Time to get your Lawnmower Serviced
It may be a little early in the year to worry about mowing the lawn, but now is the perfect time to start thinking about a lawnmower service. Cork may be a little cold and glum at the moment, but spring is just around the corner and nobody wants to take their lawnmower out of hibernation only to discover months of disuse has rendered it sluggish or the blades are no longer up to standard.
Depending on conditions, grass can grow at a rate of two to six inches per week, and mowing the lawn is one of the most important—and most frequent—tasks required for a healthy and presentable lawn. Your lawnmower will be doing a lot of hard work in the coming months and it will have been worked equally hard last year. Here at Macroom Tool Hire & Sales we are well aware of the wear and tear a year of grass cutting can place on the working parts of lawn-mowing machinery, so we know what to look for and, although we don’t like blow our own trumpets, we are experts in lawnmower servicing and lawnmower repair. Cork has a lot of lawns and you’d be surprised how many of them are being maintained by lawnmowers that were purchased from our store and are maintained by our friendly and helpful staff.
Don’t be fooled into thinking only petrol mowers require serving though. Electric lawnmowers are worked just as hard and have vulnerabilities (such as blocked vents) that are unlikely to be a problem for petrol-powered lawnmowers such as the popular Stiga walk-behind mower.
Even push-powered reel mowers can benefit from a little lubrication in the right places, some sharpening of the blades and, of course, the removal of all those pieces of last year’s lawn that can be found hiding in many unexpected places and make the mower so much harder to push. The moisture from lawn clippings can also lead to corrosion, and corroded moving parts tend to be not so free-moving as they should be; so if you worked your mower hard last year, unless you have converted to patio-paving or gravel, the chances are you will be working your mower just has hard this year and it will certainly benefit from a preparatory lawnmower service. Cork boasts some of the best gardens in Ireland. Lawns are seldom neglected and Cork lawnmowers are some of the hardest worked in the land. They deserve a little extra TLC, and who better to provide it than your local lawnmower experts at Macroom Tool Hire & Sales?
Some Lawn Care Facts & Trivia
- Each 625 square meter of well-maintained turf-grass produces enough oxygen to meet the requirements of one person for one day.
- A well-maintained lawnmower can produce 50% less emissions than a poorly maintained mower.
- Servicing your (petrol) lawnmower can improve fuel consumption by up to 30%.
- Regular serving extends the life of lawn mowing machinery.
- The presence of a healthy, presentable lawn adds value to your property.