Malcolm Parry of the Vancouver Sun recently stopped by MIK HQ to speak with Tressa Wood who..."expects to see Wallace-tartan-wearing men climb ladders to clean windows and roof gutters all over North America. She's the CEO of Men In Kilts, which Nicholas Brand and Brent Hohlweg started in 2002"... read more.
As Men In Kilts enters into the fall gutter cleaning season for we want everyone to think a little about saftey.
Every year we get calls to finish a job after an accident has occured and it is really sad that thousands of homeowners fall from ladders when it was totally preventable. Consumer Reports in fact states 180,000 people in the US alone have ladder accidents every year. Take a moment to prepare yourself for proper ladder safety before starting the climb to do your gutter cleaning. Here are some good ladder safety tips: http://blogs.consumerreports.org/home/2009/06/ladder-safety-dtv-transition-multiuse-telescoping-extension-ladders.html.
This guy forgot to check if the ladder was locked... Ouch!
