[Dave Willis]

There's me a window cleaner with my sign written van on the drive, anyway my soffits and fascias need restaining and painting and I'm buggered if I'm going to spend half a week up a ladder doing them. I have a retired painter and decorator who lives just down the road who can't wait to do the job. He's 67 and says he's only fallen off his ladder twice  He's going to use some 'cripples' to get above the conservatory (my brother-in-law reckons these are illegal) I don't even know what they are.
 So there's me Mr health and safety letting an old age pensioner go up his ladders to risk life and limb.


Hope he doesn't fall off and try to sue me 

[mci services]

cripples are clamped onto two ladders and run across between the two. they were outlawed as they had no hand rails. but you can buy them with rails now i believe

[Dave Willis]

Are they called cripples 'cos you'll never walk again if you come off?

[mci services]

Are they called cripples 'cos you'll never walk again if you come off?

probably

[G Griffin]

cripples are clamped onto two ladders and run across between the two. they were outlawed as they had no hand rails. but you can buy them with rails now i believe

 I`m relieved you posted that 

[paul rulton]

if he does end up fallin off u better hope it near the finish not the start 
 ( but lets hope not hey )  :

[richard jagger]

saw some fellows the other day use these cripples fitting facia boards.No hand rails so if band they did not know it.

[richywilts]

i used to use these when i fitted fascias they are allowed to be used with handrails like sumone mentioned earlier, they were a right pain you had to move them along every 4 or 5 metres that sumtime meant puttin up and taking down and when we were working by the metre it made it near impossible to earn a half decent wage!! so i have them to thank for my career in window cleaning!!

[Helen]

So there's me Mr health and safety letting an old age pensioner go up his ladders to risk life and limb.
Hope he doesn't fall off and try to sue me 

I'm sure he will be ok.................... : but how can anyone procrastinate H & S, WAHR and so on to customers, when you are prepared to accept "less" on your own property. Shame!

[Dave Willis]

Quite easy really - I have my customer head on. Would I like to pay well over 1000k to have my house painted or just over £300?

What would you do - be honest now.

[dmlservices]

i used to use these for fitting fascias http://www.laddersafetydevices.co.uk/products_list.asp

daz

[weetot]

Are they called cripples 'cos you'll never walk again if you come off?

 

[Helen]

Quite easy really - I have my customer head on. Would I like to pay well over 1000k to have my house painted or just over £300?

What would you do - be honest now.

Being honest we don't have fascia boards or soffits, but if we did we would do them ourselves anyway. As your 67 year old is having to work over the conservatory roof, a slight slip could cost you more than 1k! As customers we are all looking for the "best" price, but sometimes it doesn't always pay to go cheap. Give my best to the OAP and tell him to be careful. I would hope that he has someone in attendance when he is doing the work, just in case!

[Gav Camm lammy 283]

nah let him fall m8 save us all sum money
them pensioners get loadsa dollar