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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: cat9921 on November 06, 2008, 04:38:45 pm

Title: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: cat9921 on November 06, 2008, 04:38:45 pm
Hi all

Tell me what you think to this  :o  ::)

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UzvAXJU_iPU&feature=related (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UzvAXJU_iPU&feature=related)
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: Pristine Clean on November 06, 2008, 04:42:44 pm
Well clearly he could not afford a pole of the lengthrequired! ::) Only a 30 footer so not over expensive.. Cowbow... in my opinion as I thought WFP was so no ladders were needed to be used.

But made me chuckle ;D

Dave
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: trike on November 06, 2008, 04:44:44 pm
muppet
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: cat9921 on November 06, 2008, 04:46:01 pm
Well clearly he could not afford a pole of the lengthrequired! ::) Only a 30 footer so not over expensive.. Cowbow... in my opinion as I thought WFP was so no ladders were needed to be used.

But made me chuckle ;D

Dave

Agree with you 100% Dave, Who said WFP is not dangerous   ;D
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: RO-Sheen on November 06, 2008, 04:52:21 pm
Ha Ha Ha, What an idiot! I nearly fell off my stilts I was laughing so much!
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: The Seven Bays Window Cleaning Company on November 06, 2008, 04:53:54 pm
Blokes like that give window cleaning a bad name !  Cowboy for sure. :-\
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: Chris Galloway on November 06, 2008, 04:58:24 pm
I brought up a topic like this before..

http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=63634.0

funny how in 2 threads people think of it differently!
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: karygate on November 06, 2008, 05:00:09 pm
people unfortunately rely on their eyes to believe some things. but is this guy taking the michael .  ???
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: ronnie paton on November 06, 2008, 05:01:42 pm
i think its funny surely any one with sence would see that and think two words........dick......and......head
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: Pristine Clean on November 06, 2008, 05:10:04 pm
I brought up a topic like this before..

http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=63634.0

funny how in 2 threads people think of it differently!

Hi Chris,

Yes see what you mean having looked at your thread. But I just had a look, so far the people commenting on this post have not commented on the post you started before..

I still stand by what I sid in my previous post on this topic.

Lets see if anyone from your thread says any different in this post.

Dave
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: mistersqueegee on November 06, 2008, 05:11:56 pm
Just another nutter! Where are the guys w/ the butterfly net and straight jacket? :D
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: David Slater on November 06, 2008, 05:37:20 pm
Amazing!!!

So wrong in so many ways....but its bloody funny to watch  ;D ;D
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on November 06, 2008, 05:41:27 pm
just  buy a bigger pole
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: Wayne Thomas on November 06, 2008, 08:23:20 pm
He missed a bit ;D
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: m.b.s. on November 06, 2008, 08:59:38 pm
i wouldent say hhe had cleaned the windows right ay way with the wfp
still made me laughth  ;D ;D
who said ladders were banned
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: STEVE-UK on November 06, 2008, 09:42:36 pm
he must think hes the dogs to put it on you tube!!
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: Sir Squeaky on November 06, 2008, 09:48:06 pm
Blokes like that give window cleaning a bad name !  Cowboy for sure. :-\
Dear me. Chill out. ::)

Yes he's doing it the hard way.
But he's hardly "giving us a bad name". ::)
Why would the public be so horrified, when they've seen people up ladders for hundreds of years?
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: LWC on November 06, 2008, 09:48:37 pm
kinda defeating the obect of the water fed pole there lol
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: P @ F on November 06, 2008, 09:50:01 pm
Ok i agree that it is dangerous , over stretching , and the angle of the ladder on a lawn !
But i myself use an 18 foot from 1ST story soffits to get to velux windows , madness i hear you say , but i use the pole one handed , the other one on the ladder of course , and the ladder is footed against decking posts , like on bannisters , not the spindles !
I do 5 houses like this , the thing is , i can reach them with my 45 foot facelift , but choose not to because its a pain in the arse at that angle !

 Rich P @ F  
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: Sir Squeaky on November 06, 2008, 09:53:20 pm
Ok i agree that it is dangerous , over stretching , and the angle of the ladder on a lawn !
But i myself use an 18 foot from 1ST story soffits to get to velux windows , madness i hear you say , but i use the pole one handed , the other one on the ladder of course , and the ladder is footed against decking posts , like on bannisters , not the spindles !
I do 5 houses like this , the thing is , i can reach them with my 45 foot facelift , but choose not to because its a pain in the arse at that angle !

 Rich P @ F  
I've got some which I mentioned when I got my new pole the other week.
20+ft almost horizontal above garages with sloping roofs.

To be honest it would be easier to put a small ladder up the side of the garage and use a 12ft pole from there.

If I carried a ladder I'd do it.
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: NWH on November 06, 2008, 10:05:21 pm
I`ve seen it and heard about it more,you would be surprised how many WC`s do that cos they won`t buy a longer pole.
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: P @ F on November 06, 2008, 10:18:35 pm
Right on Sqeaky , it does annoy me how lots become anti ladder as soon as they get wfp , im not a big fan of them , but i use them safely so no probs , i always used them before wfp , and i will continue to use them as it suits .
Stop being a bunch of FANNYS !   ;D ;D ;D

 Rich P @ F
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: The Seven Bays Window Cleaning Company on November 07, 2008, 06:01:30 am
Its not the fact hes on a ladder that I'm calling him a cowboy - its his technique with the brush.

With the amount of pressure hes using there's no way he removing insect poo, or stuborn marks, or getting in the corners ;D

Thats why he's a YEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Title: Re: WFP off a Ladder ?
Post by: Paul Coleman on November 07, 2008, 07:57:37 am
I brought up a topic like this before..

http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=63634.0

funny how in 2 threads people think of it differently!

Hi Chris,

Yes see what you mean having looked at your thread. But I just had a look, so far the people commenting on this post have not commented on the post you started before..

I still stand by what I sid in my previous post on this topic.

Lets see if anyone from your thread says any different in this post.

Dave

OK.  Challenge accepted.  :)  .  I wouldn't do what that guy is doing.  The only time I've done anything vaguely like that is to stand a few rungs up on a stepladder to bridge over a flat roof.  This is usually because the boundary is too close to step back and obtain an angle with which I can work.  The alternative would be to get my ordinary ladder off the van and climb onto the flat roof to do it.  I have been up there before and don't feel comfortable with it due to the roof's age in some cases.  The stepladder method is the lesser of the evils IMO.