[The Jester of Wibbly]

the roads are dangerous, so should cars be banned?   

Only when teleportation becomes a reasonably practicable alternative.

unless it drops u in the middle of the road 

[Nathanael Jones]

LOL,.. touche!

[formb]

Banning ladders would actually make our job more dangerous.

Explain?

OK heres one:

I do a school in my area, it has a row of windows accessible from a flat roof. There is no way to reach the windows from the ground via a telescopic pole.

The school is fitted with fixing points for a ladder and a harness wire on the roof.

The flat roof has 2 stages so it would be impossible to access via a cherry picker or platform.

The only alternative I can imagine would be to dangle from a rope tethered to a helicopter.

Not practicable.

The safest method according to the risk assessments is using a chuffing ladder.

Otherwise we are either:

1. Dangling from a helicopter

or

2. Using some other as yet un-devised, un-tested method.

There is no reason for us not to use ladders. So long as we're not going to be silly billies about it.

[formb]

 

Here an interesting point.

In Scotland it is law that all windows above a certain height on new buildings be cleanable from the inside.

How long before that's law down south I wander........

[formb]

 

The law does not include schools and hotels tho for obvious reasons.

[Nathanael Jones]

Obviously in that situation ladders are reasonably practicable & I have no problem with their correct usage. 99% of window cleaning isn't like that though.
Its easy to justify 1 specific use,.. but all day every day is completely different.

Banning ladders would actually make our job more dangerous.

Explain?

OK heres one:

I do a school in my area, it has a row of windows accessible from a flat roof. There is no way to reach the windows from the ground via a telescopic pole.

The school is fitted with fixing points for a ladder and a harness wire on the roof.

The flat roof has 2 stages so it would be impossible to access via a cherry picker or platform.

The only alternative I can imagine would be to dangle from a rope tethered to a helicopter.

Not practicable.

The safest method according to the risk assessments is using a chuffing ladder.

Otherwise we are either:

1. Dangling from a helicopter

or

2. Using some other as yet un-devised, un-tested method.

There is no reason for us not to use ladders. So long as we're not going to be silly billies about it.

[formb]

Obviously in that situation ladders are reasonably practicable & I have no problem with their correct usage. 99% of window cleaning isn't like that though.
Its easy to justify 1 specific use,.. but all day every day is completely different.

Banning ladders would actually make our job more dangerous.

Explain?

OK heres one:

I do a school in my area, it has a row of windows accessible from a flat roof. There is no way to reach the windows from the ground via a telescopic pole.

The school is fitted with fixing points for a ladder and a harness wire on the roof.

The flat roof has 2 stages so it would be impossible to access via a cherry picker or platform.

The only alternative I can imagine would be to dangle from a rope tethered to a helicopter.

Not practicable.

The safest method according to the risk assessments is using a chuffing ladder.

Otherwise we are either:

1. Dangling from a helicopter

or

2. Using some other as yet un-devised, un-tested method.

There is no reason for us not to use ladders. So long as we're not going to be silly billies about it.

So did you vote FOR a ban?

If so are you suggesting this ban is somehow selective?

[dazmond]

I VOTE THAT ANY POSTS ABOUT LADDERS AND BAN IN THE TITLE SHOULD BE BANNED!!!!!


OR ANY THREADS ABOUT LADDERS!

[martinsadie]

I VOTE THAT ANY POSTS ABOUT LADDERS AND BAN IN THE TITLE SHOULD BE BANNED!!!!!


OR ANY THREADS ABOUT LADDERS!

why are you shouting Daz

[Frankybadboy]

yawnnnnnnnnnnn iam bored.

[sparklebright]

Here an interesting point.

In Scotland it is law that all windows above a certain height on new buildings be cleanable from the inside.

How long before that's law down south I wander........

Wouldn't really be a problem for a very long time that would it, as buildings are designed to last for a while

[poleman]

I voted for a total ban!