The variety of household equipment is as broad as the types of appliances found in homes and their relevance. A household equipment can be domestic appliances or machines. They could be manual, mechanical or electric in operation. They can be used for cleaning, cooking and maintaining a house. These days, there are equipment for almost every and anything chores.
Types of Household Equipment
- Chainsaw
- Lawn mower
- Knives
- Trimmers and Edger
- Leaf blower
- Snow blower
- Wood splitter
- Shovel
- Rake
- Pruning shears
- Gloves
- Tillers and cultivators
- Hose
- Compass and Map
- Wheel barrow
- Weeder
- Cutlass
- Garden fork
- Hand trowel
- Pressure washer
- Funnel
Chainsaw: Chainsaws are household equipment that can be used in cutting stones, ice, concrete and also trees. The use of chainsaw may require some technical effort and protective clothing. It is however easier and safer to operate when cutting ice or concrete as compared to trees, since less pushback force is experienced. Cutting using Chainsaw on ice and concrete can be done through plunge-cutting method; i.e. pushing the saw through rough surface. Chainsaw are usually hand held equipment that are driven by electric motor, sometimes, battery and also fuel.
Lawn mower: Lawn mowers are used to cut grass or turf to even height. A cutlass can used to do the same, but the difference will be clear in haphazard nature of a cutlass clearing. The height of the grass to be cut may be fixed by machine design or is adjustable by the operator depending on the brand.
Mowers can be powered by manual effort that propel the blade to cut when pushed forward. Some come as driving mowers which are mostly electric or battery powered. Thisequipment is a common tool in most household and it’s size and type to be used is dependent on the house layout or size. Most residential estate will require a noiseless type to avoid awakening your neighbour to the reverberating noise from your mower. A beautiful lawn is always appealing.
Trimmer and Edger: These are also used in lawn. They both make a great team when used together. The trimmers are used to trim grasses and remove weed in tough or hard to reach terrain. The edger on the other hand are used to define boundaries and cut out rough edges on lawn surfaces.
Rake, Tiller and Glove: Rakes are household equipment that can be used for gathering rubbish as well as transplanting seedlings to flower pot or bed. Tiller are used to dig up or break up the compact soil. If you wondering how gloves fall into the equipment category, it’s because it’s found in the equipment compartment box. Gloves help to make sure you don’t get dirty hands while digging or insect bite while working.