A customer once asked me if I could also clean out the lead lined valleys on their roof as they'd already asked me to clear their gutters. This required a roof ladder to do, which was fine, so I thought. Anyway, I managed to somehow get the roof ladder up to roof height whilst on the ladder that went up to the gutters. Then the knack was to get the roof ladder on to the roof. Okay, wasnt so difficult I guess but I wouldn't want to do it everyday. I then managed somehow to get up on to the roof ladder from the ladder that was on the gorund, without ties, stays or anyone footing it or any part of the ladder extending over gutter height. A circus trick more than a professionally managed and assessed procedure.So, from there I was able to clear the valleys out. Hooraaah! The getting down was a lot harder than the getting up. In fact I had to wait until the customer came home and sit on the ridge tiles patiently until they did, to help me get the roof ladder off the roof. I contemplated throwing it off at one point but then realised I'd be stuck on the ridge tiles with no way down to the top of the ladder that was on the ground.Not long after that I lost that customer.
2 weeks in having handed in my notice on an 11 year old job, I was up a ladder but couldnt quite reach the whole way across a window to blade it off. So tried boucing the ladder so the window could be finished without having to get down off it and move it in the normal way.The ladder feet were on concrete which didnt help, it was also spanning a porch. Needless to say the ladder shot out from underneath me and I ended up with a broken leg and ankle. That was not the best start to a promising career.
Yeah, it did. The bloke I was working with said 'walk it off mate'.
Admittedly we niether knew it was broken. It was friggin' agony, I managed to walk on it, just, from the van to the cake shop After that it was obvious something serious was wrong, so I went A & E, they asked how did I like the thought of crutches?
bunch of bloody cowboys the lot of you
Not good news then...So what did you say to that?Quote from: Quarter-Light on July 13, 2015, 05:49:48 pmAdmittedly we niether knew it was broken. It was friggin' agony, I managed to walk on it, just, from the van to the cake shop After that it was obvious something serious was wrong, so I went A & E, they asked how did I like the thought of crutches?