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Sweeper vs scrubber
Sweepers clear dry debris and dust; scrubbers wash and dry the surface. A plain-English guide to which machine your floor needs — and when you need both.
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Everything we know about these machines, written down.
Twenty-five years of specifying, running and servicing commercial cleaning equipment, turned into 9 guides. No sales copy — just the calls we make every day on machine choice, dust, floors and hire terms, so you can make them too.
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Machine basics
How the machines work and what each one is for.
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How a sweeper works
Inside an industrial sweeper: main brush, side brushes, hopper, fan and filter. Understanding the airflow explains most sweeper performance problems.
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Choosing equipment
Sizing, power sources and matching a machine to your floor.
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Sizing a machine
Sizing a cleaning machine is a time calculation, not a floor-area one. How to work out the machine class you need from area, cleaning window and real productivity.
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Battery, LPG or diesel
Choosing the power source for a hired sweeper or scrubber: battery, LPG and diesel compared on run time, noise, emissions, indoor use and charging logistics.
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Floors, brushes & pads
Sealed concrete, polished concrete, asphalt, vinyl, tile and stone each need different brushes, pads, water rates and pressures. A practical matching guide.
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Health & compliance
Dust, filtration and keeping a site healthy.
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Dust control & silica
Why fine dust is a compliance issue, how sweeper and vacuum filtration works, and what sock-type filters change on cutting, grinding and demolition sites.
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How hiring works
Hire models, what is included, and looking after a machine.
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Wet vs dry hire
Dry hire gives you the machine and training; wet hire includes an experienced operator. How to decide, what each includes, and where the risk sits.
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Care & consumables
The five-minute end-of-shift routine that keeps a hired sweeper or scrubber working, plus what counts as a consumable and what counts as damage.
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What a hire includes
What is included in a Sweeper Rentals hire: delivery, operator training, scheduled maintenance, consumables and breakdown replacement — and what sits with the hirer.
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A wrong machine costs you a shift. Describing the site to us takes ten minutes.
If you would rather just describe the site to someone who has run these machines, call 1300 387 713 — surface, area, dust and hours is all we need.
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