PS to Rick
We used vapor steamers from Daimler for LBKC. I'm on my own now, so I got my unit from JKE Supply.
The various commercial brands are all quite similar to Daimler, which is probably the top of the line, but rather expensive. Look for Italian manufacture.
I tell customers to think of the vapor steamer as a psycho expresso machine on wheels.
Even the little ones are highly capable.
For 100 sft I probably wouldn't even set up a floor scrubber, unless the tile is heavily pitted or tumbled; the ambient steam and the light alkaline spray from working the grout alone emulsifies the tile surface and you just wipe/mop up.
I'd say between 10 to 15 minutes, but again with virtually no set up time, no reset to another room time, no hoses stretching out the door and no screaming porty pouring dirty water out of all available orifices.
The mobility factor makes many many jobs possible, particularly for upper floors, that you wouldn't even try to sell if you had to do all that set up and break down.
The steaming isn't silent though; it sounds like frying bacon.
We used vapor steamers from Daimler for LBKC. I'm on my own now, so I got my unit from JKE Supply.
The various commercial brands are all quite similar to Daimler, which is probably the top of the line, but rather expensive. Look for Italian manufacture.
I tell customers to think of the vapor steamer as a psycho expresso machine on wheels.
Even the little ones are highly capable.
For 100 sft I probably wouldn't even set up a floor scrubber, unless the tile is heavily pitted or tumbled; the ambient steam and the light alkaline spray from working the grout alone emulsifies the tile surface and you just wipe/mop up.
I'd say between 10 to 15 minutes, but again with virtually no set up time, no reset to another room time, no hoses stretching out the door and no screaming porty pouring dirty water out of all available orifices.
The mobility factor makes many many jobs possible, particularly for upper floors, that you wouldn't even try to sell if you had to do all that set up and break down.
The steaming isn't silent though; it sounds like frying bacon.