Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: ZaNo on February 16, 2009, 05:20:22 pm
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im writing this with one hand, i was doing a conservatory roof thismorning [trade style] i wasnt at a bad angle at all but as i was scrubbin i must have lent to much over the ladder and the feet went, the ladder went crashing down, somehow i landed on my feet but unfortunatly my hand went straight through a sheet of glass that was over hanging the conservatory, sliced my fingers to the bone, completely lost skin on one of my finger tips, the house owner came running out, blood everywhere,ambulance came and i spent most of the day there and they said no more ladders for you for 1-2weeks minimum.
i am litteraly 2weeks away from getting a WFP, typical. the guys sending me the bill for his glass, after all that he even payed me for the clean which was really nice of him!
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bad luck there mate
hope your better soon
let us know your wfp setup 8)
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Jesus mate you wanna take it easy, at least you didnt break anything.......other than the glass, not much of a bonus though!
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Must have been a real shock. Glad it wasn't more serious and hope everything heals ASAP.
(Great customer!)
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Ouch! Hope your not out of action for too long!
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hope your back just as your WFP comes & that wot a bummer hope its gets heals qikley
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Thats bad mate,
It couldve been alot worse,
Take a couple of weeks off and keep your feet on the ground,
WFP is the way forward.
Dean
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Sorry to hear that but this could work to your benefit as you can now tell all your custys that due to a bad fall youve decided to go wfp.
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Sorry to hear that but this could work to your benefit as you can now tell all your custys that due to a bad fall youve decided to go wfp.
cant see there being much benifit being in pain and off work for 2 weeks ;D ;D ;D
Stan,
I fell and im lucky to be alive,
I took a year off work and sell the WFP to my customers on my own experience,
All is goin well so far,
Dean
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Not using injurys stan just my injuries ;D ;D
Only joking,
I know what you are saying though mate, playing the sympathy card isnt the way to get work.
I dont think theres anything wrong with using experience though,
Dean
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Sorry to hear of your accident ZaNo - it shakes you up doesn't it?
I was lucky enough not to ever fall off a ladder but used the fact that I could as a safety reason to justify wfp to custies.
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stans softening to WFP with a recomeding it hel be on hear in a munth or two saying how good is this WFP ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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stans softening to WFP with a recomeding it hel be on hear in a munth or two saying how good is this WFP ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
you dreaming again Tomy ;D ;D
There is ever increasing army of blokes who thought WFP was a waste of time for their work, but who now have it.
I was one of the first in my (admittedly backward) area of Thanet in Kent and a number of guys said it was a waste of time, and all of them now have it....
If you can't beat 'em, what's the point in having kids, no sorry I mean join 'em
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Its things like that that happening that make you think "is it worth going up ladders" asll it takes is one slip
There was a Traditional cleaner in my town that was killed when he fell of his ladders onto a car and he wasnt found straight away
left a wife and kids what a loss
set his ladders up probably the same a thousand times over as hed been cleaning windows for years
And to make matters worse another local cleaner heard about this and started knocking on doors on his round touting for work (he knows who he is and if you are reading this your SICK)
Theres also another guy i know who now uses WFP he was a Ladders guy untill the ladders slipped oneday and he broke both his ankles after he recovered he bought a stayclean franchise
just take it steady you got off very very lucky
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I would be interested to know why people have fallen from their ladders.
Bottom of ladders slipping outwards or slipping sideways or simply coming off?
I would think most of us know of someone who has fallen off a ladder. I know ot three that have come off step ladders and injured themselves badly. I know of another who was fitting fascias when the bottom slid out - he lost his teeth and knee-caps. I know of a diy-er who fell off his roof too whilst tiling. A local windowcleaner who fell and broke his legs.
So you guys who fell - why was it?
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Get well soon mate :)
We have all done it in the past...just that tiny bit of over reaching.....
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Thanks for the replys guys, yes im just glad i still have all my fingers as i could have lost them.
man this is such a bore everything i do is with one hand now and if i accidently bend my fingers or go to use my hand its a killer pain!! argh!! typical
I slipped because i lent to hard on the upper bit of ladder which was up against the conservatory causing the lower end to back up.
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Thanks for the replys guys, yes im just glad i still have all my fingers as i could have lost them.
man this is such a bore everything i do is with one hand now and if i accidently bend my fingers or go to use my hand its a killer pain!! argh!! typical
With all this time on your hand(s) there is one thing that you can do one handed..................................
sorry mate couldnt resist!! ;D
seriously get well soon mate
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About 10 years ago i came of the ladder the ground was a bit wet and there was a bit of moss on the path anyway was up cleaning the bedroom window next minute you get that horrible feeling in your stomach the ladder slips worst feeling you will ever get came straight down elbow hit the concrete first smashed my elbow to peices wthin 10 minutes my elbow was more than twice the size ended up with pins and a wire holding it together for a year.To this day i still clean that same window with ladders.
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Broke tiblia & fibia (both bones in right leg at the joint) in 1986, just had the screws removed november 08. My ladder slipped from under me, yeh your stomach goes right into your mouth!
They didnt have wfp then, but if they had i would have chucked me ladders in the bloody skip.
Still cleaning windows now though most of its WFP!!!.....laters
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Have you ever seen the advertisement on tv its one of them injuries at work and make a claim its when the guy is up the ladder and the ladder slides to this day i can never watch it always turn it over.
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Yep I know that felling, but I was very lucky it slipped down a wall for about 6" and then, thank you god, dug in to my mat.
Its a bazaar feeling, when it happens. All went in slow motion.
Only do WFP now, will never do windows from ladders again as risk and consequences Versus financial gain make this an easy decision for me.
My mate who is still trad had a ladder slip the other week and it shook him up.
Some people say ladders are safe its the user who isn't. This in my opinion is total Botox, as many an experienced cleaner has come off.
Look at the design its totally basic with very little by way of safety measures.
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i mite be dreming but i do hope you see the lite stan wot with your woodn wedg
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sorry to hear about your accident mate...................hope you get well soon
i fell about 15 yrs ago and smashed my left ankle...............i was out of work for 2yrs
about 6 yrs ago i fell climbing over a fence with a ladder and snapped my left arm at the elbow
when i was 18 i was out on a bender after playing rugby and we were pratting about using a crash helmet as a ball , i was tackled and put my hand out to stop myself hitting a wall but missed the wall and went through the window severing main artery in my right wrist
so we all do it
you were lucky ................it could have been a lot worse so take care mate