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Title: frozen off
Post by: darren clarke on November 16, 2010, 08:18:55 am
any one frozen off this morning, just ben out to van loads of ice in side the front windscreen, but stuff not frozen, so looks like a late start,   any one else unlucky?
Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: dazmond on November 16, 2010, 08:36:20 am
blue monkey itll be fine in a bit!on frosty mornings i usually start a bit later(930-10am).by then any traffic problems due to accidents/rush hour have usually died down.once your past the first half hour working you build up momentum!! ;) ;D ;D ;D



dazmond
Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: tom2009 on November 16, 2010, 08:45:36 am
white here - loaded and ready to go though. First two jobs are over the road, literally, then I'll hack the ice off the car.
Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: darren clarke on November 16, 2010, 09:03:48 am
dazmond

just giving it till tenish anyway,  got a easy day really  only 20 jobs lol,  just amazed me how icy the inside of the van was
Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: rg1 on November 16, 2010, 09:07:16 am
any one frozen off this morning, just ben out to van loads of ice in side the front windscreen, but stuff not frozen, so looks like a late start,   any one else unlucky?

No heater for the van ?
Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: darren clarke on November 16, 2010, 09:09:00 am
yea its got one,  just takes for ever to defrost the window,  rest of van gets warm first lol
Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: rg1 on November 16, 2010, 09:14:28 am
Sorry Blue Monkey, I meant overnight heater ;)
Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: darren clarke on November 16, 2010, 09:20:21 am
no i got a dispatch van,  and its never frozen the gear,  just went out this morning and was frozen inside and out  but gear was fine,  its all defrosted now, so going to finsh brew then out
Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: mci services on November 16, 2010, 04:42:49 pm
1st 4 windows froze this morning in a unheated garage conversion but was fine after that, I did change the order I did some jobs today as I knew from last year a conservatory froze on me so I did that later in the day
Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: Paul Coleman on November 16, 2010, 04:49:33 pm
Would have been a slightly late start but I have a couple of quotations to do first thing so no real issue.  I brought the reel in last night and drained the pipework in the van.  Just as well because I noticed the wet brush was frozen this morning.
Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: ♠Winp®oClean♠ on November 16, 2010, 04:56:48 pm
Got to a job this morn, big house with huge conny. Every pane in the conny was solid ice! ::) Went & did another job first then came back to it an hour later & managed to do it.

I'd have been better with ice skates on though on the patio flags!
Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: formb on November 16, 2010, 05:21:43 pm
-5 here last night.

Oh well at least we had these:

Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: formb on November 16, 2010, 05:22:22 pm
Not these:
Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: formb on November 16, 2010, 05:22:47 pm
 ;D ;) ;D
Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: mci services on November 16, 2010, 05:38:26 pm
 ;D well seeing as Form B is from way up north of me near Iceland I will take his word for it and get a pair ;) there is an arco along the road from me
Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: paul saunders on November 16, 2010, 05:51:35 pm
What do you do if the water freezes on the glass, d you carry on hoping that it will be ok when it thaws, or do you call it a day, or go back en it has warmed up a little?
Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: Llaaww on November 16, 2010, 06:12:09 pm
What do you do if the water freezes on the glass, d you carry on hoping that it will be ok when it thaws, or do you call it a day, or go back en it has warmed up a little?

I was sent to wash window on the comentary box for the memorial ground in bristol (93 ish).

The wind chill was down to -15. Two of us legged it up to the top of the stand and set about this little glass room. The water froze instantly all over the entire room. We spent the next half hour chipping it all off with scrapers.

When I took my scrim off my shoulder it was frozen, stiff as a board.

Just thought i'd share my frozen up tale.
Title: Re: frozen off
Post by: scud on November 16, 2010, 08:40:48 pm
What do you do if the water freezes on the glass, d you carry on hoping that it will be ok when it thaws, or do you call it a day, or go back en it has warmed up a little?

I was sent to wash window on the comentary box for the memorial ground in bristol (93 ish).

The wind chill was down to -15. Two of us legged it up to the top of the stand and set about this little glass room. The water froze instantly all over the entire room. We spent the next half hour chipping it all off with scrapers.

When I took my scrim off my shoulder it was frozen, stiff as a board.

Just thought i'd share my frozen up tale.

  -15?

  Have you also got one of them watches that time you doing a 6 bed mansion in 7 minutes?