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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: andyjm1 on June 11, 2011, 05:57:01 pm

Title: ladder damage pic.
Post by: andyjm1 on June 11, 2011, 05:57:01 pm

Yet another customer seen the light and changing to wfp.  :)

Title: Re: ladder damage pic.
Post by: Neil Williams on June 11, 2011, 05:59:03 pm

Never good to use an invisable ladder ;D

Title: Re: ladder damage pic.
Post by: sf on June 11, 2011, 08:20:14 pm

should of used ladder mits.Never without mine.

Title: Re: ladder damage pic.
Post by: bobby p on June 11, 2011, 08:29:27 pm

marks are TOO LOWto have been from a windie , IMO

Title: Re: ladder damage pic.
Post by: weetot on June 11, 2011, 08:36:56 pm

Quote from: Neil Williams on June 11, 2011, 05:59:03 pm

Never good to use an invisable ladder ;D

 ;D

Title: Re: ladder damage pic.
Post by: P @ F on June 12, 2011, 10:08:30 pm

Bobby , how are they too low ?
Thats where the ladder should go surely , unless of course you have one of them new hovering stand off gadgets from the guy who does the wheelie bin systems  ;D

Rich

Title: Re: ladder damage pic.
Post by: Londoner on June 13, 2011, 07:42:19 am

Quote from: bobby p on June 11, 2011, 08:29:27 pm

marks are TOO LOWto have been from a windie , IMO

Oh no they are not, it not the way that I would do it but a lot do.

Title: Re: ladder damage pic.
Post by: Paul Coleman on June 13, 2011, 07:48:58 am

Quote from: sf on June 11, 2011, 08:20:14 pm

should of used ladder mits.Never without mine.

Totally correct IMO.
How any trad window cleaner uses a ladder without mitts is beyond me.
Using them not only means that you can clean without marking the customers' properties, it also drastically reduces the risk of sideways slipping.
A side effect of this is that you can rest the ladder on the sills thus gaining height.  Beware if sills are frozen though as it can't stop all the slipping.

Title: Re: ladder damage pic.
Post by: bobby p on June 13, 2011, 08:18:27 am

Quote from: P @ F on June 12, 2011, 10:08:30 pm

Bobby , how are they too low ?
Thats where the ladder should go surely , unless of course you have one of them new hovering stand off gadgets from the guy who does the wheelie bin systems  ;D

Rich

  if you are a windie who puts ladders below the sill, you would place it on the wall as high as poss,otherwise you wont reach  /the marks look too low in the photo unless it was a novice windie

i personally always place ladder on the sill, with a protector to stop marking (pipe insulation)  then i am away from the glass and can climb far higher to reach

having said that i did see a windie with his below a sill, but thats a VERY UNUSUAL sight

Title: Re: ladder damage pic.
Post by: dazmond on June 13, 2011, 08:38:38 am

the windy might just use one section of his ladder if its a long one.i knew a guy who did this on run of the mill council houses.if your tall you will be able to clean most windows with the ladder placed there.you might have to hold on to an open small window to get  on that extra rung to reach the corners but its doable! ;) ;D ;D

thank God for WFP though! ;D ;D ;D