[John Whitworth[_3_]]

Now I know at least one reason for needing knee protectors. Even despite
wearing a heavy pair of jeans, I've managed to take off a 2p sized circle of
skin on each knee yesterday, whilst crawling about re-felting the
summerhouse. Was using crawl boards for the most part. Not had yukky weeping
grazes like this since coming off my bike as a kid!

Must look on the bright side though, at least I didn't come through the
summerhouse roof! And I no longer need live in fear of getting up one
morning and seeing felt blowing in the wind whilst it's absolutely p1ssing
down!

[Matty F]

On Sep 6, 9:17 am, "John Whitworth"
wrote:
Now I know at least one reason for needing knee protectors. Even despite
wearing a heavy pair of jeans, I've managed to take off a 2p sized circle of
skin on each knee yesterday, whilst crawling about re-felting the
summerhouse. Was using crawl boards for the most part. Not had yukky weeping
grazes like this since coming off my bike as a kid!

The knee protectors I was using last week were really uncomfortable
and kept slipping down. The elastic around the back of the knee is
what hurt after a while. I suppose I'll have to design and make my
own, as usual with tools and equipment. My safety goggles fog up, and
ones that don't, let stuff fly into the gaps.

[Tim Watts]

Matty F wrote:

On Sep 6, 9:17 am, "John Whitworth"
wrote:
Now I know at least one reason for needing knee protectors. Even despite
wearing a heavy pair of jeans, I've managed to take off a 2p sized circle
of skin on each knee yesterday, whilst crawling about re-felting the
summerhouse. Was using crawl boards for the most part. Not had yukky
weeping grazes like this since coming off my bike as a kid!

The knee protectors I was using last week were really uncomfortable
and kept slipping down. The elastic around the back of the knee is
what hurt after a while. I suppose I'll have to design and make my
own, as usual with tools and equipment. My safety goggles fog up, and
ones that don't, let stuff fly into the gaps.

I've pretty happy with Dickies trousers with the kneepad pockets. The pads
are replaceable foam and whilst not as good as gel pads do seem quite
comfortable. And they do away with the straps problem. Kinder to what you
are kneeing on than shell pads too - eg marmox, wood floors etc.

As for the trousers, I bought 2 pairs 2 years ago and despite heavy use
(concreting, tiling much on knees work) they are holding up. The only
problem is the zips are weak, or to be precise, the zip toggles fall off.

Despite that, they're the best work trousers I've found to date. Could do
with more leg pockets though (only one).

--
Tim Watts

[The Medway Handyman[_2_]]

Matty F wrote:
On Sep 6, 9:17 am, "John Whitworth"
wrote:
Now I know at least one reason for needing knee protectors. Even
despite wearing a heavy pair of jeans, I've managed to take off a 2p
sized circle of skin on each knee yesterday, whilst crawling about
re-felting the summerhouse. Was using crawl boards for the most
part. Not had yukky weeping grazes like this since coming off my
bike as a kid!

The knee protectors I was using last week were really uncomfortable
and kept slipping down. The elastic around the back of the knee is
what hurt after a while. I suppose I'll have to design and make my
own, as usual with tools and equipment. My safety goggles fog up, and
ones that don't, let stuff fly into the gaps.

All of my overalls have built in knee pad pockets which use removeable
inserts similar to these
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/48595/...kies-Knee-Pads

They slip into a pocket in the overalls/bib & brace/trousers and you don't
know they are there until you kneel down. No straps & total comfort.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On 5 Sep,
Matty F wrote:

The knee protectors I was using last week were really uncomfortable
and kept slipping down. The elastic around the back of the knee is
what hurt after a while. I suppose I'll have to design and make my
own, as usual with tools and equipment. My safety goggles fog up, and
ones that don't, let stuff fly into the gaps.

After TMH's comments recently I bought some trousers with pockets for
kneepads.

Definitely the bees knees!

--
B Thumbs
Change lycos to yahoo to reply

[Matty F]

On Sep 6, 11:00 am, Tim Watts wrote:
Matty F wrote:

The knee protectors I was using last week were really uncomfortable
and kept slipping down.

I've pretty happy with Dickies trousers with the kneepad pockets. The pads
are replaceable foam and whilst not as good as gel pads do seem quite
comfortable. And they do away with the straps problem. Kinder to what you
are kneeing on than shell pads too - eg marmox, wood floors etc.

As for the trousers, I bought 2 pairs 2 years ago and despite heavy use
(concreting, tiling much on knees work) they are holding up. The only
problem is the zips are weak, or to be precise, the zip toggles fall off.

Despite that, they're the best work trousers I've found to date. Could do
with more leg pockets though (only one).

I seldom need kneepads, and have to look respectable in public. I
don't want to have to keep changing clothes. I'll invent something.
Trousers with knee pockets would be ideal except for the look of them.

I need kneepads to kneel on floors that have 20mm high battens nailed
on them every 50mm, while I'm poking my head down into a dark
inspection hatch trying to measure earth leakage without giving myself
a 1000 volt shock. I have an LED headlamp that works rather well,
otherwise I'd be trying to hold a torch as well.

[Lobster]

On 05/09/2010 22:17, John Whitworth wrote:
Now I know at least one reason for needing knee protectors.

What is it with knees and knee pads?

When I was in my 20s-30s I never possessed a pair; not sure if I was
even aware of their existence, and certainly had no issues about
kneeling for long periods without any knee-related aggro.

But these days, in middle-age, the old knee-pads are an absolutely
essential part of my d-i-y armamentarium. I can appreciate that as you
get older, bits of you are going to wear out and hurt a bit, but I don't
get how that works here. It seems to be the front of my knees (ie the
skin?) which hurts, rather than the joints (which is what you'd expect
to be causing grief) - and in any case, why would kneeling on something
soft prevent joint ache?

Just curious.

[Dave Liquorice[_2_]]

On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:08:18 +0100, Lobster wrote:

But these days, in middle-age, the old knee-pads are an absolutely
essential

Middle age - spread ...

I bet you weigh a bit more now than you did in your 20's.

But I agree it's the skin and area on the fron't of the knee that
really complains. The joints just get a bit stiff if I kneel for a
long time, without really moving the joint.

--
Cheers
Dave.

[Andy Dingley]

On 5 Sep, 23:53, Matty F wrote:

The knee protectors I was using last week were really uncomfortable
and kept slipping down.

They all are. Sew pockets onto the knees of your trousers instead and
slip small pads into those. A slice of foam camping mat is great,
especially if you cut a few grooves across it to make it more
flexible.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember John Rumm
saying something like:

But I agree it's the skin and area on the fron't of the knee that
really complains. The joints just get a bit stiff if I kneel for a
long time, without really moving the joint.

Yup, I find pads make any sort of activity that involves getting up and
down on your knees that much "easier" - i.e. you can just do it without
any real discomfort, whereas without there is a disincentive to do it,
even if you can't exactly explain what hurts / is uncomfortable!

I find the extra insulation from the kneepad keeps my knees warmer and
thus more flexible/painfree.

[Lobster]

On 06/09/2010 12:36, John Rumm wrote:
On 06/09/2010 08:07, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:08:18 +0100, Lobster wrote:

But these days, in middle-age, the old knee-pads are an absolutely
essential

Middle age - spread ...

I bet you weigh a bit more now than you did in your 20's.

Only a tad... ;-)

But I agree it's the skin and area on the fron't of the knee that
really complains. The joints just get a bit stiff if I kneel for a
long time, without really moving the joint.

Yup, I find pads make any sort of activity that involves getting up and
down on your knees that much "easier" - i.e. you can just do it without
any real discomfort, whereas without there is a disincentive to do it,
even if you can't exactly explain what hurts / is uncomfortable!

They're great until the time you plonk yourself down on your knees with
the usual thud, only to realise too late that you've forgotten to strap
the bloody things on yet. Christ that hurts...!

David