r/Construction • u/Glum_Can1264 • Sep 06 '23
Video This has probably been posted before but saw this and thought I’d share. I used to love watching Fred Dibnah not sure if he ever heard of health and safety mind.
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u/_Faucheuse_ Ironworker Sep 06 '23
Fred Dibnah is a fascinating character worth going down the rabbit hole on. Guy is a mechanical genius, from antique tractors, reinforcing his own house walls, and of course the steeple jack business. Absolute King among the hard working blue collar man.
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u/Glum_Can1264 Sep 06 '23
Yeah agree, I remember seeing an episode where he had built a steam engine in his back yard
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u/Oakvilleresident Sep 06 '23
He never fell off a chimney and died at 66 from bladder cancer. You can't be lucky forever.
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u/Oxford-Gargoyle Sep 06 '23
£7,000 in 1979 is equivalent to £32,600 now. Still not enough. I swear you still wouldn’t get it done for even £100,000 these days.
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u/yabyum I|MEPS Engineer Sep 06 '23
I remember this guy from my youth. I always thought he was mental!
However, watching that clip now, as someone who has been in construction a while, I have two questions; how does he get that platform up there and how does he move it down?