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Independent planning sheets · UK homes

Plan every pane before the water goes on.

Work out area, quantities and ground-based reach — then recognise the conditions that mean stop and reassess. Four calculators, four guides, no shop and no sales pitch.

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Example house elevation planning diagram Eight numbered panes, a metre scale, neutral task states and a dashed line showing the entered geometric reach of 5.33 metres from the worked example. This is a planning illustration, not a safety limit. 12 34 56 78 Entered geometric reach: 5.33m
Ground-level task Check entered geometry Stop and assess conditions Example diagram — not a safety classification
  1. Inside firstCan the glass be reached without work at height at all?
  2. Ground methodCheck entered geometry and site conditions from the ground.
  3. Stop & assessUnresolved hazards need another plan, not more optimism.
Stop before work

Unverified electrical hazards, thunder, high wind, defective equipment or an uncontrolled working area need another plan — every sheet on this site returns a hard stop for them.

See the access decision sheet

Planning sheet 01 · Transparent arithmetic

Window area & solution calculator

Enter the rate and dilution from the actual product label — the calculator does not supply a universal dose. The full sheet adds multiple pane rows, a printable plan record and a blank worksheet.

Area = width × height × panes × faces. Optional rate and ratio use your entered label values only.

Worked example — fixed entered values

Base area
9.60 m²
Planned area
10.56 m²
Final solution
0.528 L
Concentrate
25 ml
Water
503 ml

Method notes

  • Uses the entered 50 ml/m² application rate and 1:20 ratio from the worked example. Check the actual product label before mixing.

All planning sheets

Four sheets, one order of work.

Quantities, reach, access and time — each sheet works without JavaScript as a labelled worked example, prints as a job plan, and stops when a decisive answer is missing.

Guide ledger

Method before equipment.

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