[SunShineCleaning]

As per my other thread: http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=168844.0

[Lee GLS]

Have you got a safety mat to cover your safety mat so people don't trip over the safety mat?

[SunShineCleaning]

Have you got a safety mat to cover your safety mat so people don't trip over the safety mat?

I'm looking into it.

[Richard iSparkle]

where'd you get your safety mat?  i'm going to get one

[SunShineCleaning]

where'd you get your safety mat?  i'm going to get one

The one in the picture is just rubber matting which isn't really heavy enough so I'm still looking.

[colin purewater]

By the time you have pulled the hose round the
Back of the house then come back to the van
To put safety mat over hose on the pavement
Someone could of already tripped over the hose!
Unless you put cones out the you would be covered!

So wasted of time IMO

[SunShineCleaning]

By the time you have pulled the hose round the
Back of the house then come back to the van
To put safety mat over hose on the pavement
Someone could of already tripped over the hose!
Unless you put cones out the you would be covered!

So wasted of time IMO

However if you didn't use it at all they could trip over the hose at any time.

[MATT BATEMAN (OWC)]

Stuart, you need a third option, 'WOULD USE ONE BUT WITHOUT SO MANY CONES'

[colin purewater]

By the time you have pulled the hose round the
Back of the house then come back to the van
To put safety mat over hose on the pavement
Someone could of already tripped over the hose!
Unless you put cones out the you would be covered!

So wasted of time IMO

However if you didn't use it at all they could trip over the hose at any time.

I was told by h&s cones are adequate do that will do
For me  

[AuRavelling79]

That picture looks like elf'n'safety gone crazy.

If that was me there would be one cone and I'd ensure the hose lay flat.

[SunShineCleaning]

By the time you have pulled the hose round the
Back of the house then come back to the van
To put safety mat over hose on the pavement
Someone could of already tripped over the hose!
Unless you put cones out the you would be covered!

So wasted of time IMO

However if you didn't use it at all they could trip over the hose at any time.

I was told by h&s cones are adequate do that will do
For me  

Was that the HSE or someone with H&S training?

In my other life which involves H&S I have noticed that even trained H&S people have a variety of views depending on how well they have been trained and their own personality and view of H&S.

[SB Cleaning]

That picture looks like elf'n'safety gone crazy.

If that was me there would be one cone and I'd ensure the hose lay flat.

I agree

[SunShineCleaning]

By the time you have pulled the hose round the
Back of the house then come back to the van
To put safety mat over hose on the pavement
Someone could of already tripped over the hose!
Unless you put cones out the you would be covered!

So wasted of time IMO

I work as follows:  I place the hosereel on the house side of the footpath, connect the reel to the van outlet with a patch piece of hose, cover the patch piece with the mat, then take the end of the hose to the house.  The hose acroos the path is only exposed for a few seconds till I cover it with the mat - and I'm in attendance anyway so can ward off any evil pedestrians :-) .

Usually one cone and one mat.  Very occasionally more of either if the path is very wide for instance but that is rarely an issue.

That sounds like you have it sorted. I like the Idea of a patch piece to the hose reel.

[GoodFella2006]

We need to see a video of a mobility scooter trying to pass between those cones.

[SunShineCleaning]

We need to see a video of a mobility scooter trying to pass between those cones.

You're quite right it has narrowed the pathway too much. I need a larger mat. The cones are holding down the edges to a degree.

[ben M]

  so ridiculous this mat with cones!

[G Griffin]

We need to see a video of a mobility scooter trying to pass between those cones.

It'll be on the Top Gear Christmas DVD with Jeremy Clarkson getting particularly animated.

I do that with a safety mat.........but I put it over a manhole with the cover removed  .

[DG Cleaning]

Has anyone actually tripped over microbore hose?

[DG Cleaning]

How many of us in all honesty park up and use the 100m to its full advantage?
I've got one where I can cover 3 streets and a cul de sac without moving the van 21 houses in total.
I'd need a big mat for that

[EandM]

Park on the lawn