I'm sick to death of being told stories of shiners doing crap jobs and only turning up a couple of times!
I drive around sometimes and see complete and utter muppets with a roof rack and builders bucket thinking there shiners. Why do they have to be signing on to be cowboys?
The other day I witnessed a big fella standing on a plain tile porch roof with a scrim, the same day I also saw one standing on his last rung I have even sat and watched with great pleasure one trying to wash out his scrim and put it straight to work. Some dont use scrim or micro, oh no what do they need them for, they do have "tea-towles" you know!!!!
I've seen the Polish working in and around London, they have clocked it!!!!
Ive seen ladders set at stupid angles footed by another set of ladders lying down or using a car, just this afternoon I watched a shiner do a couple in my road he had a wickes ladder no side bucket, I think he had a sponge but surley not, he carried hes perfetic excuse for a squeeggee in his pocket, is that safe? He rested his standard ladder on the corner of a bay if that is not cowboy I dont know what is.
Why am I so worked up, becuase I'm sick of monkeys giving this trade a bad name. I have priced jobs recently and have been up to 80% over there "old window cleaner" EIGHTY PERCENT FOR F@@K SAKE "my old window cleaner only charged £6" I'm talking huge five beds georgian the lot.
They even have commercial, how does that work out. The Working at Height Directive is a complete JOKE I am ammused when I see a certain shiner standing on an upside down bin to reach high retail windows, I aint talking little shops either Im talking huge retail park shops windows, and big names to, Next being one of them.
W.A.H.R is rubbish, its not worth the paper its printed on. who needs europe anyway I certainly dont!
ProPole