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Cleaning glazing from outside - safe access and surface requirements
5.4NI-wide·Technical Booklet V Glazing
Where the external face of glazing is designed to be cleaned from the outside of a building, the glazing should be – (a) accessed from a safe place having a firm level surface; and (b) reached from an
glazingaccessexternal-spacemeans-of-escapeCleaning glazing from a walkway - width and guarding requirements
5.5NI-wide·Technical Booklet V Glazing
Where glazing is designed to be cleaned from a walkway the top of the glazing should be not more than 2150 mm above the level of the walkway. The walkway should be not less than 400 mm wide, and eithe
glazingaccessprotection-from-fallingexternal-spaceSpecialist access equipment for glazing cleaning
5.6NI-wide·Technical Booklet V Glazing
Where glazing is designed to be cleaned using specialist access equipment such as a boatswain's chair, scaffold tower, suspended cradle, travelling ladder, etc., suitable facilities and fixing points
glazingaccessexternal-spaceScaffold tower space provision for ceiling and roof glazing cleaning
5.7NI-wide·Technical Booklet V Glazing
Where a scaffold tower is to be used as the access for cleaning glazing in ceilings and roofs, suitable space for the tower should be provided.
glazingaccessexternal-spaceCleaning glazing from the outside - access and safety provisions
Diagram 5.2NI-wide·Technical Booklet V Glazing
height to window sill more than 6 m and not more than 9 m above standing surface; window not more than 9 m; suitable standing surface; optimum slope of ladder 1:4; eyebolt fixing to secure stile of la
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