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gary evans

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weather is bad here!!!!!
« on: December 07, 2007, 05:18:46 am »
The weather is horrendous, we,re in early to do awkward offices with s.... windows that cant be done in the rain properly.

I can see this not coming off its realy heavy rain & very windy.

Gary

SherwoodCleaningSe

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Re: weather is bad here!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2007, 05:27:55 am »
Same here the rain has stopped but the wind is incmeadible. We got a very big house with sash windows to do but also have the luxury of doing the insides so if any don't come out well we can redo them. Am I glad I'm not up a ladder.

Simon.

The Seven Bays Window Cleaning Company

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Re: weather is bad here!!!!!
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2007, 05:39:05 am »
The bloody wind here has had me up since 3am :(

Clear sky's though, but there's noway I can clean windows in these :-\ winds...

THE SEVEN BAYS WINDOW CLEANING COMPANY

East coast window cleaning Services

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Re: weather is bad here!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2007, 06:57:47 am »
About to go out wind is mad here in North London. let you know if i survive today lol
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Ian Rochester

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Re: weather is bad here!!!!!
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2007, 07:25:10 am »
Beautiful clear morning up here, sun is just coming up, slight crescent of the moon still low in the sky and there's only a very slight breeze.

Saying that, I'm cleaning carpets/upholstery all day today so I'll be inside anyway, but the lads will be content, they've had a good week this week with plenty of Christmas tips.

jikwan

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Re: weather is bad here!!!!!
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2007, 08:29:20 am »
im using 10ft aluminium ladder for 2nd storey work
is it possible by the force of wind to slide sideway and fall?
i guess if the sill is stone or cement theres a grip
plastic slidey sills im concerned about
Zen is the art of seeing everything.....noticing nothing

xxmattyxx

Re: weather is bad here!!!!!
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2007, 08:41:50 am »
im using 10ft aluminium ladder for 2nd storey work
is it possible by the force of wind to slide sideway and fall?
i guess if the sill is stone or cement theres a grip
plastic slidey sills im concerned about

Winds of this nature blow trees down.

Blackbushe Windows

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Re: weather is bad here!!!!!
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2007, 08:53:47 am »
Be extremely careful with long ladders at height - gusty winds are particularly a problem and are unpredicable.

If in doubt don't!! They will go sideways.

Peter
Blackbushe Windows.
Est. 1983
www.blackbushewindows.co.uk

Helen

Re: weather is bad here!!!!!
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2007, 09:26:49 am »
im using 10ft aluminium ladder for 2nd storey work
is it possible by the force of wind to slide sideway and fall?
i guess if the sill is stone or cement theres a grip
plastic slidey sills im concerned about

If you are already concerned about this then you already know the answer. Work 100% safely or don't work at all ;)

Sir Squeaky

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Re: weather is bad here!!!!!
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2007, 01:11:32 pm »
I thought the clock on the site was wrong for a minute then.

You lot are getting up the middle of the night. :o

East coast window cleaning Services

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Re: weather is bad here!!!!!
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2007, 01:14:08 pm »
Late one for me today usally out the door by 6am :D
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Sir Squeaky

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Re: weather is bad here!!!!!
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2007, 01:41:54 pm »
Late one for me today usally out the door by 6am :D
God, I wouldn't be smiling if it were me. :-\

East coast window cleaning Services

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Re: weather is bad here!!!!!
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2007, 02:18:27 pm »
early bird catch's the worm. start early finsh at 2pm
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Sir Squeaky

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Re: weather is bad here!!!!!
« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2007, 03:05:35 pm »
I finished at 12.
But then my battery went flat, so I had no choice after I'd done all the bungalows I could find. ;D

Saying that, it's friday anyway, wouldn't have finished much later!

Wayne Thomas

Re: weather is bad here!!!!!
« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2007, 06:05:52 pm »
I've been cleaning 3,2 & 1storey, very large windows all of today and have been laughing my head off because the wind has been so strong that it was nice to have a different challenge today by using a pole pointing at 45 degrees into the wind just to clean them. It's been a nightmare (not dangerous) just hilarious. I got soaked from the pure water being blown by the wind spraying off the sills. ;D
I used a hybrid extel pole today and I must admit that it's a very light and rigid pole with easy reach pole lengths, not at all heav-ish but then again not as light as a supalite so it suited me perfectly today. Nice pole ;)

gary evans

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Re: weather is bad here!!!!!
« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2007, 06:23:43 pm »
Did the job no probs, finished early & went centre parcs for weekend.

I always start early, usually around 6, hard in winter though.

Gary

G O A

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Re: weather is bad here!!!!!
« Reply #16 on: December 10, 2007, 06:33:15 pm »
weather on anglesey was bad for nearly two weeks but this week it has sorted is self out hopefully a full week this week ;D
if i wasnt self employed i wouldnt work at all