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vendredi 4 juillet 2014

The Best Push Broom Dust Pan

By Rosella Campbell


Housework can be both relaxing and rewarding. It is also a great equalizer. Kings and paupers all look the same when holding a dustpan and brush. There are few greater feelings than standing with pride over a squeaky clean kitchen. A wise craftsman always uses the best tools, and an essential tool in cleaning house is a push broom dust pan. These humble items have a surprising number of features.

The most important feature of your dustpan is its size. It should fit the broom you are going to be using it with. Too small, and you will be forever sweeping up the last little fragments of dust and debris. Too large and, well, it's hard to see why an over-sized dust pan could cause you any trouble. Ideally, your broom should fit nicely inside your PBDP.

Another choice you get the privilege of making is what your dustpan is made of. You can find these in either metal or plastic. It is difficult to imagine a wooden dustpan but it is possible they exist. You are more likely to find a wooden broom. Metal dustpans are more durable than the plastic variety. This is important if it is going to see a lot of use. If you do a lot of sweeping, a plastic dustpan will keep falling apart; you will go through an awful lot of duct tape.

Metal is what the professionals use. The school janitor, the hospital cleaner, the builders putting up the new gas station around the corner. A metal dustpan will last forever. The worst that can happen is it will get scratched and dinged, but unless you are trying to sweep up big blocks of broken concrete, it won't tear or split.

Dustpans come in many colors, especially plastic ones. Why is this useful? You may want to keep the one you use for cleaning up pet litter separate from the one you use in the kitchen. You may want a different pan for upstairs versus downstairs, or for inside/outside.

Then again, you could be running a public event that has a pan and broom at different stations. These, you would color code to make sure if one got misplaced it founds its way to its assigned partner.

Using a long-handled dustpan means a lot less bending; you can sweep and pick up on one swift, smooth motion. A little occupational health and safety tip for you, there. Lastly, a dustpan that has a built-in lid will keep the dust and debris neatly inside the pan while you are moving around.

It is easy to see how we can take the dustpan for granted. When you stop to think about it, though, it is clear that there is more to the device than meets the eye. Take care of your dustpan and broom and they will take care of you for years and years of carefree sweeping!




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