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prestige cleaners

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Ladders are banned on building sites
« on: February 22, 2011, 06:59:12 pm »
just spoke to my mate whos a carpenter, and he says that ladders are banned on buildings sites and even step ladders! your only allowed to use platforms and scaffolds.  this was when he worked on new builds like barretts
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p1w1

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Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2011, 07:00:26 pm »
how do they get to the top of the scaffolding then..jump  ;D
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cozy

Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2011, 07:01:36 pm »
Quote from: p1w1 on February 22, 2011, 07:00:26 pm
how do they get to the top of the scaffolding then..jump  ;D

 ;D ;D ;D
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Jackal

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Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2011, 07:06:05 pm »
Quote from: Šozy on February 22, 2011, 07:01:36 pm
Quote from: p1w1 on February 22, 2011, 07:00:26 pm
how do they get to the top of the scaffolding then..jump  ;D

 ;D ;D ;D


they arnt aloud to use ladders they have to climb the scaffold poles,safer
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prestige cleaners

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Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2011, 07:10:04 pm »
Quote from: p1w1 on February 22, 2011, 07:00:26 pm
how do they get to the top of the scaffolding then..jump  ;D

good point, will ask him later!  :D
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mci services

Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2011, 07:14:53 pm »
scaffold ladders are fixed so allowed
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p1w1

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Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2011, 07:20:07 pm »
Quote from: Stu Mac on February 22, 2011, 07:14:53 pm
scaffold ladders are fixed so allowed
yeah but you have to climb to the top of them first to do that..
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Craig Trevain

Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2011, 07:21:22 pm »
Most site scaffolding now make a staircase out of scaffolding.  
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weetot

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Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2011, 07:53:48 pm »
Quote from: p1w1 on February 22, 2011, 07:00:26 pm
how do they get to the top of the scaffolding then..jump  ;D

They might be cartoon character builders. ;D
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tacky 1

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Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #9 on: February 22, 2011, 07:59:06 pm »
climb the stairs
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luther1

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Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2011, 08:09:34 pm »
I think extendable ladders are banned. They have to be one piece,orange(or silmilar) and tied.
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john k

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Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #11 on: February 22, 2011, 08:19:29 pm »
my mate got his own steel erecting firm he says you cant even go on site with ladders on the van now  :o
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luther1

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Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2011, 08:25:16 pm »
my cousins next door neighbours adopted nieces best freinds dads twin says that if your wife has got a ladder in her tights then your not even allowed to think about leaving the house in the morning if you work on a site
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prestige cleaners

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Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2011, 08:37:15 pm »
Quote from: luther1 on February 22, 2011, 08:25:16 pm
my cousins next door neighbours adopted nieces best freinds dads twin says that if your wife has got a ladder in her tights then your not even allowed to think about leaving the house in the morning if you work on a site

 ;D
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stephen.b1

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Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2011, 08:40:35 pm »
this is not true i work on barratts in the north west and use ladders for town houses
and i know most of the other cleaning firms and what do you think they use
because barratts is a national company if a site in london banned ladders then all sites would and they havent fact
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Gav Camm lammy 283

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Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2011, 08:41:11 pm »
Quote from: luther1 on February 22, 2011, 08:25:16 pm
my cousins next door neighbours adopted nieces best freinds dads twin says that if your wife has got a ladder in her tights then your not even allowed to think about leaving the house in the morning if you work on a site

typical southern humour
which i like  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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mci services

Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2011, 08:43:10 pm »
Quote from: luther1 on February 22, 2011, 08:25:16 pm
my cousins next door neighbours adopted nieces best freinds dads twin says that if your wife has got a ladder in her tights then your not even allowed to think about leaving the house in the morning if you work on a site
;D ;D
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Sean Dyer

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Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2011, 09:16:35 pm »
been like that for afew years ???
 What did you think WAHD was?
To save hassle most just banned them
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stephen.b1

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Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2011, 09:26:25 pm »
Quote from: Sean Dyer on February 22, 2011, 09:16:35 pm
been like that for afew years ???
 What did you think WAHD was?
To save hassle most just banned them
no they havent ;D
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prestige cleaners

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Re: Ladders are banned on building sites
« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2011, 09:30:06 pm »
Quote from: Stan. on February 22, 2011, 09:19:44 pm
Quote from: prestige cleaners on February 22, 2011, 06:59:12 pm
just spoke to my mate whos a carpenter, and he says that ladders are banned on buildings sites and even step ladders! your only allowed to use platforms and scaffolds.  this was when he worked on new builds like barretts
what is this to do with cleaning windows  ???

to wind the tradders up  ;D

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