Gutter cleaning day at my Mums (97!) I’m getting too old for this shit.
September 27, 2024
Gutter cleaning day at my Mums (97!) I’m getting too old for this shit.
by Jelleeley
13 comments
No footing on the ladder is terrifying at that height.
Next time put something heavy at the bottom of your ladder.
Is the clothes line in the middle of a shrub? 😂
Please consider buying something like a Big Grip Ladder Stabiliser, appreciate they are like £80 but its preferred to falling off a ladder and dying!
Tell whoever is holding the camera to put it down and hold the ladder.
A very good friend’s husband died when he fell off a ladder cleaning the gutters. Another friend shattered both his legs and broke his back falling off his roof checking for damage, and was confined to a wheelchair for six months. I now subscribe to the theory of if you aren’t being paid to be on the ladder, pay someone to be on the ladder. I don’t set rules for my partner, except for “Don’t be a bastard to me, cheating is a dealbreaker, and thou shalt not clean our gutters or go on the roof.”
If she’s 97 you must be in your 70s, that fall will kill you.
The older I get, the more I realise the first rule of life becomes ‘don’t get injured’. What’s the point of eating and drinking sensibly and looking after your health if you fall off a ladder cleaning gutters? Get someone to do it, or take appropriate safety precautions.
Most accidents happen to people >50yo – your reaction go. You need not to do this . You can die.
There will be a few warning signs – close calls – take notice of them
Edit: Don’t gamble with your life, the odds are getting shorter and shorter, it’s not worth it. You don’t have long left and when you are dead you are dead for a very …long….time
Stop playing Billy Big Balls and get someone to support the ladder for you.
You’re too old to be told what to do, but do be careful dear.
I clean gutters for a living. Please, please, please listen to what people are saying here. If you’re going to do it yourself, do it like a pro. Buy a LadderMate to foot the ladder, and buy a Stand-off for the top. Never, never, EVER rest the top of the ladder on the flexible, slippery, breakable edge of the plastic gutter – unless you actually want to risk your life in exchange for gutter drainage? Please mate.
13 comments
No footing on the ladder is terrifying at that height.
Next time put something heavy at the bottom of your ladder.
Is the clothes line in the middle of a shrub? 😂
Please consider buying something like a Big Grip Ladder Stabiliser, appreciate they are like £80 but its preferred to falling off a ladder and dying!
Tell whoever is holding the camera to put it down and hold the ladder.
A very good friend’s husband died when he fell off a ladder cleaning the gutters. Another friend shattered both his legs and broke his back falling off his roof checking for damage, and was confined to a wheelchair for six months. I now subscribe to the theory of if you aren’t being paid to be on the ladder, pay someone to be on the ladder. I don’t set rules for my partner, except for “Don’t be a bastard to me, cheating is a dealbreaker, and thou shalt not clean our gutters or go on the roof.”
If she’s 97 you must be in your 70s, that fall will kill you.
The older I get, the more I realise the first rule of life becomes ‘don’t get injured’. What’s the point of eating and drinking sensibly and looking after your health if you fall off a ladder cleaning gutters? Get someone to do it, or take appropriate safety precautions.
Most accidents happen to people >50yo – your reaction go. You need not to do this . You can die.
There will be a few warning signs – close calls – take notice of them
Edit: Don’t gamble with your life, the odds are getting shorter and shorter, it’s not worth it. You don’t have long left and when you are dead you are dead for a very …long….time
Stop playing Billy Big Balls and get someone to support the ladder for you.
You’re too old to be told what to do, but do be careful dear.
I clean gutters for a living.
Please, please, please listen to what people are saying here.
If you’re going to do it yourself, do it like a pro. Buy a LadderMate to foot the ladder, and buy a Stand-off for the top.
Never, never, EVER rest the top of the ladder on the flexible, slippery, breakable edge of the plastic gutter – unless you actually want to risk your life in exchange for gutter drainage?
Please mate.
Buy a gutter guard!