After spending most of yesterday roasting in a loft of a bungalow, with the perspiration dripping off of me like a basting chicken, I completed the day by unwittingly leaving dirty black marks on the customers white bathroom towel, despite vigorous soaping and swilling, (do you groan when you see a white or light coloured towel?)

Anyway how do you keep cool and relaxed when you are working in the heat?

After spending most of yesterday roasting in a loft of a bungalow, with the perspiration dripping off of me like a basting chicken, I completed the day by unwittingly leaving dirty black marks on the customers white bathroom towel, despite vigorous soaping and swilling, (do you groan when you see a white or light coloured towel?)

Anyway how do you keep cool and relaxed when you are working in the heat?

There's no way of staying cool doing this kind of work, especially in a loft. I remember boarding a loft out for a relative this time last year I must have lost half my weight in sweat. I've got some cleaning wipes (forgot what they're called, but they've got a gritty side, and a smooth side) and they work a treat for keeping your hands and face sweat free. Stops you getting grubby hand prints on customer's walls aswell when putting PIRs up etc.

If its to hot I normally work in my pants , never had no complaints.

I have spent the day in my office .... so I was inside, but I did have the windows open and a fan on .... and this is the view from my office window, so I am not complaining.

Edited June 6, 200619 yr by Alarm Guard

I have spent the day in my office .... so I was inside, but I did have the windows open and a fan on .... and this is the view from my office window, so I am not complaining.

who installed the antenna cable..?

Good excuse today to go round a few jobs in London on my V twin Shadow 1100, doing my easy rider impersonation...... lovely.

A lad working for me a couple of years ago fainted as he climbed out of a loft and smacked his head open on a concrete floor..... need to be careful in this weather .....

who installed the antenna cable..?

Think about it George! If I can see that from my window, it therefor follows that I am in my house and that roof is somebody else's house.....

and anyway the aerial cable isn't finished ... if you look closely, you can see that a team of seagulls are still working on it

Edited June 6, 200619 yr by Alarm Guard

Spent most of the day in the garden typing up quotes on the laptop.

Replaced some bell boxes this morning and it was already quite hot at 9 am. The customer moaned like hell as the new box is smaller than the old c-type i took down so the wall needed re-painting round the box. But being the helpfull engineer i am i painted it as she still had the paint in the garage. Another happy customer

Edited June 6, 200619 yr by whistle

Truss and France - guess I understand the name now

I'm truly jealous

Ill second that.

You must be having a laugh - I'm Service - I don't do lofts..