Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

tomterm8

You are better off renting and getting professionals to put the scaffolding up and taking it down. It is the most dangerous part of the job, and it is much harder to do right than it looks.

lostinrates

tomterm8 wrote: »

You are better off renting and getting professionals to put the scaffolding up and taking it down. It is the most dangerous part of the job, and it is much harder to do right than it looks.

I accept this.

eta: BUT we have serious amounts of guttering to first clear, then replace, (not just on the house) and similarly, high outside/barn walls that would be easier/safer on a tower than on a ladder.

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

I quite fancy the thought of being holed up down there for a few months (once the internet connection and bathing facilities were hooked up) A bit of blissful peace from the DW and D Kids...

You need a shed.
Everybody should have their own shed to escape to.

You can get some really posh sheds now, because they call them different names, like "garden room" - it's still a shed!

PasturesNew

It depends how far up you have to go. I had a bloke paint my house, which had 9' high rooms and he painted the whole of the exterior, so was reaching up to 20' ... although windows will be trickier than an exterior wall.

He hired in the scaffolding - he said it didn't make economic sense for him to own his own scaffolding because of the safety regulations and inspections he'd need to do regularly.

I've googled a photo, it was something like this he had: http://images.bizrate.com/resize?sq=160&uid=1003679036

PasturesNew

£75/week should do you: http://www.lakeside-hire.co.uk/scaffoldtowers.shtml

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

£75/week should do you: http://www.lakeside-hire.co.uk/scaffoldtowers.shtml

I'm worried that you lot are starting to worry!

PN, thats great, but you see, you have to erect those yourself. which is what tomterm is raising as dangerous..though it comes with instructions. No different to owning our own and erecting really

I have to reglaze a window in the dairy parlour this week or next week. Rather than just bunging it in as I was planning without getting too stressed I'm going to try and do a really god job. There are three more windows I can use as guinea pigs outside.

I wish I were naturally neater worker. I'm ok but not brilliant with gloss paint.

PasturesNew

Should have bought a new build shoe box. Possibly SO with a postage stamp back garden and a car port or allocated parking space if you're lucky

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Should have bought a new build shoe box. Possibly SO with a postage stamp back garden and a car port or allocated parking space if you're lucky

It'd smell better! lol.

michaels

They built some new 'character' (=expensive) properties near my old house with wooden windows - all needed repainting within 3 years:eek:

PasturesNew

I'd not have wooden windows. Firstly they do need more maintenance than uPVC - and secondly I stayed in a new build house that had double glazed wooden sashes fitted - and they didn't keep the noise out at all.