I’ve run into this situation numerous times but today I took some photos and figured I’d ask.
Does anyone have a solution for windows where the screens only come off from the inside. The way these are designed the sliding panes has tabs at the top that allows the window to tip in and then out. Once the window is out the screen can then be removed if you want. The problem is that the blinds are installed inside the interior window frame, as they should be, and thus you can’t tip the window in enough to remove it.
Other than removing the blind, does anyone have a work around?
Pretty frustrating. Some take a lot of doing to get out, some I just walk away from.
I think a lot of times things are added to windows (alarms, shutter, blinds) without considering that you may occasionally have to remove the screens.
Best hack that I’ve come up with is to pop the half of the window out of the frame, clean both sides, and then put it back in, and you never have to remove the screen in the first place.
There are so many things that could go wrong. You better know what your doing if you take any kind of blinds down. I can’t even recall a job where we will remove blinds for someone. If there is an issue we inform the customer they have to have it down for us.
If it is a simple metal bracket that the end flips up (like it looks to be in the picture?) then it is pretty straight forward. Anything other than that and inform the customer of the limitations of getting that window cleaned.
I have one customer where I have to remove 3 shades and the brackets.
But worse…Tilt in windows where they have put interior shutters which will
not allow the window to tilt in enough to remove the screen…
Except where the homeowner screwed them into drywall instead of a stud. Probably not a big deal for this particular window, but yeah, it’s always possible that the whole thing is just waiting for you to touch it to fall out.
Yeah, those interior shutters are nice, but sometimes can be in the way. You can easily pop the hinge bolts out and remove the shutter, but if the frame is blocking the window, it doesn’t get you much.
One of my monthly clients had those behind her desk. The only way to clean that window was to pop the bolts. No big deal for that scenario.
That is what I mean. Or when you put it back the blind “does not work right” (even though it might have been broken before). Or your guy is clumsy and lets it fall breaking a nearby item. Or it wasn’t installed properly and now you can’t get it back the right way because the brackets are too far apart.
These kinds of things can come back at you. I thought I was doing a nice thing yesterday for a lady reattaching a downspout, but she called me after the crew left saying she wants us to come back and remove the screws. Apparently she pulls it down all the time to clean it herself. So why did she ask us to put it up for her? These are headaches you don’t need.
I had one the other day that as soon as I pulled the cord (while assisting up with my other hand) it fell out of the bracket as I struggled to keep it from banging onto the dresser. Turns out was just too short enough width wise to fit safely on the brackets.
