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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: ajs on September 17, 2009, 07:26:50 am

Title: working height
Post by: ajs on September 17, 2009, 07:26:50 am

think i have asked before looked back but cant find it..
what is the health and saftey requiement of climbing a ladder unaided.
oh have heard the one....well the length of the ladder mate...lol

Title: Re: working height
Post by: martinsadie on September 17, 2009, 08:43:22 pm

if im happy with it i climb if not i dont ,Stans safty  ;D ;D

Title: Re: working height
Post by: kenaltobelli on September 17, 2009, 08:54:17 pm

9mtrs or sumat and you have to have one foot on a rung at all times ;D

Title: Re: working height
Post by: Rob.Hall on September 17, 2009, 09:19:32 pm

Check your insurance because mine only covers me to 15ft..........Checked the small print not so long ago.

Shame coz I bought a 50ft pointer to keep up with you wfp boys.... ;D!!

Title: Re: working height
Post by: luther1 on September 17, 2009, 09:22:34 pm

I use Stans safety too. :)

Title: Re: working height
Post by: SherwoodCleaningSe on September 17, 2009, 10:54:48 pm

6-9 meters your supposed to have someone footing the ladder.  Not supposed to work at above 9 meters on a ladder.  Under 6 meters and you can work as long as it is only for a short duration on the ladder at any one time.  Some would also argue that you need to prove that there is no safer way to work the job other than a ladder.

Simon.

Title: Re: working height
Post by: mci services on September 17, 2009, 11:29:24 pm

read the doc

Title: Re: working height
Post by: mci services on September 17, 2009, 11:42:51 pm

ok its clear as mud but 6m looks to be the max then up to 9m with the ladder footed and attached to the building.

so my 3mtr double is well within the limits and my 4mtr goes to about 7.2 and by the time it comes out from the wall 1 or 2 mtrs still ok

anything higher i wfp