[Dave Willis]

What's  the difference between cleaning windows at height and solar panel scrubbing? Not much really. So how come people are let lose with 60' carbon poles  to waggle amongst the power lines.
I think it would be a great idea if I offered a training course, printed some T shirts made people sign up to my company  and made sure nobody could clean outside of my company.

Will it catch on?
Why not?

[DaveG]

Where do I sign? Do I get a van sticker?

[Dave Willis]

Cheesecake ok with you?

[DaveG]

It's a deal. 

[VERNE]

if you are going to waggle any form of pole between power lines then you must be a complete and utter nut sack and deserve to go out in a  blaze of glory lol
why not licence the industry as they have in most parts of scotland and introduce a mandatory training course operated by health and safety  with national recognition with a card  and certificate at the end of the course if this were done over a five year period like the driver cpc it would give everyone in the industry fair time to do the relevant training course required to the methods of cleaning they use

[robbo333]

Could you send my custies on a course on how to leave their fookin gates open!

[Rich Wilts]

Why not start a National Grid Power Line Cleaning Course?

[ray mck]

Yeh bloody gates

[lee_dewing]

Personally I'm against licencing our industry as they have in Scotland.

All it means is we would have to pay a licence to operate in each borough we work in.

No one will police the guys not paying taxes or for licences etc.

As per usual the large percentage of the population that obey the rules get their pants pulled down.

[Perfect Windows]

if you are going to waggle any form of pole between power lines then you must be a complete and utter nut sack and deserve to go out in a  blaze of glory lol
why not licence the industry as they have in most parts of scotland and introduce a mandatory training course operated by health and safety  with national recognition with a card  and certificate at the end of the course if this were done over a five year period like the driver cpc it would give everyone in the industry fair time to do the relevant training course required to the methods of cleaning they use

Please no.  We don't need more bureaucracy.  Plus the Scottish guys on here regularly point out that licensing's not enforced so it'll just be a tax on people who obey laws.

Vin

[Smurf]

What's  the difference between cleaning windows at height and solar panel scrubbing? Not much really. So how come people are let lose with 60' carbon poles  to waggle amongst the power lines.
I think it would be a great idea if I offered a training course, printed some T shirts made people sign up to my company  and made sure nobody could clean outside of my company.

Will it catch on?
Why not?

You naughty boy... 
Anyway it don't matter how much training you give people will still do stupid things.

[Rich Wilts]

Bloody right, I did this yesterday.

[Smurf]

Bloody right, I did this yesterday.

Told you so folks 

[Smurf]

On that job why risk life & limb clambering over that roof as the solar panels could have been cleaned if not from the ground using a long enough pole easy enough from a ladder setup like this surely 

[Rich Wilts]

Bloody right, I did this yesterday.

Told you so folks 

 

[Rich Wilts]

On that job why risk life & limb clambering over that roof as the solar panels could have been cleaned if not from the ground using a long enough pole easy enough from a ladder setup like this surely 

You wouldn't do them from the ground, the roof pitch was 23 degrees, you'd need a 70' pole, which would then make it impossible due to the flex. I could have done it from the top of a ladder but fancied getting up there. I did it yesterday knowing the roof would be dry and at 23 degrees your not going anywhere once your on the ridge. I accessed the roof from one end of the house, the ladder was tied off round the chimney and secured at ground level. I felt perfectly safe throughout. The only thing missing was that I wasn't able to use a harness and ties on the roof.

[dazmond]

On that job why risk life & limb clambering over that roof as the solar panels could have been cleaned if not from the ground using a long enough pole easy enough from a ladder setup like this surely 

You wouldn't do them from the ground, the roof pitch was 23 degrees, you'd need a 70' pole, which would then make it impossible due to the flex. I could have done it from the top of a ladder but fancied getting up there. I did it yesterday knowing the roof would be dry and at 23 degrees your not going anywhere once your on the ridge. I accessed the roof from one end of the house, the ladder was tied off round the chimney and secured at ground level. I felt perfectly safe throughout. The only thing missing was that I wasn't able to use a harness and ties on the roof.

sod that.theres easier,safer work out there.if i couldnt clean them from the ground then i wouldnt have bothered personally.

[Bungle]

On that job why risk life & limb clambering over that roof as the solar panels could have been cleaned if not from the ground using a long enough pole easy enough from a ladder setup like this surely 

Why? Because you wouldn't have  3 points of contact on the ladder would you!

[Dave Willis]

I would have stood in the guttering and cleaned them from there.

[paulben]

why not use a drone with a rag on it