"DJC" wrote in message ...
Abroad, (Italy, Switzerland, to name two I am familiar with) it appears
normal to set up a small crane when building or doing major repair to a
house. I've never seen that done in England even on developments of
several houses. Why? Surely builders here aren't that cheapskate? It there
some elfinsafety nonsense that gets in the way?

I asked this exact same question several years ago

I got the answer(s) that builders do, in fact, use cranes here too, we just
hadn't noticed :-(

tim