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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Frequently Asked Questions & Useful Resources => Topic started by: Mario Ortega on September 09, 2010, 10:31:50 pm

Title: Ladders: indispensable?
Post by: Mario Ortega on September 09, 2010, 10:31:50 pm

I'm seriously loking into a window cleaning business but there is no way I'm climbing up a ladder. I'd do something else, it's just not worth the risk.

My question is: Do you really need a ladder? Can you successfully run a business of this sort without using a ladder at all?

Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Ladders: indispensable?
Post by: AuRavelling79 on September 10, 2010, 03:08:04 pm

Yes. I do. Except I have a 6ft ladder with ladder mitts on it for reaching over to unlock gates. Rarely I will use it in a porch to get to the top of a "light" above a door that I cannot reach from the ground.

I could manage without it. But the days of second and third floor work off of a ladder are over for me.

Title: Re: Ladders: indispensable?
Post by: gavin pedley on September 13, 2010, 03:43:23 pm

I would say yes you could do without one but you may have to say no to the odd job or two.

I planned not to have ladders but in the end i surrendered and got some yesterday.

Today i used them to just give me that little extra hight so i could see roof of cony so i could clean it properly without guessing if i have got all the dirt and muck.

Title: Re: Ladders: indispensable?
Post by: dazmond on September 14, 2010, 07:46:37 pm

IMO you do need some sort of ladders with you.i use my 8ft single pointer for opening gates some days and my 3.5m 2 section trade ladders for the odd flat roof up and overs.i also use them for some conny roofs cleans with a stand off.you cant clean some roofs without them.

90% of the time my feet are firmly on the ground now because of water fed pole though! ;) :D ;D ;D


regards

dazmond