Iâm still doing our windows myself. The house is a bungalow, but built on the side of a hill, so four windows are on the first floor above the garage. I bought a new extending pole, and a mop head and squeegee drying head, and it works fine. Donât do it that often, only really when I think they need it.
When he used the ladders , he gave the windowsills a wipe. You can't do that with a squirter.. If he hadn't put the price up, I wouldn't have bothered. When he comes for his money,I'll tell him once a month. If he's not interested, I'll do it myself once in a blue moon.
Any idea how much insurance has gone up for ladder work đš?!!!Â
Someone I know has broken three ribs and fractured a vertebra in two falls from a ladder at bedroom windows height in the last three years!  Heâs lost loads and loads of income from not being able to work for months ⊠although of course it couldâve been so much worse.Â
I wouldnât want to do ladder work if I worked on my own.Â
To be honest, I wouldnât be that keen even if I had someone at the foot of the ladder.Â
My ex was a builder .., I could tell you some tales of the near misses ⊠one day he was painting a gutter and an old chap walking past the house felt a bit odd so grabbed the nearest thing for support ⊠yes, the ladder that PapaWomble was at the top of!!!Â
The old chap had walked right into the coned off space and grabbed the ladder to support himself cos he thought he was going to pass out. Â I wonât tell you what PapaWomble shouted down at him as the ladder swayed beneath him!!!Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Our windows get filthy to keep them clean would need weekly washing, we do it once a year and they are hard to see through by that point. We live about 10 miles from the sea surrounded by chalk and gravel pits and very loose sandy soil. Oh and miles of fields and conifer forests. The grime on the windows is a lovely mixture of salt, pollen, sand, chalk and a bit of road dust on one side, dog slobber and cat paw prints on the other side.
It's a 3 bedroom house with 23 windows all divided into 6 panes. and 3 doors with 6 panes each. The upstairs windows do open at least.
And don't get me started on cleaning gutters, the roof has enough moss to fill 10,000 hanging baskets and a huge beech tree overhangs it, I suppose I should be grateful I get lovely compost out of the gutters.
I'm curmudgeonly about the change in meaning of "slated". All my life I've known it to mean "severely criticised", as in "Her recent novel was slated by the critics". However, it now appears to mean "chalked up", eg "He is slated to appear in the next home match". My guess is that this is an Americanism which has crept across the Atlantic without my being informed... Â
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I'm curmudgeonly about the change in meaning of "slated". All my life I've known it to mean "severely criticised", as in "Her recent novel was slated by the critics". However, it now appears to mean "chalked up", eg "He is slated to appear in the next home match". My guess is that this is an Americanism which has crept across the Atlantic without my being informed... Â
Haven't heard that one @Liriodendron. Deeply ugly. I'm curmudgeonly because apparently Royal Mail has delivered my parcel yesterday [they haven't] or with a neighbour [no note through the door] or it might be in my 'designated safe place' [I didn't have one] However, I checked all the places that would be a DSP. Nope. It was supposed to be delivered on Wednesday, but I appreciate these things can be delayed just now, so wasn't bothered when it didn't appear. Apart from the hour and a half I was out for my walk, I was here, and even when I was out - younger daughter was here. I usually find R. Mail very reliable here, so it's very disappointing.Â
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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You could always change window cleaner.
When he comes for his money,I'll tell him once a month. If he's not interested, I'll do it myself once in a blue moon.
 I wonât tell you what PapaWomble shouted down at him as the ladder swayed beneath him!!!Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'm curmudgeonly because apparently Royal Mail has delivered my parcel yesterday [they haven't] or with a neighbour [no note through the door] or it might be in my 'designated safe place' [I didn't have one]
However, I checked all the places that would be a DSP. Nope.Â
It was supposed to be delivered on Wednesday, but I appreciate these things can be delayed just now, so wasn't bothered when it didn't appear.Â
Apart from the hour and a half I was out for my walk, I was here, and even when I was out - younger daughter was here. I usually find R. Mail very reliable here, so it's very disappointing.Â
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...