DIYer down

[geoff]

My uncle (Welshpool's answer to TMH), putting in some loft insulation today fell through and has gone to meet jeezus

So be careful up in those lofts peeps

[Dave Osborne]

Sorry to hear that Geoff. My condolences to you and the family.

Regards, DaveyOz

[T i m]

Likewise.

T i m

[ARWadsworth]

Same here, but you do know that TMH would not fit through the joists?

[Tim Lamb]

Likewise.

He must have been unlucky. I got away with a few breakages after falling

15' from a roof.

regards

[Andrew Gabriel]

Yes indeed, sorry. Very unlucky to have such dire consequences.

[Owain]

You don't need to fit through the joists, just bring them down with you.

Owain

[geoff]

I'm glad that I insulated and floored my attic before I became a fat old bastard

[clonet]

Deepest sympathies to you and yours.

[Jules Richardson]

Pants. If there is anything beyond this life, here's hoping that it involves angle grinders and pressure washers.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

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

Bloody 'ell.

Indeed. You never know the minute. I hope the customer pays for work done.

[John Rumm]

Sorry to hear that Geoff...

[Tim Watts]

geoff wibbled on Tuesday 10 August 2010 21:20

Sorry to hear that. My condolencies to all concerned.

Tim

[Dave Liquorice]

Yeesh, it's not the fall but the sudden stop(s).

And can we now please keep quiet about falling off things for the next few weeks? Says him with rather a lot of scaffolding around the house, highest platforms are at ridge height around the chimneys (I didn't think they built drystone chimneys... 'cause thats the condition of the top of one of 'em).

[Jim K]

ditto, Geoff

Jim K

[Matthew.Ridges]

On that note, I better do mine before I can't fit into the attic.

[The Medway Handyman]

Condolences to Geoff and Oi! to ARW.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

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

You may jest, but around here many of the older cottages have a tiny square loft hatch which I just can't fit through. I've had to expand one or two of them.

[robgraham]

Not something any of us want to hear - either a DIY or professional building accident. Very sorry to hear.

Dave - the nearest I came to something similar is helping my father repair a very similar chimney some 40 to 50 feet up as a yuf. He'd put scaffolding up the gable end to the roof ridge level, but although it was probably safe it was not attached absolutely firmly to the house so as you stepped onto the roof there was this movement in the scaffold in the opposite direction...... and as you say the chimney was drystone - or at least was more like dry dust !! And I was rock climbing at Very Severe level then. Ahhhhh.

Rob

[Andrew Gabriel]

So you really want to avoid having your sandwiches whilst you're up there...