Very few trad cleaners do have 3 points of contact I never did I had the squeegee in one hand and the scrim in the other ??? I cringe now when I look at some of the jobs I did off ladders one job was 4 storey and I used to stand on the top rung of the ladder and hold on to the window surround , I cannot believe I used to do it to be honest total madness but that’s how things were done years ago .
Thing is H&S has altered drastically in the last 20 odd years , back then ladders was the only way to do a lot of theses jobs , but times have changed I would never recommend anyone to use ladders theses days wfp if a far safer, easier method , better results , it’s a no brainier .
It's irrelevant what the customers want, it's not their lives at stake!
I think we have a responsibility to dissuade the youngsters from doing the stupid things we may have done in the past.
Question is why did they get rid of them ??? Poor standard of work would be my guess , we pick up lots of work ware people say they want trad cleaner as the garden broom methods no good , I say I will clean your windows for free with my garden broom and walk away , every single one has phoned and asked us to do them regularly ,it’s down to water quality and technique , as others have said ladders are a useful tool for occasional jobs not working off them every day it’s a numbers game and one day you will have a fall , might just shake you up a bit and be up injured , could kill you , we have gone out to a number of falls from height ware they have received life changing injuries ,when a safer alternative exists it’s in everyone’s best interests to use it . The HSE are getting a lot tougher on the this , don’t become a statistic , it’s not a pleasant job having to visit there family and tell them that there father / brother is in hospital fighting for there life .
Unless they're stuck in the mud, have a safety matrix or other safety gadget or footed they can go from underneath you for no apparent reason. We aren't trying to scare you off but trying to work out how to do windows, that are inaccessible from ladders, doesn't really make people feel that you are working that safely.
Ime in the Fireservice and instruct in the safe use of ladders , I had 2 falls whilst window cleaning both only resulted in me being shaken up and I only fell around 4-8 feet , but people have died or had serious injuries from falls like that , I was lucky .
Leaded windows over that roof the results will be poor with a trad pole and a cloth, the two jobs you have posted on here are wfp jobs all day long and are very easily and safely done,
Hello,
Using the word dictate was maybe a tad harsh.
We used to encounter some resistance 15+ years ago, I think it stemmed from cleaners from one or two larger companies who may well have had an industry leading logo on the side of their vans doing a poor job.
