Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: advanced on October 01, 2015, 03:15:24 pm
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More and more people are putting these big kitchen extensions with roof lanterns expecting us to clean them .
ok if its a flat roof easily accessible but the ones with a small pitched tiles that you have to climb over using ladder are a pain .
was wondering how you chaps get over this problem ????
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They are not safe I had one but only cleaning once then refused.
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ditto
unless you use ladder with hook same as roofers
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I did one and got my colleague to foot the ladder, but thinking on I'm not sure that was safe. Next time I'm asked I will include the cost of a ladder hook in the price.
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If it looks risky don't do it . If you slip and break a leg is customer going to donate to your mortgage and other bills if they don't understand why you wont do it then do you want them as a customer .
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If it looks risky don't do it . If you slip and break a leg is customer going to donate to your mortgage and other bills if they don't understand why you wont do it then do you want them as a customer .
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On pitched roof extentions if you can't wfp it from the ground or using a ladder to the roofline & then use a wfp then in my book it should be left out.
I've found an ankalad stabaliser (outriggers) fitted to the ladder & microlite standoff resting on roof tiles gives you a very stable platform to work from to be able to use a wfp on hard to reach glass etc without the need to go clambering over pitched roofs.
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yep rather not do them if risky me thinks
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Also some of the slate tiles can be brittle and easily cracked, they can also be costly to replace if reclaimed or rare
colours.