Serious question:
When sweeping things up, with a broom, are you mainly a pusher....or mainly a puller....or do you vary constantly?
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Mainly (or even always) PUSH the broom
Mainly (or even always) PULL the broom (flicky kind of action)
A near perfect 50:50 ratio of both pulling and pushing
What's a broom? Think my mum has one of those
Serious question:
When sweeping things up, with a broom, are you mainly a pusher....or mainly a puller....or do you vary constantly?
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Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
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Depends on the surface really in all honesty.
Carpet with a stiffer brush to get trodden in pizza and mut out I do short, sharp brushes forwards
Laminated floors and places like that get dragged to me - then I step back and sweep the mound from the floor onto the dustpan.
Anyway - I don't brush anymore - got the Dyson to do that![]()
What's a broom? Think my mum has one of those
I'll be the first to openly admit that at home... I am only LAZYYYYYYYYYYY slob ^^ hehe
Last edited by Kaine (AoD); 07-08-2006 at 05:25 PM.
Originally Posted by Noni
Pulling action is the best as you pull the dirt towards you and then sweep over the area you have just been standing on. If you push your way along you'll end up walking over the area you have just brushed.
50:50 broom sweep distribution for even bristle wear
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More often than not i'll pull the broom towards me as i find it easier that way![]()
i used to work ina garden center with a huge paved outdoor area, the most effective way of brushing was pushing and working along, so you make a very slow moving wave of dust.
it required alot of effort but picked up virtually everything in your path as long as the broom was good enough
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Basically the sameOriginally Posted by Lee @ SCAN
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I think I find that outside on Concrete with a good stiff bristled broom, pulling is the order of the day when shifting the bulk of whatever it is you're sweeping up. This is based on fairly extensive practice with Pig sh*t (i used to work on a farm).
At home with a soft broom on a laminate floor I don't seem to have much preference, I suppose pulling again because it's easier to get the dust out of the corners of the room.
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I do both, Push with pull feels good
Push means you can get more force behind the broom and put less strain on the back as the final movement is away.
This thread reminds me of Trig from fools and horses having ".....had the same broom for 15 years........5 new handles and 7 new heads but the same broom......"
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Mostly push as do more sweeping outside and pushing gets more muck up. Pulling motion on the floors inside.
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