On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:56:26 GMT, "Phil L"
wrote:

The beefy ones you mention above are about £20 to hire for a day, so for
your once a year patio clean, you would have to keep a bought one stored
away and in perfect working order for five years to break even, and even
then the bought one is a lot less powerful than the hired one

But this is uk.diy, we live to buy tools