[alan andrewswestsi]

wind not to bad in southeast but i,m home because a lady decided to reverse off her drive without looking and smashed into the van , what a start to the year

[Dean Aspects]

wind not to bad in southeast but i,m home because a lady decided to reverse off her drive without looking and smashed into the van , what a start to the year

Ooooh nice is it bad can you still work from it??

Dean

[alan andrewswestsi]

yes i  can still use it but i had a real problem trying to shut the rear doors , took it to a pal of mine and he adjusted the doors so they close , not too much damage but he still thinks its £500.00 worth , all that aggro with the insurance to look forward to and i,ll have to work saturday to make up for it

[Small but perfectley formed]

just finished very windy and heavy rain here in south yorkshire looks like we may get flooding again

[jeff1]

What level of wind do you work in ?.

Today near me the wind is 40 miles per hour gusting to 55mph.

Would you work in it or wait for it to die down ?.

Just interested to get your views.

Dave

As soon as I feel the wind blowing the pole, I'm off home

[xxmattyxx]

This is why Im glad on occasions I have over bits to fall back on, done £450.00 this week so far and there'll be another ton tomorrow whatever the weather 

[Alex Gardiner]

Just rung Alex - he's soaking, my poor baby 

Just tell him your expecting another addition to the family to make him work harder

I'm back home now.  Another addition? Don't give her any ideas! 

It was awful out there today. Fortunately I had a couple of commercial jobs that were reasonably sheltered so we were able to work but we got absolutely soaked.  By about 12 o'clock, it cleared right up, wind dropped and were able to carry on with the rest of the day as scheduled.  If the wind hadn't dropped I would have had to give up as one of my last jobs was a 4 storey apartment block on Falmouth seafront and even I'm not that daft.

[Moderator David@stives]

Hey Alex

We did a 4 storey apartment block on Falmouth sea front yesterday !

Coincidence, wasnt Grove place was it ?

Dave

[Alex Gardiner]

Yes it was Grove Place - windows were filthy so they called in a professional 

[Moderator David@stives]

which one was it ? the big blue building ?

[Alex Gardiner]

I haven't the foggiest what colour it is, I'm looking at the glass.  If I tell you, you might nick it 

[Moderator David@stives]

I wont knick it you cheeky man !

Have you had it less than 12 months ?

[Alex Gardiner]

 

No, I've had it longer than 12 months. 

You'll appreciate this though.  You know the contract you quoted for (as did 50 other people!)  that I ended up losing - he rang me up this week to ask my advice on how to do some of the trickier windows and how he can get his time on the job down to a more reasonable level.   Unfortunately I had to inform him that, that was how long it took, it didn't get any easier and he'd under-priced it.

[Moderator David@stives]

Was that the big big building which should be at least a million pound a week ?

You should go and demonstrate a superlite to him because he WILL need one for that one, I bet you invented that pole for that job.

Dave

[Alex Gardiner]

Yes it was that trillion pound a week job.  The reality of that property is that whatever pole you use, you end up with an aching back by the end of the day.  It's a nasty job.

[macmac]

it is now raining horizontal here now with what seems like 70 mph winds, the lads are still out and i am grinning from ear to ear knowing i am dry and warm and money is still being earned.

Thank the lord for employees,

 I dont have to face the customers looks of discontent, the lads do,and if i lose one or two customers well thats ok, at least i can still put bread on the table this week.

Dave

So much for health & safety from the APWC then

tony

[windowwashers]

it is now raining horizontal here now with what seems like 70 mph winds, the lads are still out and i am grinning from ear to ear knowing i am dry and warm and money is still being earned.

Thank the lord for employees,

 I dont have to face the customers looks of discontent, the lads do,and if i lose one or two customers well thats ok, at least i can still put bread on the table this week.

Dave

So much for health & safety from the APWC then

tony

he is fully safe and getting a healthy return aswell 

[Cleaner Windows]

Had a big gutter/window cleaning job today, the morning was o.k but about 10 a.m the wind started to pick up but was halfway through the job, had someone footing me but still scared poopless, here and there had to hold on to the gutter to be safe made sure we finished up and went home asap!!!!