[Roy Harding]

A friend of mine from Turuo was relating his water fed pole experience to me.

A lady asked him to clean some windows that were over looking the sea, he put in a very good price.

On the morning of doing them he went down and checked the tide table as the sea had to be out.

He put on chest height waders and set his wfp up, and waded out  at waist deep to the windows with his 60ft pole.

He said there was lots of people watching on boats ect, he said he had a good audience.

He extended his 60ft pole and started to clean the windows, however he did not realize that it was only one mill thick glass. The next he knew his brush disappeared through the glass and was stuck, pumping water in to this woman’s house, she was going mad. In his panic he waded all the way back to his van to switch off, instead of disconnecting at the pole.

He had to pay for a glazing company to take the window out from the inside and replace glass, this was on a Sunday as well, not cheap.

Is this a first?

Roy  

[Sarah Sarill]

Hi Roy,

Not funny for your mate but gosh it made me laugh on this bleek afternoon 

Not as funny but, whilst still using ladders during the summer before last, my hubby came down the ladder and stepped back into a baby paddling pool the house owners child had moved to the bottom.  He slipped and ended up sat in about 6" of water - child looking on laughing.

Lady owner could not apologise enough - good job he was wearing shorts and had a spare pair in the van !!!

Made me laugh when he told me though. 

KIDS WHO'D HAVE EM EH !!!

Sarah

[Grafters Cleaning Services]

what a great story, but also an unfortunate mishap

[H h20]

Thats got to be one of the funniest and tragic stories about a window cleaner iv`e ever heard,i was laughing and in shock and in sympathy at the same time as i was reading it,by the way is he still doing the job lol,Gaz.

[Roy Harding]

Hi Gaz

No she wasn’t to impressed with wfp.

However he has about 30 people that subcontract from him all over Devon and Cornwall.

He said his public liability insurance costs £400 a year because it covers the window you are working on, so not all bad news.

Roy

[petski2]

I still cant believe they would use 1mm thick glass for a window.

[busydaffodil]

Obviously a very old window.   I think they are regulated to a minimum 3mm now.   Though I could be wrong, and probably am.  Its been 9 years since I worked in the window industry.

[rosskesava]

He extended his 60ft pole and started to clean the windows, however he did not realize that it was only one mill thick glass. The next he knew his brush disappeared through the glass and was stuck, pumping water in to this woman’s house, she was going mad. In his panic he waded all the way back to his van to switch off, instead of disconnecting at the pole.

Poor bloke and with all those people watching. 

I must admit though he has a touch of class about him.

A few days back we were doing a second floor double glazed bay window while the owner was out. My mate then pointed out there was not a drop of water going down the wall underneath.

We never did work out where the water went and when I called back later the customer didn't say anything about the top room being flooded ar anything. He just said thanks and paid us.

 

Cheers

[neil100]

My funnyist, which nearly resuleted in me sacking my workmate because he was in fits of laughter.

IT was spring 2002, I was cleaning a bungalow and as I came down the a ladder I stepped back against a pond wall. IT unbalenced me,making me fall backwards very slowly into the pond as I tryed to stay upright.The pond was about 4 feet deep.And I was totally submerged, God it was cold and stank.

To my freinds credit he had not laughed yet, and I told him dont you dare,has he tryed desperatley to keep his face straight I clambered out like a monster from the marsh with mobile, money ,and cards being thrown onto the grass with various species of water plant life attched to my person.

My mate was trying to save my scrims before they plunged below the murkey depths.Then He turned towards me as he heard me shout.  "BLOODY HELL, F--KING TADPOLES" . Has I put my hands in my w/cleaning pockets , They where just swimming around.

I seriously lost it for 5 mins,as my freind rolled about with laughter.