Ivy removal (strange way)

[kierangurney]

been doing a clearance job over the past few days, here are some pics. of how we got the ivy off the roof in a rather odd way.

[s.varty]

:thumbup:Thats it mate, start from the top

[White Noise]

Hi Kieran I had a problem with my Insurance on an Ivy Clearing job once . It turned out that my insurance company would only cover me clearing Ivy up to the gutter level of a normal sized house . They said once the Ivy encroached onto the roof I wasn't covered as this was technically a roofing job ? In the end I had a specific Insurance document drafted up by a knowledgeable friend to cover all these grey areas . All the best .

[kierangurney]

Hi Kieran I had a problem with my Insurance on an Ivy Clearing job once . It turned out that my insurance company would only cover me clearing Ivy up to the gutter level of a normal sized house . They said once the Ivy encroached onto the roof I wasn't covered as this was technically a roofing job ? In the end I had a specific Insurance document drafted up by a knowledgeable friend to cover all these grey areas . All the best .

ah i did not know that, thank you for informing me on that.

[Riggerbear]

I tried doing the same once (but not climbing up a roof) but there was a BT cable running up the building and it pulled that down also.

[kierangurney]

this had a old cable running up one side of the building to a old spot light and on the front of the building there was a spot light that i was told was turned off, turs out it wasnt when my silki tapped it and it gave me a small shock. woke me up at half 8 in the morning i give it that.

[Riggerbear]

Lucky it was a small shock mate, could of given you a real belt. Stay save.

[kierangurney]

very lucky, i went and turned everything off at the mains after that.

[Marc Lewis]

I have insulation tape around handle of my silky (cause of metal screws contacting blade) to help against this type of thing

[silky fox]

Good tip Marc:thumbup: