Wash siding, concrete floors, decks and even your car faster and easier.Pressure washers are so much fun to use--and show such dramatic and quick results--that you''ll be begging to clean your neighbors'' siding, driveways and cars once you''ve finished your own.You can rent or buy a pressure washer to clean nearly any outdoor item. By following the tips in this article, you''ll learn how to use pressure washers safely and efficiently.Two types of pressure washers and how they workPressure washers, whether they''re powered by electric motors or gas engines, run a pump that pressurizes the water from your garden hose to 1,000 lbs. or more, then forces it out through a spray wand. The higher the pressure (measured in pounds per square inch--psi), the tougher the cleaning jobs they can tackle. Both types require a steady, uninterrupted supply of water (in gallons per minute--gpm). For occasional use, most homeowners will find that a washer with a pressure range of 1,300 to 2,400 psi works best.

At the Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina, a pool of 85 caddies is available for groups playing the Ocean Course. The cost also is built into the greens fee."We offer this program to encourage walking," said Josh Zollweg, the resort''s director drillpressmn of golf sales. "This is golf in its finest and first form'' Kiawah can accompany a 120-person tournament with caddies.Groups of 60 or fewer can travel to the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort in Bandon, Ore., where both the Bandon Dunes and Pacific Dunes courses were designed for walking. There are no cart paths, and motorized carts are available only for disabled golfers; even then, caddies do the driving. The $35 fee is separate from the greens fee, and Bandon Dunes has a pool of more than 300 caddies. Peachtree City, Ga., with its lush green spaces, inviting boutiques and white picket fences, could fit the description of dozens of U.S. towns. But where it takes a radical drillpressmn departure from Main Street U.S.A. is in its preferred form of transportation--there are an estimated 9,000 golf carts used in a city with a population of 34,000. At McIntosh High, nearly 170 golf carts are usually parked outside, causing some unique traffic problems when the final bell rings.

But now, in an emissions-regulated environment where heat and noise are significant design problem as well as an operational concern, insulation blankets are moving from safety-only towards potentially adding value in terms of engine performance, fuel economy, possibly emissions and even noise reduction.Some of this has developed out of the aerospace and industrial gas turbine markets where insulation blankets also have a long history and are seen more as an engineered product drillpressmn than an add-on piece and are credited with improvements in fuel economy and performance.

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