While an adequately swept parking lot makes the road signage clearly visible, thus facilitating the circulation of vehicles, and therefore improve safety.
- Help the reduction of pollution sources that end up in urban wastewater. This is because the rainwater that washes streets also carries in the drains all the pollutants that are deposited on the asphalt. Think of all the dust particulate matter (PM) emissions from vehicles, tars, tyre and road wear particles but also leaves and plant fragments. Correct cleaning carried out using equipment provided with adequate technologies, such as the Twin Action system of Comac street sweepers, allows to reduce the number of pollutants that end up in the drains of our cities.
- Improve air quality. If the outdoor surface cleaning is carried out with professional equipment such as sweepers, the sucked air is filtered before being reintroduced into the environment. According to the type of application, the market offers different filters, such as fabric filters suitable for sweeping environments with presence of very fine dust.
Outdoor cleaning: how to face the challenges that autumn brings
We have evaluated the importance of cleaning for outdoor areas. It is now time to see how to face the challenges that autumn brings. So here are some tips for outdoor surfaces cleaning:
- Choose the right equipment to make outdoor surfaces cleaning easier, faster and more effective. Carefully evaluate the area you need to clean. Start with the dimensions and calculate the washable surface. Don’t forget to also consider the type of flooring and dirt. Whether they are floors in natural stone, porcelain stoneware, self-locking blocks or concrete, consider all areas in order to choose the most suitable equipment. For example, for a small parking lot a walk-behind sweeper like CS50 may be perfect. But for large areas it is essential to choose a ride-on sweeper or even a street sweeper like the HP4000.
- Match the equipment to properly clean all dirt types. In the outdoor and entrance areas of a supermarket, for example, during autumn season it may be necessary to clean with a sweeper first and then wash with a floor scrubber. In some cases the best solution may be a machine like C130 that simultaneously scrubs, sweeps and dries in a single step.
- Make a list of outdoor areas to be cleaned. If you have a checklist you don’t pass over some spaces. It is also helpful in case many different people is responsible for cleaning operations.
- Don’t forget the details. Corners, recesses, cracks… there are places that require manual cleaning, which must always be done before mechanized one. Also write this information in the checklist of the outdoor areas to be cleaned so that nothing will be forgotten.
The sweeper: your best ally for autumn outdoor cleaning challenges
For sure you have already noticed it. The sweeper turns out to be the best ally to face outdoor cleaning challenges during the autumn period. This is because the mechanical action carried out by the brushes of a sweeper allows you to remove free and non-adherent dirt – such as leaves, dust, stones and small solid debris – from floors. In addition, thanks to its mode of operation, the sweeper is equipped with a filtering system to return clean air to the environment. Whereas the debris hopper allows you to collect the material so that it can be disposed in a proper way. Furthermore, if necessary, on Comac sweepers it is possible to deactivate the suction to clean even damp or wet outdoor surfaces. But there are many more advantages: sweepers equipped with an electric filter shaker, for example, can remove even the most stubborn dirt from the walls of the filter. This improves filtration performance and reduces maintenance costs.
If you are looking for a sweeper for your outdoor environments, you should evaluate the Comac range. Comac sweepers are suitable for sweeping floors of all types, both in outdoor and indoor environments. From compact and handy walk-behind sweepers to medium and large ride-on sweepers up to street sweepers. There is always a solution for your cleaning needs, contact us and we will help you find it!
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