we used to clean our windows yearly, or at least i thought we did! i searched my labels for the last window cleaning date and it occurred four years ago. while i can believe it's been four years since i cleaned the windows, i'm surprised not to find any more posts prior to that.
you can imagine how dirty they were . . i thought it had only been two years. i suppose it could be only two years and i just haven't recorded it . . . (i'm rolling my eyes here), however, i record so much mundanity, i can't believe i haven't recorded all the times we've washed windows. it is such a HUGE project.
the bottom window needs to come out in order to clean the outside of the top window, and then the screens come out and get washed in the tub. the soot just rolls off and gets all over everything, which means that the whole bathroom really needs to be thoroughly cleaned afterwards.
after cleaning two windows, greg just HAD to take a lunch break.
well, i guess it was lunch time . . and we didn't finish the job until 5 pm, but then we did sort through boxes and bags in morgana's room. it's amazing the debris that can accumulate over days and weeks and months. we have two big bags for the salvation army sitting by the door, and i feel like we just took bags of stuff to them not that long ago.
Ha, ha, this sounds exactly like our house, except that you cannot take all of our windows out! You need ladders to get to some of them and it is a huge project! And we have too many windows to finish them in one day. And some are falling out of their frames, but we don't have money to replace them. And one window is cracked. And the screens have some holes, and .... As you can see, our windows are a mess!! So I do envy all your work! Wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Eva :) We do have holes in the screens and I was trying to remember in what funny catalog I had seen the cutest screen "band aids." If I ever remember, I'll let you know. My sister also has trouble with all of her windows. She lives in a Colonial style house and they need to climb high for the second floor. It's always a project! She also has storm windows. Do you have those too?
DeleteNot really storm windows, but windows that come down in the winter and the screens go up. I have heard of those "band aids," but have never seen them.
DeleteMy sister has the same windows as you!
DeleteReally! I thought nobody had them anymore.
DeleteLOL well now she doesn't. They finally got new ones last year which are so much easier to work.
DeleteWe have a chap that comes and cleans windows but the caravan is at the side of the house so only the fronts are cleaned! The loft room windows need cleaning but thankfully they pivot and are easy to sort. I don't envy you with your set up! Greg totally deserved that lunch break :-) xx
ReplyDeleteYes, he did :) I wish our maintenance fee covered window cleaning. It's kind of strange that it doesn't, but I've found that clean windows are not a priority for many people in NYC! or in the States I think. When I lived in Bregenz, Austria, I found people liked having clean windows, and clean stoops! I loved how I would see a home owner washing down their front steps with a bucket of soapy water and a long handled brush.
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