Leaded Windows

[Smurf]

Also why can I see what looks like a wfp hose in the pic?

 

[Smurf]

And both of you don't seem to be wearing a harness either?

 

[Dave B]

I love a cherry picker

Been on 1 tall enough to bungee jump off

Good fun

 

[Smurf]

You don't have to be up high to go bungee jumping in one /emoticons/biggrin.png

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[Andy]

That is a pole hose in the pic the picker is not quite as close as it looks and just the other side of the stack another set sit further back.no harness front has a cage door on it. this was the first time i cleaned it. last time i used my 50ft china pole but you have to be realy careful cleaning them from the ground at that distance to hard and the brush end up in the class room.

 

[peter rogers]

i generally dont take on a leaded house

i quoted on in november was a semi lead all round regular price would be a 10 pound

for non leaded

i quoted 20 pound he said he get back to me

i wudnt be fussed doing them cause my mums househad them and wen bits start to peel of it a real pain and id hate for customers to blame me on stripping bits of

 

[Dave B]

I just clean em

Couple quid extra but no bother to do

 

[TolishAPurd]

If they are the genuine old style they I mop, damp cloth, dry cloth. Ifthey are the new style I mop, squeegee, damp cloth, dry cloth.

No bother, just charge accordingly.

 

[rugbywolf]

This is the most common way thesedays
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This is OK, but takes too long, I would only use this way if it was a first clean.

 

[Danfire]

Same as others have said. Mop (not too wet), squeegee (old rubber), damp cloth, dry scrim.

 

[kahoona]

same as above except I finish with a blue microfiber, really buffs up nice, i find finishing with scrims leave bits of scrim thread behind.

 

[SWCS]

I use blue micro fibre for all detailing.

Scrim fluff does my head in. I only use them to mop up now days.

 

[DannyB]

Folks, is there any tradder here, who would clean the second or third storey leaded windows from the ground level, using all the necessary tools (mop, squeegee, microfiber, scrim) on the extension poles?

 

[Dave B]

Not me

 

[DannyB]

Not me

My understanding is you are one of the best profi guys and pundits over here. If even you wouldn't do it, it looks bleak for almost anyone else to manage it that way either. Or is it only your personal preference to do this particular job differently, whereas others may still be able to succeed with poles?

 

[DannyB]

Or let's put it in a different way. Is the biggest problem of doing such tasks from the ground via the extension poles in the inability to see the final results in a sufficiently minuscule detail? Or is the snag rather in the general awkwardness of extension poles and difficulty to exercise a precise manual control of any tools fastened on them?

 

[Dave B]

It is a bit of both

You get enough practice and you start instinctively knowing when you have missed a bit or got a spot where the blade jumped

The problem is mainly with leaded as it is too easy to miss a spot or get a spot where the water dried before you can buff it off with a cloth so will just smear

Imo you need to be face to the glass to do it right with leaded

 

[DannyB]

It is a bit of bothYou get enough practice and you start instinctively knowing when you have missed a bit or got a spot where the blade jumped

The problem is mainly with leaded as it is too easy to miss a spot or get a spot where the water dried before you can buff it off with a cloth so will just smear

Imo you need to be face to the glass to do it right with leaded

Very valuable points for someone who has no practical experience whatsoever. Thank you for them a lot, mate.

BTW do you know if any tradder has ever used a camera fastened on a pole for inspecting the cleanliness of finished higher storey floor windows and window ledges? As a layman I would guess such cameras might sometimes be worthwhile not only in the case of leaded windows, but any windows in general, and not only in the case of the trad, but also the wfp. But I only know about the using of such cameras in gutter cleaning, and even there at least some profi guys consider them unnecessary.

 

[Dave B]

Why not use a ladder?

 

[DannyB]

Why not use a ladder?

Good question. I am quite a fat guy, but have - I hope - reasonably strong arms. Also, at least at the beginning I don't want to invest into any wfp system, because I've got some different ideas on how to use my van. And last but not least, I see many residential properties with leaded windows in the area where I live. Therefore I'd like to start as a tradder, but avoid using a ladder as much as I can. Given all these circumstances, I put my big hopes into the frequent and versatile use of extension poles.

 

[Dave B]

You need to get practicing now with a pole then

Start with ground floor and then tops when good enough