[bobplum]

why would they even attempt to work like that, surely if they where going to use a ladder then I think using one straight from the floor to above the top window would not be too far out provided it was footed correctly, I am not one to meddle in how others carry out their work but if I had witnessed that I would of had a word with them and shown them a safer way to do them, as for grassing them up I don't think that will achieve much apart from getting them an hefty fine but they do need showing a safer way to work

I agree trevor, sadly someone will report this and a few livelihoods will be lost to heavy fines in a few months time, and possibly a home owner fined too, sad when a bit of eduction would suffice

i sort of agree stu but lets be honest WFP is not new, the chances are they just dont want to spend the investment and if they are reported and fined it may save there lives

[paulgran1234]

as a 3rd genration painter and decorator turned his painting firm in to a window cleaning firm due to the lack of windows to paint, all i can say about this is WHATS WRONG WITH THIS any one who knows ladders and how to use them would use this in the painting trade this sort of thing is the norm and i have been doing it since i was 12 when i started out in the famliy business.

all i can say to all you guys who wet them selves about the H & S men, is grow a backbone and tell them to sod off. they can do s..t

[AuRavelling79]

as a 3rd genration painter and decorator turned his painting firm in to a window cleaning firm due to the lack of windows to paint, all i can say about this is WHATS WRONG WITH THIS any one who knows ladders and how to use them would use this in the painting trade this sort of thing is the norm and i have been doing it since i was 12 when i started out in the famliy business.

all i can say to all you guys who wet them selves about the H & S men, is grow a backbone and tell them to sod off. they can do s..t and now I'm off to send my six year old grandson up a chimney and my eight year old grandson down the pit to carry half a hundredweight on his back like the Victorian luddite I aspire to be.

FTFY paulgran1234 ...

[R.C Property]

as a 3rd genration painter and decorator turned his painting firm in to a window cleaning firm due to the lack of windows to paint, all i can say about this is WHATS WRONG WITH THIS any one who knows ladders and how to use them would use this in the painting trade this sort of thing is the norm and i have been doing it since i was 12 when i started out in the famliy business.

all i can say to all you guys who wet them selves about the H & S men, is grow a backbone and tell them to sod off. they can do s..t

they can do a lot now! think you need to sort your work practice out!

[rosskesava]

I quite like the idea of the only people who don't follow sensible rules about H & S are the big tough 'guys' with hard as iron backbones who could withstand an atomic onslaught and not even spill their pint sized mug of tea, and with one roar those shriveling little nimby H & S men in their bowler hats run and hide in the bushes.

Yup, hats off to the big tough ladder man who struts with his triple extension as if it were a feather.

[R.C Property]

I quite like the idea of the only people who don't follow sensible rules about H & S are the big tough 'guys' with hard as iron backbones who could withstand an atomic onslaught and not even spill their pint sized mug of tea, and with one roar those shriveling little nimby H & S men in their bowler hats run and hide in the bushes.

Yup, hats off to the big tough ladder man who struts with his triple extension as if it were a feather.

I have a 9m set of triple ladders! but  my life is worth more than £10 for doing things like that!

[rosskesava]

I have a 9m set of triple ladders! but  my life is worth more than £10 for doing things like that!

I agree totally.

I think what happens is sometimes, people assume that an action becomes less risky the more they take the risk and nothing untoward happens.

It's like people who drive too close to the car in front. Their mentality says I was ok the last time I did that and didn't have an accident so it will be ok this time despite the well documented and obviously increased and known about risk of having the accident.

People who take risks with ladders generally are the one who have the most injuries and deaths.

[R.C Property]

I have a 9m set of triple ladders! but  my life is worth more than £10 for doing things like that!

I agree totally.

I think what happens is sometimes, people assume that an action becomes less risky the more they take the risk and nothing untoward happens.

It's like people who drive too close to the car in front. Their mentality says I was ok the last time I did that and didn't have an accident so it will be ok this time despite the well documented and obviously increased and known about risk of having the accident.

People who take risks with ladders generally are the one who have the most injuries and deaths.

that's true,