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dazmond

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do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« on: November 16, 2010, 08:05:06 am »
i got some bags of cheap table salt the other day and sprinkled a bit on the odd pathway yesterday and the custies seemed well pleased i was doing this.do you guys do the same?

its icy here in manchester.i only do it on the odd doorway where there is a window directly above it.


dazmond
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Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2010, 08:16:37 am »
yes it keeps the peace

Andy1982

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Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2010, 08:17:39 am »
Ye. We use something called ice melt, melt's ice twice as quick as normal road salt and its quite cheap too.

Andy

Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2010, 08:19:59 am »
no,  if the weather is that cold that it starts to freeze the water i go home,  i am wimp lol

dazmond

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Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2010, 08:31:09 am »
blue monkey its frosty and icy out there at present but ill be starting at 930 on domestics.what about for eg i worked until 445pm yesterday and it was dark by the time id packed up.there were 2 windows directly above 2 doorways and a bit of a puddle in front of both doors.it took less than a minute to throw a bit of salt down and the custies really were pleased about it.by the time i got home(515pm)everywhere was starting to freeze.


is it your first winter window cleaning blue monkey?its my 17th!first one using wfp though!


dazmond
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formb

Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2010, 01:23:59 pm »
We carry floor squeegees for excess water then salt the path.

Only takes a minute.

ant french

Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2010, 01:26:48 pm »
im a wimp if its icey i never go out lol  ;D my body hates the cold  :-[ but having no car/van this week i had to walk and if i had salt today i would of done the paths, some kids going up the steep hill will get hurt and to make matters worse they cant see danger, going down the hill on scooters lol

Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2010, 02:00:47 pm »
no it is my second dazmond,  i try to not to use a load of water on paths,  if any thing i will leave the door or do with a cloth   depending on how cold it is,  but in my eyes u r admiting liabiality if some one falls,  as if they sue all the laywers will say is  ur must of knew it was dangerous by putting salt down


its like xmas,  some will work up to xmas eve,  i stop around the 15 as spend all year saving up so i can have some time off when the weather is really bad

Panorama

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Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2010, 02:55:43 pm »
If you grit a path the owner of the property will be liable

Dave Anderson

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Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2010, 03:33:42 pm »
I do salt the odd path and the odd flat roof...mainly for my own safety...
The more I know the less I know I know ...

clearlyclean

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Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2010, 04:29:58 pm »
where in manchester are you Dazmond,Mate skidded on some Ice in whalley range yesterday morning.Today I offered to salt paths but most declined.

Perfect Windows

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Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #11 on: November 16, 2010, 05:28:30 pm »
You’re admitting liability by putting salt down.

Tripe surpassing even your best efforts, Ewan.

Vin

Perfect Windows

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Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2010, 05:34:27 pm »
Its law dickhead

Touched a nerve, Ewan?  Trolling not the fun it used to be?

Vin

Perfect Windows

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Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #13 on: November 16, 2010, 06:12:59 pm »
No, just a normal reaction to, complete stupidity.

Preserving this before you delete your post.

Spruce

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Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2010, 06:37:26 pm »
You’re admitting liability by putting salt down.

IMO then by the same reasoning, you are admitting liability for a trip hazard if you put warning signs/cones up - and the Government is admitting liability for making a road with a sharp bend by putting a warning sign up as well.
I always ask permission off the home owner before salting paths as some are blaming salt for damaging their paving. If someone slips on a frozen path, how do they know it was your water to blame - how can they tell the difference between your water and rain water?
Spruce
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The older I get, the better I was ;)

Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #15 on: November 16, 2010, 08:02:13 pm »
what has happened to ewan posts,?

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Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #16 on: November 16, 2010, 08:35:02 pm »
We went through all this last year and the year before.

Last year I posted links that say if you cause a risk you should minimize that risk through the use of salt etc. or take away the risk and Trad it if safe to do so.

I am not searching again.

I also posted a link that say's the house owner has a duty of care to make safe access for tradesmen visiting their property's

Perfect Windows

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Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #17 on: November 16, 2010, 08:37:19 pm »
what has happened to ewan posts,?

He posts, argues, then deletes, as people in the past looked through his old posts and noticed gross self-contradiction.  If you're interested enough to highlight the crass nature of most of his rants, please do remember to quote his words or the thread becomes unreadable when he self-censors.

He's just a typical internet troll; I do try to ignore him but when he posts cretinous factual inaccuracies like the one above, it's worth pointing it out in case anyone's taken in by it.  The problem is that he posts positively ludicrous advice sometimes but couches it in terms such that people might believe him.

Many people on here believe that he's not even a windy.  Evidence has been requested, but I believe he's never posted any at all.

Vin

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Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #18 on: November 16, 2010, 08:41:13 pm »
If you go to Wickes they sell sacks of road grit but get it now before a big freeze comes otherwise it will be all gone.


Perfect Windows

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Re: do you grit/salt the odd pathway?
« Reply #19 on: November 16, 2010, 08:55:48 pm »
what has happened to ewan posts,?

He posts, argues, then deletes, as people in the past looked through his old posts and noticed gross self-contradiction.  If you're interested enough to highlight the crass nature of most of his rants, please do remember to quote his words or the thread becomes unreadable when he self-censors.

He's just a typical internet troll; I do try to ignore him but when he posts cretinous factual inaccuracies like the one above, it's worth pointing it out in case anyone's taken in by it.  The problem is that he posts positively ludicrous advice sometimes but couches it in terms such that people might believe him.

Many people on here believe that he's not even a windy.  Evidence has been requested, but I believe he's never posted any at all.

Vin



Or it could be dickheads like you, are unable to read what’s written without putting your own spin on it.

I originally posted my opinion in a single sentence. You’re a troll dickhead, not me look at the rant you are having now.


Just saving his post.  I really do seem to be touching a raw nerve today...