[Ian Sheppard]

Good that you escaped without serious injury, in the end you are the professional not the custy do the job your way that keeps you safe.

[EandM]

Went WFP six years ago for this very reason. Work very carefully now as at 42 I don't bounce as well as I used to. Went for a walk on Sunday, fell about seven feet over a stile and ended up in Hospital. On crutches now, nothing broken and hope to be back to work on Monday. Moral of the story:
 
WFP = Good
 
Too many things on your mind and Time & Unforseen Occurance = Bad

 

A seven foot stile? Where were you, Bechers Brook?

Normal height stile that the ground drops away from so ended up in the ditch!

[Jimmy Jon]

Get one of these ladder stability devices - one of the best safety gadgets i've ever bought - highly recommended if you use ladders all day or just for 5 minutes

http://www.hobuk.co.uk/acatalog/Titan-Base-Mate.html

hope your ok! 

thats not gonna stop the ladder from slipping,

Yes it would, You got one have you? I'd rather use a safety device than nothing at all

[Dave66]

there was a guy not too far away from me fell, went into a coma then died a week later...

not worth dying to clean a window is it..   

[boshravie]

Get one of these ladder stability devices - one of the best safety gadgets i've ever bought - highly recommended if you use ladders all day or just for 5 minutes

http://www.hobuk.co.uk/acatalog/Titan-Base-Mate.html

hope your ok! 

Here is the Video 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA4TT_Ekhik&feature=related

[bobby p]

Get one of these ladder stability devices - one of the best safety gadgets i've ever bought - highly recommended if you use ladders all day or just for 5 minutes

http://www.hobuk.co.uk/acatalog/Titan-Base-Mate.html

hope your ok! 

i like the way the feet flip down to become spikes . 

Here is the Video 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA4TT_Ekhik&feature=related

[A@R WINDOWCLEANING]

i got rid of about 10 custys that were just old school , ,£10 ,£20 £30 not worth  your legs or even your life . glad your ok !

[Window Washers]

i got rid of about 10 custys that were just old school , ,£10 ,£20 £30 not worth  your legs or even your life . glad your ok !

this is an honest post, clearly you value your life.

I think a lot of the time people just dont want to do something that takes them out of their comfort zone it's a little like putting up prices it's something many don't like to do because of fear they have built up around it.

[zimzam]

I law says if you have a safer method you by law must use it. And there is a safer method. I rest my case.

rest your case, close it then take it with you.if it was that simple then no one would be using ladders.yet there are still more windys using ladders than wfp.safer or not.

[LHill]

I saw two young lads no more than 18yrs old cleaning a house last year... one was on the ground floor windows and his mate was on the above window with the ladder extended over the lower roof.. Next thing I hear is the ladders banging and as I looked round i see him falling off the lower roof trying to grab something to stop the fall he grabs the gutter and rips it straight off (no joke) he gets up dusts himself off and carried on.

This happened to me but the gutter saved me..

Although I did get a wet leg.

[rosskesava]

I'm both wfp and trad although the trad bit is mainly for ground floor work but I do clean out gutters, etc, from time to time but before that, I was 100% trad.

I must be odd because while using ladders day in and day out I never had a fall or even a near miss. I always use A frame ladders with articulated rubber feet. I'm not saying accidents cannot happen but in all honesty, not noticing an icy footpath? I find that incredible. The first thing I always check is the surface on which the ladder feet go and I don't understand ladder users who do not use large rubber feet. They only cost £25.

[Londoner]

Its only a job at the end of the day FFS. Some of the posts we have had on here in the past you would think we were calling peoples manhood into question.

[mike roberts]

glad ur ok read link below ... most accidents from ladders below 2m - still if you can avoid ladder work safer method use it !!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/10/21/worker-bleeds-to-death-after-falling-off-ladder-in-luton-115875-23503400/

Poor Bt*****

[EandM]

7 Days and I'm still on crutches!

Let this be warning to all and sundry.

Even though I wasn't on a ladder, or at work, or indeed window cleaning