[CBCS]

I have been asked to clean this window inside and out. Would any of you like to give any tips please?

The customer has also asked if anything can be done to brighten up the lead?

Access to the window inside and out isn't a problem.

[stephen s]

Ive cleaned a 13th century church twice mate and the stained glass came up really well on the outside with WFP  although you have to be really delicate on some windows as the glass is centuries old.

as for the insides well believe it or not a Ken Dodd type tickling stick ( sounds corny I know )   worked a treat for the cobwebs that had built up over years and years  and although they even got in my hair and down my back the duster on a stick was a great help.

managed to WFP pole the alter on very low pressure with a mate mopping up the residue off the tiled floor and thankfully the walls were limestone so no water marks.

had to E-CLOTH the rest of the windows but they did look good when finished,   but the main thing is that if its a really old church then you need to take your time and handle with kid gloves.

hope this has been of help

[GWCS]

check your insurance cover you for these types of buildings, you will find most policies do not.

[Dean Taberner]

Throw a couple of buckets of water over it,

What a frightening window.

Dean

[CBCS]

I know it may sound a daft question, but what sort of money would you charge? Please state where you are from!

[AuRavelling79]

I know it may sound a daft question, but what sort of money would you charge? Please state where you are from!

I'd work to an hourly rate. As a specialist job. But I've never done a church window before.

[jonnyald]

id do it with damp scrim /  if theyr willing to have u do it monthly, the lead will Gradually get shineyer

[Neil Williams]

http://www.willclean.eu/basingstoke-window-cleaning.html

Picture half way down the web page. This is an old church which is now a residential property. We do it every 6 months.
I took a brush head and cut it down small, then made it into an overhead single jet.
Very low pressure and treat glass like it's made of paper.
Other than that charge high because of the complicated nature of this job.

[chris@c.m.s]

There has obviously been an attempt at replacing the glass in a section that's not been finished and it looks out of place, the lead in the new section will fade quickly to fit in with the rest, if you clean the glass in the other sections then that's as best a job as you will achieve.     

[CBCS]

Thanks for that Neil, that was my original idea to cut a brush down - will defo do that now. Was it time consuming because of water running down the stone work?

[Ian Lancaster]

We did a church in a local village a few months ago.  I poled it inside and out, the result wasn't great because the leads leaked like sieves, so as I did the outs, the ins got runs down them, then I did the ins and the outs got runs down them.

They still came up looking a lot better than before I started, but the best part was it was the local squire who asked us to do the job.  I told him the problem with the water running down the inside, and he volunteered to follow me round mopping up as I went.  I bet there's not many window cleaners have had a knight of the realm working as their labourer

[Neil Williams]

Was it time consuming because of water running down the stone work?

Can't say I found that.
Be careful because the surrounding tends to be sandstone which is easy to knock chunks out of.
Also it needs to be made clear that your brush head is round/square so doesn't fit into the pointed edges. So it's just jet on low pressure.
All things being equal these do clean up quite easily, perhaps it's because it's old glass (i really don't know why) but I have found this.