[erithwc]

hi

is it possible to clean the front top windows using a point ladder without the ladder hitting the guttering on the tiled roof the tiled roof is the normal 3-4 tiles deep just wanted to know that i can do them before i do a leaflet drop.
i think it should be ok but i just wanted to check first.

[Scrimble]

to do them with a ladder you will need a stand off bracket

[erithwc]

sorry to be a pain but will a stand off bracket fit a 3.5m midland point ladder ?

[Ian W]

I have some like that and can use a pointer to reach the window safely. I do have some where I can't do this, but they seem to be deeper roof spans than your picture.

[bobby p]

i would do those using a wagtail squeegee on a short pole , from standing on a small ladder leaning agenst the lower gutter .

[Tom White]

It's hard to be sure from that photo, but what about a pointer with a rojak ladder stopper?

[AuRavelling79]

I don't know if it is the angle of the photo but the drive looks like it "falls away" from the house making ladder work extra dangerous. Don't do it.

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

to do them with a ladder you will need a stand off bracket

No you won't, you just need proper ladders for the job! i.e. A frame (Pointers)
You can rest the top either on the cross frame of the window or on the corner where the frame meets the brick work.



Matt

[martinsadie]

either get your ladder high into the corners of the window at an angle or get the ladder above the window,but the way that drive slopes i would have the ladder footed,

[Sapphire Window Cleaning]

I back Stans comment and Toshies, definately get a Rojak pad, but get the wider of the 2 pads, this is because pointers have spliced legs and the legs at the base would be too wide for the smaller Rojak pad.
Also you cannot use a Rojak pad on gravel/millwaste etc.




Matt

[erithwc]

thanks for the advice i haven't done the leaflet drop let so i will have a look in the next few days

[dazmond]

it photos like this that makes you glad you went wfp!!

i know i am!

if the ground looked dodgy or was slippy id use a trad pole.sod the ladders at that angle!

[mci services]

am I the only muppet that would have before wfp just stuck the ladder up and walked along the roof and if it was wet just trad pole it

[martinsadie]

am I the only muppet that would have before wfp just stuck the ladder up and walked along the roof and if it was wet just trad pole it

looks like those red tiles that break dead easy 

[mci services]

To be honest I always avoided this type of work but it meant I was always stuck in the council estates with all the other trad cleaners

[Jackal]

iv got a few bit like that,you got think how are you going do it in winter when the ground is cold,wet,even more dangerous,on a couple i do i have to pull my van behind the ladder and angle it more get to the window take bit longer obviously but at least its safe

[Philius]

I have some like that and can use a pointer to reach the window safely. I do have some where I can't do this, but they seem to be deeper roof spans than your picture.

What do you do with the ones with deeper roof spans?

I've just been using a pole, but if there's a way of doing them with a ladder I'd like to know how - especially as I've been asked to quote on doing leaded windows.....

Cheers

[EZclean]

the drive slopes away too much, get it footed.
its do-able but too risky, houses like that are made for wfp 

[EZclean]

best thing to do is tell them to get the garden put back 

[Ian Lancaster]

I used to have a job where the customer was insistent on me cleaning the windows over the bay roofs.  I told them the only way I would consider it was if they fitted rawlbolts into the wall below the bay so I could tie the ladder.  I had a long run of them and they all put rawlbolts in for me