Window Protection
It is not unusual to hear of a contractor receiving an email six months after completing a
project – usually in the summer, when sunlight is strongest, lighting up patio doors, and
showing micro-chips in the glass – complaining that as you were the only people working in
the garden using tools, you must be responsible for causing the damage, as the chips weren’t
there last year.
It is sound practice to carry pairs of extendable poles, such as those used for pruning saws
and the like, which will fit neatly into the back of the van, for use in propping up cloth dust
sheets into the corners of windows and patio doors, thereby completely covering the area with
a protective barrier.
Suitable for preventing mortar stains from the cement mixer, dust from working operations
and flying stones when breaking out old foundations and clearing the site.
Dust sheets seem to work better than plastic ones, as they are easier to tie into a pocket in
the corners in which to insert the extendable poles, securely fixing them into place during
working operations. Although the sheets exclude sunlight from entering the house interior,
there is never any question that you have not only protected the glass, but have photographs
to prove the fact.
Dust sheets are preferable too, as they are not so prone to flap about noisily in the breeze, and
are easy to tidy away at the end of the day.
