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Posted By Al Beevers
Have taken over a building where the valves and controls for the heating/cooling are all above little glass offices - glass ceilings as well.
The designer can't have heard of CDM.The maintenance engineers need to access these controls, only to turn them one way or the other.
To save getting into lots of height access issues I'd love to get a long tool that could be held at ground level and used to turn the valves. Anybody seen something or use something already? I can e-mail photos of the problem if you want.
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Posted By Lynne Ratcliffe
sound like you have taken over my old employers offices! must have been a 'thing' in the past.
We had to make a long handled twisty tool thing that we based on a window opener that we got through education supplier as used in school gyms and halls etc in dark ages before electronic thingys.
Also based one on long handled twiddly thing that shops use for their canopies.
cannot remember where we got them but good luck, they do sort of exist just need adapting to fit valves and other things.
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Posted By Chris Pope
Try Velux rooflights they have some kind of alloy pole system
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Posted By Mark Talbot
Check your local pages for a blacksmith - these are normally amongst the most inventive people you will meet. They still exist, but are usually a little further out of town than Sainsbury's.
It sounds like you will need a valve claw on a simple universal joint [gimble] mounted on a wooden/steel shaft/crank.... or maybe a hook on a pole.
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Posted By Pat Burns MIOSH, RSP - SpDipEM - AMIQA
On ships inaccessible valves are normally fitted with extended spindles. This is normally done using a fixed claw system on the valve wheel with an extended spindle fitted with universal swivel joints as required to extend the operating position to a safe area. A valve handle is fitted as per the original for ease of opening or shutting, and an indicator is fitted to show the actual position of the valve. Try this website for info.
http://www.mollart.net/home.htm
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