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I'm slightly skeptical that's 13m to the highest point on the roof. Our house is 12m to the underside of the soffits at the peak of the gable at the front of the house. Ground and first floor are 15ft ceilings internally.
If it is genuinely 13m then I doubt you'll find someone willing to do it without scaffolding. The eaves at the front of our house are 8m and with my big double ladder (in two pieces within the scaffold) even for me who doesn't care about heights it's sketchy as hell.
The only reason I bring it up is because if it is 13m then scaffolding will be a significant cost. When we had the front repointed it was circa £12k for the scaffold. It was here for quite a while but because the scaffolders screwed us around setting it up 3 months late we only got charged for the 6 week minimum period.
If it is genuinely 13m then I doubt you'll find someone willing to do it without scaffolding. The eaves at the front of our house are 8m and with my big double ladder (in two pieces within the scaffold) even for me who doesn't care about heights it's sketchy as hell.
The only reason I bring it up is because if it is 13m then scaffolding will be a significant cost. When we had the front repointed it was circa £12k for the scaffold. It was here for quite a while but because the scaffolders screwed us around setting it up 3 months late we only got charged for the 6 week minimum period.
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£12k just for that front scaffold?!!
I appreciate different areas have different rates but I'm shocked at that, that's insanely expensive! Probably only 3 and a half grand worth of scaffold there. I need to put my prices up 
! Are you somewhere remote?
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get someone local to do it privately.....just the gable end boards, 500-800 should cover it if u supply the mats....
add another 300-500 to do the rest of the gutter boards at the same time....
def wont inc the windows tho....
add another 300-500 to do the rest of the gutter boards at the same time....
def wont inc the windows tho....
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I have a 3 stage old 1960s extension ladder, would get up there, but it bounces all over the shop when up high. In the modern world of working at height rules, you will struggle with out scaffold or cherry picker.
Nice looking house though!
Nice looking house though!
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That isn't the front in the picture. The scaffold in the picture is mine and put up with the bare minimum in terms of lifts etc. The front had 5 lifts on it I think, each lift was wider, there were two buttresses sticking out the front to support it and it wrapped around the other side of the house a good 8m or so (again to full height).£12k just for that front scaffold?!!
The firm the builders got in actually ran out half way through so had to wait for another job to finish before they could come back with some more.
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Its just the wood at the ends, I have a quote to do it off a ladder (£1275 cash), I measured the height with a lazer, the picture is deceptive, the front door is huge and so are the windows. just though it was a bit expensive, but need it doing, and we struggeled to find anyone to even give us a quote with or with out scafolding. it was done by a guy of a ladder when we moved in.
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I said a grand plus materials and consumables when I saw your pics. So not far off his
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Is a ladder the most appropriate method? Best checking the guy doing it has the appropriate insurances & risk assessments etc in place before commencing. Is he a competent contractor?
Otherwise the cheap guy taking cash and working off a ladder could be trying to sue you if something goes wrong.
Otherwise the cheap guy taking cash and working off a ladder could be trying to sue you if something goes wrong.
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He was recommended by the roofer we use, if he choose's the way to do a job i dont see how it can be my liability if he does somthing wrong? I contract my self and the insurace was to protect my self? or am i missing somthing.
We have loads of work done on the roof off ladders with no issues.
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Don't be so sure. But work away all I can do is offer advice to keep you right - carry on
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if you want a proper job get scaffold fitted and then you can have it done properly and safely
sanding on ladders is certainly not the best of things
whilst scaffold is there you can also inspect the work being done
its a yearly maintenance and if you dont want that stick plastic trims of soffit and fascia boards instead
sanding on ladders is certainly not the best of things
whilst scaffold is there you can also inspect the work being done
its a yearly maintenance and if you dont want that stick plastic trims of soffit and fascia boards instead
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I once did a "sand and repaint" of all our wooden bargeboards, facias & soffits from up a ladder... just the once...
But I was 33 and invincible
and in the 35 yrs since then I've watched too many YouTubes / Emergency Hospital / Helicopter / Paramedic tv programs with people who fell off a ladder...
needs doing again really...
But I was 33 and invincible
and in the 35 yrs since then I've watched too many YouTubes / Emergency Hospital / Helicopter / Paramedic tv programs with people who fell off a ladder...needs doing again really...
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get the ladder out!I once did a "sand and repaint" of all our wooden bargeboards, facias & soffits from up a ladder... just the once...
But I was 33 and invincible
needs doing again really...
I'd get the ladders out, get half way up, remember that I hate ladders and I'm not very happy about heights. Go back down, sulk for a bit, then look at hiring a scaffold tower and crack on, hopefully a bit safer and less likely to fall to my certain death.
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Well, I did go up the ladder to the gable-end during the high winds last autumn, to grab the end ridge-tile which the wind had lifted up/off... (to catch it before it came crashing down...
Then had to go up again to get the next one along which, I could then see once up there, had already started sliding down the "down-wind" side...
Gusting up to 70 or so, I think. My legs were shaking pretty bad after - won't be doing that again in a hurry.
Neighbours saw me and were ready with the phone just in case...
