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non VW,conservatories

Posted: 10 Mar 2015, 21:52
by scottbott
I want to re apply mastic round our bedroom window and will have stand on the roof of our conservatory,it is a polycarbonate roofed one,are they safe to stand on?,no chance of using a ladder

Re: non VW,conservatories

Posted: 10 Mar 2015, 22:07
by dumbo
you can stand on them but if it was me i would put a plank of some sort down first just to be safe :ok

Re: non VW,conservatories

Posted: 10 Mar 2015, 22:19
by scottbott
how would I stop it sliding of the ridged roof(forgot to mention that)

Re: non VW,conservatories

Posted: 11 Mar 2015, 08:32
by moggymorgan
As said, I used a sheet of loft flooring to stand on when painting the walls.much safer than standing on the roof.

Re: non VW,conservatories

Posted: 11 Mar 2015, 08:41
by paperhouselad
Hi cant you do it from the inside? I do this a lot, easier to just take one or both of the openers out and do lt that way, wood or plastic easy to take off, with plastic you need 2 one to hold whilst you take the screws out to stop it falling. Dicey going on a polycarbonate roof.

Re: non VW,conservatories

Posted: 11 Mar 2015, 09:40
by what2do
Sounds like a job for 'ladders & string'. Hard to tell without a pic.

Re: non VW,conservatories

Posted: 12 Mar 2015, 07:06
by Jeff J
Aren't those polycarb sheets fairly easy to remove, the ones I have seen are held in with a plastic cover that clips into the frame. If you removed a panel you could get a ladder up to the window.

Re: non VW,conservatories

Posted: 12 Mar 2015, 20:22
by scottbott
will have to have a think about this I reckon,or send the wife up!

Re: non VW,conservatories

Posted: 10 May 2015, 20:08
by Smcknighty
They are pretty easy to remove, I did that to clean mine

Re: non VW,conservatories

Posted: 10 May 2015, 21:20
by scottbott
actually managed to take off the roof vent and got a long ladder to poke up through and it was under the window so I did it that way,the hardest part was getting a long ladder through the conservatory with breaking anything