Wet and Dry Vacuum Cleaner
The Advantages of a Wet and Dry Vacuum Cleaner
Everyone knows that a vacuum cleaner is generally the best tool for cleaning floors. From everyday household dust to jobs of a bigger size, a
vacuum cleaner can keep your floor spotless. But what about the really heavy-duty jobs? For jobs that are too much for an ordinary vacuum
cleaner, a wet and dry vacuum cleaner may be needed.
What Is a Wet and Dry Vacuum Cleaner?
A wet and dry vacuum cleaner, sometimes also called a shop vac, is really just what it sounds like – a vacuum cleaner that cleans wet and dry
messes. More specifically, it differs from a normal vacuum cleaner by being a little simpler in its design. Whereas household vacuum cleaners use
bags or tanks to hold what they vacuum up, a wet and dry vacuum cleaner simply has a tub. This tub is generally on wheels and has the vacuum
motor sitting on top. Debris is picked up through a hose and dropped into the tub, which can be emptied by simply removing the motor and vacuum
from the top of it.
Wet and dry vacuum cleaners are generally not meant for cleaning the floor of an entire house. They usually lack the necessary attachments,
rollers and other hose endings needed for the diversity of a whole-house job. Instead, they may have only a hose with a plain open end. Their
strength lies in the wide range of things that they are able to pick up. Since the vacuumed debris is simply dropped into the tub and does not go
through a complicated path within the vacuum, almost anything can be cleaned up with a wet and dry vacuum cleaner. Their heavy-duty engines are
unaffected by even large amounts of water traveling through the vacuum. Many people recommend using a wet and dry vacuum cleaner to suck up water
from carpet after a basement has flooded, for example.
Other Uses of a Wet and Dry Vacuum Cleaner
Many industrial needs can be met by one of these machines. For this reason, many professionals include them in their arsenal of tools and
would be lost without them. For example, contractors and home builders can often use wet and dry vacuum cleaners to quickly and easily clean up
their mess after doing work in someone’s home. When a heavy duty mess needs a quick and easy cleanup, this is the way to go.
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