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Health and safety

We want to make sure that you are safe during decent homes work.

Your health and safety is very important. When work starts we will explain what work is planned and how it will affect you.

Workers may need to put up temporary barriers to stop you getting into a room while they are working in it. For your own safety, please keep yourself and others away from these areas. If you need to get into these rooms please tell the workers so they can protect you.

Children - You must keep children away from all areas of work, including the site compound, scaffolding, tools, materials, rubbish and skips.

Pets - You must keep pets away from all areas of work. If floorboards are being lifted, take extra care if you have small animals.

Dust - If a job is particularly dusty, we will use tape to protect doors and restrict access to the rooms we are working in. We will try and minimise the amount of dust in your home and clean up daily.

Watch your step - Wherever possible during works, we will make sure you can easily get around your home. But you must be careful when you walk on dust sheets or near things like rolled up carpets.

Electrical work - Workers sometimes leave sockets and switches loose from walls while plaster or tiling dries. They will advise you which sockets and switches are safe to use.

Watch out for falling objects - When workers are on the roof or scaffolding, objects can fall accidentally. Please take extra care when you go in and out of your home.

Keep off the scaffolding - If there is any scaffolding around please do not let children play on it. A fall from any height can have serious results. We will make sure that it is left safe and secure.

Keep out of the compound - We may set up a site compound for storing materials near your home. Please keep your children and pets away from the compound.

Do not touch any equipment - You must not touch or use the workers' machinery and equipment.