Painters / Decorators

[S-Marketing]

Any painters or decorators on the forum?

Could really use a bit of info from you if you don't mind.

I need to try to find out what options you normally use to paint particularly tall or awkward buildings. What do you do if you get asked to paint a building where there are parts that are difficult to get to, eg above large conservatories?

What about really tall stuff, do you just use a really tall ladder or do H&S regulations make you use a different method?

Any info would be really useful.

 

[Beachcomber]

really depends on the situation.

Most liability insurance policies only cover you for working on standard 2 story house height so make sure you'r not working beyond what you should be (or adjust insurance accordingly)

For small porched / lean-to's you can get away with a 3 section ladder at a steep angle so long as it's footed properly.

For anything else, it has to be scaffolfing or a tower - discuss this with the customer when looking at the job as some have a go tosher might put in a quote lower than yours saying their happy to hang of ladders or crawl over poly roofs but most customers will prefer someone who goes about the job properly for their own saftey and yours.

 

[S-Marketing]

really depends on the situation.

Most liability insurance policies only cover you for working on standard 2 story house height so make sure you'r not working beyond what you should be (or adjust insurance accordingly)

For small porched / lean-to's you can get away with a 3 section ladder at a steep angle so long as it's footed properly.

For anything else, it has to be scaffolfing or a tower - discuss this with the customer when looking at the job as some have a go tosher might put in a quote lower than yours saying their happy to hang of ladders or crawl over poly roofs but most customers will prefer someone who goes about the job properly for their own saftey and yours.

Many thanks, that's just the kind of info I was after.

Anyone else got any other experience with this?

 

[Beachcomber]

Only thing I forgot to mention is to get a catalogue from your local major tool hire store - they've got some very clever access solutions I'd never seen before that could make a job do-able without full on scaffolding.

 

[S-Marketing]

Only thing I forgot to mention is to get a catalogue from your local major tool hire store - they've got some very clever access solutions I'd never seen before that could make a job do-able without full on scaffolding.

I'm quite familiar with the sort of stuff that the larger hire shops carry, and to be honest I have a lot more access equipment and resources available to me than 99% of painters.

I'm really interested in what are the standard ways to access such jobs from a general painters point of view.

As mentioned, thanks your input is most useful.

 

[S-Marketing]

Beachcomber has been most useful but does anyone else have any experience with this?

 

[Spencer1986]

Any painters or decorators on the forum?

Could really use a bit of info from you if you don't mind.

I need to try to find out what options you normally use to paint particularly tall or awkward buildings. What do you do if you get asked to paint a building where there are parts that are difficult to get to, eg above large conservatories?

What about really tall stuff, do you just use a really tall ladder or do H&S regulations make you use a different method?

Any info would be really useful.

Hi mate!

Right up my street this one!

I used to be a painter and decorator and now i own a mobile access company. Like one of the other members have said using a tower is a good option and we also stock extra sections for overcoming porches, conservatories and bay windows etc. This is much much cheaper to use than scaffolding. Sometimes for the conservatories its useful to take the a pane of glass out of the roof and put the ladder up through. If your not a million miles from Bristol then we can help you out.