[garyfindlay]

I`d been asked to clean windows on a newbuild communal block of flats. The windows do not open and I was using a pole with mop/squeegee on the end. Now they are clean there are a couple of mastic marks on the windows. How could I clean them? The window is 7.5 metres up. Is it safe to be on a ladder at that height. Local wfp guy wasn`t kean on going on a ladder.

[ok cleaning]

i have been up there make sure someone is holding the laddars for you

[SherwoodCleaningSe]

At that height (over 6 meters) you should techniquely have another person footing the ladder. However it wasn't that long ago that most on here wouldn't think twice about working that height on their own.

Simon.

[East coast window cleaning Services]

Now ive got years of experience in the new build side of window cleaning. was the mastic dropped on the windows after a builders clean of have they not been B/cleaned before. Either way its up to the builders to provide you with safe access to the window. (we write this into all our B/clean tenders.) i would say its gotta be a cherry picker all the way, As there is no way of scraping of mastic marks while being stable on a ladder.

Ricky

[williamx]

why can't you use a scraper on the pole?

[East coast window cleaning Services]

why can't you use a scraper on the pole?

At that height you wont get enough pressure and you will risk scratching the glass surely?

[williamx]

Not really, what I do is, I use an unger scraper and pole, this removes the majority of the tape, I then use one of them scraper pads that you use on  non-stick pans, this is attached over a squeegie t- bar, add a bit of water and the marks come straight off.