What a stupid statement
get about more & try wfp'ing 120 year old, paper thin glass 30ft up with a pole without breaking it or without the astragals falling out :
or like someone said, bottom sashes left open, or the inside of old mansions where you need a 12ft ladder for the insides! or sashes with mega-oxidised astragals etc.etc.etc
I think some people think that every window in the world has lovely upvc frames just because that's all they personaly come across day to day.
I also think some people would spend 2 hours scrubbing an oxidised window just to prove it can be done wfp when it could've been done in 2 mins with a ladder. If you cant use a ladder safley then you should't even have a driving liscense imo.
I am a wfp'er & trad, but to be honest the TOTAL OVER-HYPE of wfp on this forum sometimes is getting silly, who exactly are you trying to convince?
tony
Way to go Macmac,
Thats the kind of arguement David is looking for!
you've pointed out occasions where WFP is simply not suitable.
The banning of ladders does make sense in a general term, although it would never be a blanket ban because there are - as Macmac points out - many occasions when the use of a ladder is the only sensible and practical method of working.
However, I've been WFPing for 3 years solid and in that time I've not needed to 'WORK' off ladders more than 2 or 3 occasions, and by that I don't mean my little 6ft pointer ladder.
By and large David is right, there are few times when, for the vast majority of us, a ladder is ever needed to work off.
There will come a time when run of the mill window cleaning will indeed have the equivelent of a ladder ban.
The framework is already in place isn't it...."If there is another option other than using ladders, that option should be used."
It's worth pointing out that it doesn't mean the demise of traditional window cleaning...that can still be done with extension poles too!
Ian