Quote from: dazmond on December 18, 2025, 04:39:11 pm

Running diesel heaters on red diesel is not recommended at all. It cokes up the burner prematurely...

Urban Myth i'm afraid. Running something like that is exactly what red diesel is for.............. non taxable plant stuff, agriculture use etc....

It’s not an urban myth Wabasto themselves say not to use red diesel in them as it soots them up this is especially so in there fitment  into boats most boatyards will not work on them if they have been run on red , I don’t understand why red diesel does  this as its basically white diesel  with a dye in it , but that’s what the manufacturers say

Ive finished now until 5th January. Schedule moved forward 2 weeks and worksheets download ed to phone for the new year and even printed slips out for the Monday!

£430 up to now but fully expect to get more as customers continue to pay me online over the xmas period. I could hit £500 this year. I usually get a few in the new year too during first week back.

Happy Xmas everyone!🙂👍

Makes more sense to use Kevlar being lighter than fibre glass as insulated sections. I have a No.6 section made completely of Kevlar and weighs next to nothing in comparison to carbon pole extensions.

Every window cleaner is suppose to do a risk assessment for every individual job and to be aware of the dangers around. Racing around like an idiot putting profit before safety is a sure way of expecting accidents to happen through incompetence.

100% agreed.

Didn't know about the insulation properties of Kevlar. Thanks

We have 2 reported deaths and one serious injury according to the report.

 Unfortunately, sad as they are, we aren't told what the circumstances are around the two window cleaners who died.   If it's one I remember reading about, he was using an aluminium pole around electric cables.

There was a thread on one of the forums recently regarding electric cables and window cleaners. There where many posters who didn't know the difference between telephone cables and electricity supply cables. There's part of the problem; a lack of knowledge.

However, while we need to prevent all injuries and deaths, I'm sure that many can be avoided with a properly self imposed risk and method statement as Malc has stated.  Who does that?

Obviously the injured window cleaner can't work again as a window cleaner, but I remember both him and his dad were going to focus on awareness and safety regarding pole manufacture.

Pushing stuff through parliament at that level is just going to make it more difficult for manufacturers and it's window cleaners who will be affected in the end.

Gardiner's insulate the base pole section against electrical shock. If they, and others, are legislated to give the shock protection to the second pole that fits into the base pole, what happens when that fibreglass layer wears off/or wears thin and the carbon shows through?  We experienced that wear pattern with the clx range.

I know this sounds harsh, but people who wave a pole around bare supply lines only have themselves to blame when accidents happen imho.

We have a few old houses with bare supply cables. I clean the fronts of those houses (not my lad) and go through a mental action plan before I start cleaning the upstairs bedroom windows every time we clean them.

Unfortunately there's seems to be this two fold attitude among window cleaners in our area of how much money do I earn cleaning this house and how quickly can I do it. 'Time is money' can mean that basic safety procedures are overlooked.

Quote from: KS Cleaning on December 18, 2025, 03:28:24 pm

Purefreedom Reelmaster in powder coated steel ordered👍🏻

I would have waited till Boxing day, may get 10% off.

Black Friday would have been better but hadn’t decided on changing van at that point😩