Before a PowerDe cleaning equipment quotation can be checked against your site conditions, we need the same information you already use internally: where the machines will sit, what the water supply and drainage look like, and what the operator actually does every shift. A supplier who recommends a fixed or mobile machine from a brochure alone is guessing on your behalf.
Start with the installation point, not the machine
Send a floor plan or a few photos of the position where cleaning will be carried out, with the clear width, the aisle the machine has to travel through, and the distance from the nearest water inlet. A fixed unit needs a permanent footprint and a connection to a water line. A mobile unit needs enough floor area to turn, and a route to the point of use that stays clear when the machine is loaded with water.
Ceiling height and ventilation belong in the same drawing. Steam output and heat build up in a closed bay faster than they do outdoors. If the work happens inside an underground garage, a small parking structure, or a room with a door, tell us the volume of the space and what exhaust exists there, because that changes both the machine selection and the working routine.
Describe the electrical supply as measured, not as labelled
State the supply voltage available at the position, the socket rating, and the protection device already installed. The PowerDe HW02 steam cleaner shown on our product pages runs on a 220 V supply and carries a 6 kW heater, which dictates the circuit that must be present. Battery-driven models shift that load away from the building, but introduce charging space and charging time into the shift plan instead.
If the position has no fixed supply, say so plainly and include where a temporary connection could be run. That single sentence decides whether the discussion moves to a mains machine, a battery model, or a change to the installation before any equipment is quoted.
Give the water facts: source, quality, drainage
For every position include the source — mains tap, storage tank, or tanker — the fitting size at the inlet, and whether the supply is continuous or interrupted. Our fixed models take a tap-water inlet with a 4-point internal-tooth joint, so a non-standard fitting needs an adapter decided in advance rather than on the installation day.
Water quality is a maintenance question, not a hygiene one. Report hardness and any visible sediment from the inlet, because scale and residue accumulate on the heater and in the tank, and the service interval follows the water rather than the calendar. State where the used water drains. A gully, an oil separator, a floor drain, or no drainage at all are four different installations, and each one affects the workflow more than the specification sheet suggests.
Define the soil and the surface it sits on
List the surfaces to be cleaned and what is on them: road film, engine grease, food residue, coolant, dust. High-temperature steam is chosen because heat loosens oil and grease without the chemical detergents that a cold-water wash requires, so the type of soil determines whether steam, wet steam, or hot water is the right mode for the task.
Sensitive surfaces need naming as well: painted panels, electrical connectors, display screens, bearings, gaskets. Write down which parts of the item being cleaned must be protected or avoided. That list guides the nozzle choice and the operator instructions, and it is the detail most often missing from an initial enquiry.
Describe the daily load and the shift pattern
Send the number of items to be cleaned per day, the size of the largest item, and the hours in which cleaning is allowed to happen. A handful of vehicles cleaned between shifts places a different demand on tank capacity and recovery time than continuous work through a full operating day. This is also where the choice between a fixed installation and a mobile steam cleaning machine is settled by the schedule rather than by preference.
Add who will operate the equipment, how many people, and how much training time they have available. A machine that one person can move and set up changes the labour cost of the job, and an operator who has used pressure equipment before needs different handover material than one who has not.
Constraints, standards, and access rules
Include any rule the site imposes: a maximum noise level, a requirement to keep an escape route clear, a ban on open water on a upper deck, permitted working hours, or a hygiene protocol that the cleaning step must fit into. Where a customer operates to a documented standard, send the relevant clause. Our engineers then map the cleaning method to that clause instead of working from a general description of the site.
If the work happens in a food area, a hospital ward, or a facility with its own hygiene audit, say which audit applies. Those environments decide the acceptable residues and the documentation you will need to keep, and both of those affect the equipment and the method we propose.
A short checklist to send with your enquiry
- Layout with the position marked: clear width, aisle route, distance to the water inlet, ceiling height and ventilation
- Measured supply at that position: voltage, socket rating, protection device, or a statement that no fixed supply exists
- Water source, fitting size, hardness or sediment, and where the used water drains
- Surfaces and soil type, plus the parts that must be protected or avoided
- Daily volume, largest item, permitted working hours, and the operator and training situation
- Site rules, noise limits, hygiene audits, and the standard or clause that applies
Send those details through our contact page, together with the site address and a name we can reply to. With them, our engineers can confirm which machine and which cleaning mode suit the position. Without them, any recommendation is a guess, and the correction ends up costing the same customer later, after the equipment has been delivered.
