On Sat, 21 Apr 2018 09:42:05 +0100, Robin wrote:

On 21/04/2018 09:25, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Jim K brought next idea :
He wont be around for long.

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I suspect he will, he has been around for many years already. He seems
to work a system of ladder up, looking, pricing and doing the jobs in
one session of around an hour, all within a mile or two of his home. So
maybe £420 per seven hour day, £2100 per week for the smaller jobs.

The previous guy I tried to get a price from for flaunching the top of
the chimney, was reluctant to even quote, was talking of several hundred
pounds to demolish, rebuild and reflash.

Plus scaffolding? That makes such small jobs eye-watering (especially
in London).

In passing, are there any rope systems approved for roof work? (I hate
working on normally pitched rooves but will do so for small jobs with a
harness and self-belay to a rope over the ridge. But I've only ever seen
ropes used by the specialists who eg abseil down tower blocks sealing
windows.)

What is normally pitched? I'm happy working on my roof which I would say is 30 degrees from the horizontal. The 60 degree ones, no, they look slippy.

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