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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Granny on December 09, 2012, 01:19:29 pm

Title: How on earth
Post by: Granny on December 09, 2012, 01:19:29 pm
Would you clean these? 2nd and 3rd floor ??? ???
Hard to believe someone could design this!
(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q572/Gramthy/IMG_0966.jpg)
Obviously someone who never thought of window cleaning.
G.
Title: Re: How on earth
Post by: steven ainger on December 09, 2012, 01:35:17 pm
Theres a nice house that i clean that has a glass screen infront of a pair of upstairs patio doors, i cant clean them at all not even from the inside.
Like you say, stupid design
Title: Re: How on earth
Post by: jarvy on December 09, 2012, 02:03:43 pm
Open the doors,reach round  ;)
Title: Re: How on earth
Post by: wfp master on December 09, 2012, 02:12:11 pm
they must open in the way or they would hit the glass
screen.
Title: Re: How on earth
Post by: steven ainger on December 09, 2012, 02:30:56 pm

this is the patio doors i was talking about, theres about a 3" gap between glass screen & patio door ???


(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z295/dune19670/009-3.jpg)
Title: Re: How on earth
Post by: wfp master on December 09, 2012, 02:55:22 pm
Quote from: steven ainger on December 09, 2012, 02:30:56 pm

this is the patio doors i was talking about, theres about a 3" gap between glass screen & patio door ???


(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z295/dune19670/009-3.jpg)
stupid design.
Title: Re: How on earth
Post by: andyM on December 09, 2012, 03:12:15 pm
I reckon you could reach almost to the bottom of the doors with another longer angle adaptor screwed onto a normal angle adaptor.
Like this: http://www.windowcleaningwarehouse.co.uk/shop/index.php?option=com_aceshop&route=product/product&filter_name=angle%20adaptor%20extension&product_id=1542&Itemid=73

So the brush would be screwed into the long angle adaptor and angled downwards with brush facing towards the glass.  ;)
Title: Re: How on earth
Post by: steven ainger on December 09, 2012, 03:30:57 pm
The long angle adapter could reach near to the bottom, but with a gap of only 3"s you need a very narrow brush with side facing bristles & jets on both sides
Title: Re: How on earth
Post by: andyM on December 09, 2012, 03:47:37 pm
Quote from: steven ainger on December 09, 2012, 03:30:57 pm
The long angle adapter could reach near to the bottom, but with a gap of only 3"s you need a very narrow brush with side facing bristles & jets on both sides

Yes a 3" gap is ridiculous.
The angle adaptor trick could work for the job the OP posted which is what I was responding to.
Although it's still not a perfect solution because you wouldn't be able to apply much pressure at all to scrub the glass as the angle adapter combination makes it very bendy.
Most buildings which incorporate those silly juliet balconies do have french doors installed which open inwards to be able to clean and maintain them from the inside.
The sliding patio doors in your pic Steve are plainly bloody stoopid.  ;D