[Darranvps]

Hi
What is the most dangerous window cleaning work, you have witnessed?

Mine was witnessed in the following pictures, taken in Varna, Bulgaria Summer 2009.
We had a team cleaning the external vertical windows, with WFP, but the so called Facilities Management company decided to let their own staff clean the 18m high glass roof!

[Darranvps]

Here is how I cleaned glass roofs on a well known school in Bradford, West Yorkshire back in 2002

Using a waterfed pole, with a safety harness attached to a tested mansafe system.

[cozy]

Don't know what toughend glass is used in the UK Darran, but they use very thick stuff here on buildings like that, designed to walk on. We used to do the entrance roof work on a huge shopping mall in Germany. Not a problem. Just for my own piece of mind, I would always walk or stand on the framework where possible, but that's just me lol.

[Darranvps]

The building is in Varna, Bulgaria.
Probably is toughened glass, but one fall from one of those women with a brass squeegee in her hand..................
18 metres could be one hell of a fall.
Not sure what the Health and safety regs are like in Germany, but you wouldn't get away with that in the UK

[cozy]

Yeah, know what you mean. But here, the glass has to have a measured weight carried spec. You are supposed to wear harness at that height that you show in that pic. Can't see any safety gear on the pic, but suppose that's how it goes in Bulgaria.

Added after, don't think I would let so many people work so close together on there just to test if it is strong enough though.

[Darranvps]

They were just the women who did the daily office cleaning. Their boss made them go up onto the roof to clean the glass. No safety harness etc

[Darranvps]

They were big and HAIRY

[paul rulton]

the 1 u just put up  no way hosay  not 4all the t in china 

[cozy]

That looks like the cinema near us, glad I only do domestic now 

[Scrimble]

local ladder trad cleaners

[paul rulton]

wot an idiot   

[paul rulton]

nowt wrong with that, he's got someone footing it.

dont u think it looks like he is only resting on 1side of the ladder???
or is it just me 

[LWC]

Cant beat balancing the ladder one one side and holding it steady with the other arm, makes a man of you.

[poleman]

Cant beat balancing the ladder one one side and holding it steady with the other arm, makes a man of you.

OR A DEAD ONE!  :

[formb]

nowt wrong with that, he's got someone footing it.

dont u think it looks like he is only resting on 1side of the ladder???
or is it just me 

Also 2 other ladder appear to be untethered and unattended.

In a public area too.

Tsk tsk.  :

[LWC]

and that staffie hasn't got a muzzle on 

Nor is there a "warning tree" sign on there. could walk straight into that thing

[Sir Squeaky]

nowt wrong with that, he's got someone footing it.

I agree. And it's right up in the corner, either side of the edge. That isn't going ANYWHERE.
Bunch of girls on here, there really is.

[paul rulton]

yeahh, live a little!

i used 2 m8   now ive had back opps 4 the last 4years    only idiots take risks  
i know better than most  

[weetot]

Cant beat balancing the ladder one one side and holding it steady with the other arm, makes a man of you.

 

[mr D]

there are loads of me floating around I'll keep an eye on here to see if any pop up. Ledge walking changing gantrees harness less, bouncing 35ft ladders from one window to another, you name it some plonker has taken pics of me doing it and stuck it on myspace/facebook. lol