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OK STW - I could do with a little help so I need you brainzzzzzz!
I'm moving in 2 weeks, and part of the contract says I must clean the outside of the windows.
I have no money for hiring a window cleaner, no ladder and nothing to stand on next to them. There are 8 like the 2 in the picture, and in the pic the open window is the most openest it opens. The upper window does not open.
How the hell do I do it?! I am pretty brave and don't mind buying a length of rope* and perhaps a broom or similar to extend my reach. Outside of the window is an 8-inch stone ledge.
Suggestions please to [s]POBOX 1Stupid Nutter, Kettering[/s] this thread.
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*to prevent a splat.
I have to do this too, haven't done it yet and don't plan to until I have to move. I think that I'm going to buy one of those sponges on a telescopic pole things, should do the job. I don't really mind if it's a faff though, as I say I don't plan on doing it often...
Can you do both left windows by leaning out of the right window, then swap? That's how I'd do it.
Perhaps, the open window doesn't really accommodate my torso 🙁
If you can get your arm and an extending squeegee out, it's do-able though?
OK - will try to find such a beast as an extending squeegee...
If I never reply again though, I fell out.
Get bitten by a radioactive spider?
10/10
I'm thinking of moving to Kettering and becoming a window cleaner, rates there must be significant if you really can't afford one. Our Guildford man does ours every 6 weeks or so, outsides only, for £6.
Seriously, ask around your neighbours. The 'professional' ones in the yellow pages cost a fortune, you need a man with a bucket and a ladder type.
Are these windows on 2nd floor?
If so what's the problem?
Just get the window cleaner.
On the 10th floor?
Re negotiate the contract.
I have bought one of these - it can articulate at the end in 2 directions to allow cleaning under something. But in this case if I think if I stick my arm out the window I can clean the adjacent one. The issue is how to do the singles.....
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I'm going to get soapy water in the face, aren't I?
I had a go at cleaning windows, well the conservatory, and I am not using the ladder any more. You can have it if you want.
It is the double extending one in the background of this picture.
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Make sure you hold on tight or you could end up with an ankle like the one in the foreground.
That put me off my chips 🙁
I'll let you know if I need it 🙂
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