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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: lee andrew on March 06, 2013, 03:59:03 pm

Title: print paving
Post by: lee andrew on March 06, 2013, 03:59:03 pm

Does anyone else find that print paving is dangerous, really slippery even under foot, i turned a job down because of the print paving and it sloped away from the front.
out of interest would scrims under the ladder give a bit more grip?

Title: Re: print paving
Post by: formb on March 06, 2013, 04:04:44 pm

Quote from: lee andrew on March 06, 2013, 03:59:03 pm

would scrims under the ladder give a bit more grip?

Probably not. If it looks too risky just walk away.

Have you tried these:

http://www.laddersafetysupplies.co.uk/laddermate.shtml

We used to use it for dodgy ones when we were trad. It adds a good bit of stability without too much of a faff.

Title: Re: print paving
Post by: lozsing on March 06, 2013, 04:41:05 pm

you did the right thing

Title: Re: print paving
Post by: Granny on March 06, 2013, 05:22:48 pm

I don't think scrim will save you - WFP best option obviously but I know an old window cleaner and he carries round a coir coconut fibre doormat and puts it hairy side down ladders on top he's still alive!
G.

Title: Re: print paving
Post by: trevor perry on March 06, 2013, 05:25:45 pm

scrim will work and is much better than many of the anti slip devices on these surfaces make sure the scrim is damp, having said that i dont think the HSE would see it that way

Title: Re: print paving
Post by: home6442 on March 06, 2013, 06:15:15 pm

Print paving can be a nightmare and gets worse when not
washed for a while.
I use wfp and standing on its like standing on ice.
dont put a ladder anywhere near it, far too dangerous.