Posted By Clarke Kent the 2nd Anybody watch the programme, granted the bloke was doing the work himself mostly with the odd contractor so safety was going to be non existent from the start. They then proceeded to manually handle 2tn Oak Beams into place and rip the old ones out by hand whilst standing underneath them resulting in one bloke narrowly missing being crushed. But, when he decided to hire a crane to lift the oak roof on he decided to save money he would only hire the crane and not the driver!!! Then it turned out the crane was not suitable for the job etc and he was clearly not capable of using the equipment, what ever happened to PUWER etc. Crazy, it really does surprise me how the so called expert presenters and the TV Producers themselves can air such stupid behaviour. And how you never hear of prosecutions and the footage being used as evidence.

Posted By PH The bit that made me laugh out loud was at the beginning when they were stood inside the fire damaged property with hard hats on and the women was holding her baby in her arms - don't hard hats come in that size? ;) Still, what a spectacular end result.

Posted By CFT Quite liked the clients bump hat, reminded me of the little fella that starred with Windsor Davis; oh what on earth was he and the programme called?

Posted By Clarke Kent the 2nd I to noted the shrinkage and movement that the beams would have, plus i would never have excepted that glass in the first place it was that out of shape.

Posted By Stupendous Man CFT, the programme was 'It ain't half hot Mum'. As for grand designs, I think the main thing it shows is the lengths (or even desperation) some people will go to in order to get their dream (or indeed any) home. It would be really interesting to see whether Joe Public shares our views regarding the lack of safety (or lack of common sense) or if they do see it as making that type of behaviour acceptable.

Posted By Ken Taylor I always watch these programmes and can't remember one where they weren't breaking some H&S regulation. It probably represents much of what goes on in the DIY and small construction fields. The problem is that they usually seem to 'get away with it' - which tends to reinforce the 'cavalier' attitude to risk taking. As to the sealed unit glazing in the timber roof frames, I was also amazed at the lack of tolerance provided between the glass and timber. If this had to be done, I would, at least, have expected to see considerable expansion joints. Why didn't architect Kevin pick up on this one?