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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: neiljoust on January 25, 2011, 02:50:38 pm
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i am starting up do you think triple ladders be ok open full they open up to 5.43 meters am only doing domistic houses thank you
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yes as long as you can handle it easily.
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thank you am looking at a fiesta 35 van so small dont think double ladders will fit on top
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I am trad and run a Fiesta 35 van. My ladders go on it without any problems. :)
John
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what size ladders do you have john
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I have 2 sets of double ladders, 12 rungs per section. At a guess they are about 3.5 metres long.
I also have a longer set of doubles,which I only use occasionally. These are 15 rungs per section, approximately 4.8 metres long. These overhang by about 2 feet at the back. Obviously I tie a rag to the end rung, and have never had any problems with this, apart from bashing my head on them at times when fishing my gear out of the back!
Hope this helps,
John.
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watch out you dont buy a heavy set of ladders cos theyll break your back once you get busy . i had a triple trade 10 rung set ,it almost broke my back only using the first 2 bits .
i looked around as to what others used,the "old lags" on the street ,plus asked WAGGA and got the same as the old pro himself in the end . 9 rung doubles by youngman ,get them in wickes about 60 quid,these are small enough to carry through a house or alleyway easily
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bye a 20ft double this is the bread and butter ladder for doing most domestics get an extra set of feet for the winter trim to fit are the best make. when you put ladder on window ledge put your right feet on the first rung up and try to pull it back towards you to test to see if it slips back if it moves any re ajust your ladder good luck
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i am starting up do you think triple ladders be ok open full they open up to 5.43 meters am only doing domistic houses thank you
get a set of triples mate you can always take the top section out
when not needed but have the extra height if needed.
go to midland ladder.com they sell good gear at reasonable prices
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Hi,
& dont forget to buy proffesional pointed window cleaners ladders as you can only put an open top ladder on the cill resulting in having to reach up. With a pointed ladder thier are so many more options.
Keep your eyes on ebay.
See my post on Day & a halfs work.
Kevin Windolene.
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Two teir ladders will do if you are only doing two storey houses and they will be alot lighter to carry around aswell.
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I hope you're taking WAHR law into consideration with your planned ladder use? ;)
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Hi,
& dont forget to buy proffesional pointed window cleaners ladders as you can only put an open top ladder on the cill resulting in having to reach up.
no you can put them : -
into the corners
above the window
any part of the window frame
(using ladder mitts!!!!)
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Hi,
& dont forget to buy proffesional pointed window cleaners ladders as you can only put an open top ladder on the cill resulting in having to reach up.
no you can put them : -
into the corners
above the window
any part of the window frame
(using ladder mitts!!!!)
true ;)
very true ;) but im just a ladder monkey so no-one will listen ;D
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how about a piece of pipe insulation taped on ;D
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The 2007 work at height directive is part of the "STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
S.I. No. 299 of 2007,Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations 2007"
While this directive covers nearly every aspect of health and safety in the workplace, Part 4 specifically deals with "Work at height". The extract shown below contains the key regulations that limit ladder use for window cleaning. We believe it is "reasonably practicable" to clean windows without ladders, making ladders an unnecessary risk, and therefore their use is in direct violation of this law.
Avoidance of risks from work at height.
98. Taking account of the general principles of prevention in Schedule 3 to the Act, an employer
shall—
(a) ensure that work is not carried out at height where it is reasonably practicable to carry out the work safely and without risk to health otherwise than at height,
(b) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), ensure that work is not carried
out at height unless it is reasonably practicable to do so safely and without risk to
health,
(c) where, having regard to paragraphs (a) and (b), it is necessary to carry out work at
height, take suitable and sufficient measures to prevent an employee falling a
distance liable to cause personal injury, including—
(i) ensuring that the work is carried out—
(I) from an existing place of work, or
(II) in the case of obtaining access or egress, by using an existing means of
access or egress,
in compliance with this Part, where it is practicable to do so safely and under
appropriate ergonomic conditions, and
(ii) where it is not practicable for the work to be carried out in accordance with
subparagraph (i), ensuring that suitable and sufficient work equipment, in
compliance with Regulation 100, is provided to prevent a fall occurring,
(d) where the measures taken under paragraph (c) do not eliminate the risk of a fall
occurring—
(i) provide sufficient work equipment, in compliance with Regulation 100, to
minimise the distance of a potential fall and the risk of personal injury, and
(ii) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (c), provide such additional
training and instruction or take other additional suitable and sufficient
measures to prevent, so far as is practicable, any employee falling a distance
liable to cause personal injury.