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Construction brooms have a wide-ranging use in all types of construction works at all levels. These brooms have various purposes, especially in traditional finish of concrete slabs and road construction. Contractors use brooms to prepare a new concrete surface of a newly cast slab and polishing the bream of a slab for placing another one side by side. Brooms used in construction sites are specially made with metal fibers or hard plastic fibers. However, other types of brooms are also used in traditional construction methods. Construction jobs normally require hard bristle brooms, but in many situations, soft fiber brooms are also used for cleaning and washing purposes of the finished construction works.

Kinds of construction site brooms

Depending on the surface on which a broom is to be applied different types of brooms are used. Due to variances in the bristle size, material used, and bristle strength some types of brooms are not suitable on a comparatively soft surface, on the other hand, the hard surfaces always require hard bristle for cleaning or polishing. Inflexible brooms may form scratches on the hardwood, rubber, or other kinds of floors, while easy-going, synthetic bristles may not be robust enough on a concrete or metal setting. These days, machine driven brooms are also used in the large construction sites like in road or bridge construction.

Here are some manual brooms that are regularly used on construction sites:

• Push broom: a push broom is used to clean a large area like a floor, or roof after the completion of construction work. Push brooms contain a long and flat head attached to a long wooden handle. The bristles are 3-4 inches long covered with a wooden or metal head that is generally 18-24 inches long.
• Amish broom – These brooms are made with strong corn-straw and generally bound and sewn manually. These brooms are the most traditional ones, low cost, and enduring. It is often used in a traditional finish for a concrete slab which is also called “broom finish”. It is used across the surface of a semi-dried concrete slab to create artistic patterns.
• Warehouse broom – These brooms consist of an oversize head with longer bristles. The head is specially designed to sweep heavy debris and fine dust from the concrete surface. These brooms work excellently on theuneven surface also.
• Whisk broom – These brooms have an extensive use in construction sites. They contain small handle not more than 6 inches but with a long bristle. Whisk brooms are used in dusting surfaces where construction work will take place.

Broom construction

Textures of the surfaces and types of dirt vary throughout a construction site, so selecting the exact broom construction is imperative for maximum dusting and cleaning effectiveness. Different kinds of bristles and designs are used in manufacturing brooms, like structural foam block, wood block, horsehair, Tampico, Palmyra, polystyrene, polypropylene, nylon etc. In road construction, rotary brooms are mostly used for fast and accurate works. Experts are adding many new features in the construction brooms these days to enhance their utility, ergonomics, and practicality.