All,
At work at present (at a fire station in London) and the contractor arrives to do the lawns, weed spraying etc, i notice he's strimming all the lawn, and area approx 8mx10m, only small albeit.
So I go out the front and have a chat, ask the question why!?
he says we always do this, its quicker, and gives a better finish, now i know its only a public sector premises and isnt a pristine section of lawn, but quicker and better finish!, then he had to do the area a second time and blow off the cuttings twice and clear up !
I had to walk away.......
Oh he added if i was doing a large area, as he pointed across the road to a large area of lawn we'd use 6 guys in a row all with strimmers and do it double fast!!!!, ive used a lawnmower before and after 2metres hit a brick and the mower was broken, if its the strimmer, you just re line it !
Unbelievable !, ever come across such cra.
Andy
Oh and i'll name the main contractor, i think the chaps i spoke to may be subbys. they are Ground Control, ceratinly not a small company.!
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I really hope there's someone at the Fire Station named "Major Tom" so you can introduce them.
Interesting. In a former job we covered the fire stations in our area, about 20, and there were very strict terms to match. I would fancy a bet that this action contravenes laid out rules by the fire service..... Dob them in so that people who actually tender for the work to be done correctly get a chance! :)
That's not really such a small area, it would be faster by mower I guess.
But, I'm not sure using a strimmer is so bad? A rotary mower is the same thing, albeit with a metal blade; cheap mowers use plastic blades and are, in effect, strimmers. Close to a Flymo in how it works, and plenty of people use Flymos with no adverse effects.
I had a contract on a terraced house with no access to the property. I had to climb over the fence, and a strimmer was the only way to do it. Probably only 2 metres by 4, but it wasn't any worse after a couple of seasons than using a £40 mower from B&Q. Not ideal, but his point about damage to the mower on public areas is valid. Of course, the damage from using a rotary machine that's not got a body to cover the blade/line could work out more expensive if his "expert" staff start breaking windows....