HELP!!! BIRD POO WONT BUDGE!

[Smurf]

Is not that vision additive supposed to be good at breaking down bird poop too

 

[Smurf]

As mentioned already apart from the fact that they don't want ladders being used on that job @Posh

I can't believe we're all giving these suggestions & the most logical one is ladders. It's easy. It's not high. It's not slippery. No pedestrians or cars. No brainer really to be honest.

 

[Natty1972]

I've never come across bird poo that doesn't come off after it's been soaked , to be fair the windows on your photo s don't look that bad , use flash gel , works for me

 

[Posh]

If he got there early enough he could.

 

[Tuffers]

I can't believe we're all giving these suggestions & the most logical one is ladders. It's easy. It's not high. It's not slippery. No pedestrians or cars. No brainer really to be honest.

I can't believe there are 2 threads exactly the same running /emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[SHAQ TULLOCH]

applicator on a pole maybe? like iv said posh .. he doesnt want ladders being used im not going to argue with him about that

 

[Smurf]

You should never go against there wishes that's if you want to get paid

 

[Posh]

Yeah ok fair point. To be honest if they said that you gotta keep to that. Honestly try the Velcro or scourer stuck to yer brush. I do it & can scrape anything off even hard birds crap.

 

[Smurf]

If you buy an slx pole you could fit one of theses to your pole or mod it to fit onther type of pole like @tench0771 has done on with an aquadater fitted on his pole.

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[Eviestevie]

If he got there early enough he could.

Second that posh

Get there break of daylight and just get up the bloody ladder,good scrub it's off

If they do say out which I carnt see if the windows are spotless and you have breached no working at heights regulations,tell them it had to be done first clean because they had let them get so bad the next cleans will all be wfp

 

[Eviestevie]

Mind round my way there a lot of window cleaners with no roof racks or ladders!!!

 

[Bingo]

Sounds like hard work scrubbing bird poo off glass .......

The advice from CIU would be to......bin the customer and replace straight-away with 2 higher paying customers....simples :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:.

.....and if no-one thinks that is funny......neither is having 2 posts running at the same time with everyone talking :turd:.....I blame Shaq /emoticons/tongue.png......:rofl:.

 

[Dave B]

I would use LADDERS!!

 

[Smurf]

I did a job yesterday and the lady mentioned she could still see faint outlines of bird poo on her conservatory roof glass. I told her it happend to be so say self cleaning glass so should dissaper after time. /emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[Smurf]

This vid make me laugh every time I see it.

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[Alien Human]

This vid make me laugh every time I see it.
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Cool buildings at least......even if some of them do look a bit photo-shopped.

 

[Posh]

I can't see the health & safety thing coming into this. Ladders are not banned. Your insured. It's not above height regulations & I bet half of the people in there use a ladder some time.

 

[Dave B]

Gleaming insurance covers me to work at height which it wouldn't if against hse regs

 

[spruce]

Surely this is not about your side of the situation, its about the customer's rules. For whatever reason, the facilities manager doesn't want ladders to be used. Whether we believe it a stupid ruling isn't the point. As a service supplier on their site we have to abide by their rules.

We have a chemical plant near us. Ladders are banned from being used on site. They won't let you in through the gate if you have ladders or steps on/in your van. That's their site rules.

We aren't party to why those rules have been made, we just have to abide by them if we want the job.

 

[spruce]

I'm sure the Hilton in London was very heavily fined about 10 years ago when a contracted window cleaner fell though a glass roof when cleaning windows above it. They were fined as they didn't provide a safe working environment for that cleaner. I searched but couldn't find the article.

Here's one I did find.


June 2010

Lincoln College has today been fined £1,500 after a window cleaner fell four metres - suffering broken ribs and a serious back injury.

James Theaker, 50, from Lincoln, was employed by A Nicoll & Son Ltd, when he was contracted to clean windows at Lincoln College, Monks Road in the city on 4 November 2008.

Mr Theaker accessed the roof of the main reception building using a ladder and leaned against the building to clean nearby windows, when he fell.

He spent a week in hospital and was forced to stay off work for months. Even now he can only carry out restricted duties.

Lincoln College pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 3(1) of the Management of Health and Safety Regulations 1999 at Lincoln Magistrates' Court today for failing to conduct a sufficient risk assessment. As well as the fine, the college was also ordered to pay £9,500 towards prosecution costs.

A Nicoll & Son Ltd, of Crofton Drive, Allenby Road Industrial Estate was prosecuted in October 2009 by HSE after pleading guilty for its role in the incident and was fined £2,500 and ordered to pay costs of £2,948.20.

Following the hearing, HSE Inspector Judith McNulty-Green said:

"Mr Theaker has suffered life-changing injuries as a result of his fall. Lincoln College had a legal duty to check its contractors had proper procedures in place but failed to do so.

"Every month more than a thousand people suffer serious injuries as a result of slips, trips and falls in the workplace. These shattering injuries can be avoided by sensible and proportionate assessment of the risks, but sadly that was not done in this case.

"Employers and organisations that hire contract staff have a joint responsibility to ensure the safety of all staff who work on site, to avoid serious incidents such as this.

 

[cheapncheerful]

firstly...nice job wouldnt want to lose it.../emoticons/biggrin.png

yep I thought

Eviestevie was the best idea ...sneak in early off ladders but...

 


bloody cameras everywhere these days...





alligator applicator on pole....wins..