Trying to clean these old storm windows

Facko82 · April 28, 2018, 12:59am

I have a cleaning next week and there are two windows in front of house that have these very old storms windows. Has anybody dealt with these? Do they come all the way off? It seems like they just flip open from the bottom. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

sethfenster · April 28, 2018, 1:35am

Push in those screw like things and twist them 180 degrees to release the tabs. Pull from the bottom. They look hinged and will probably come apart when you open them enough.

Those look like fun!

VarnerWindowCleaning · April 28, 2018, 5:32am

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CSteez · April 28, 2018, 5:41am

I encountered 6 on those my first week on the job until I found out you are supposed to charge extra for them lol

ChrisTripleC · April 28, 2018, 4:03pm

I’ve seen those a few times. I believe they area Sears windows. Ive had to decline jobs at points because the hardware was seized.

Facko82 · April 28, 2018, 5:55pm

I managed to get one of the bottom ones open and it seems like it won’t come all the way off. I’m thinking just lift it up enough to clean both sides and the other window and screw then back in. There’s only two on the house. The rest are newer windows.

Facko82 · April 28, 2018, 5:56pm

Yep! I factored in the extra work lol

Facko82 · April 28, 2018, 5:58pm

It’s only two on the house bu when I walked up to the house I was thinking the whole house was like these two and I was going to pass hard!! Lol Btw, your logo looks familiar… Are you in Charlotte NC?

Facko82 · April 28, 2018, 5:59pm

I’ll be lucky to get one cleaned properly

CSteez · April 28, 2018, 6:05pm

The other thing I have noticed is that the middle glass is very easy to break because the tracks are usually rusted on or just not lubricated enough to slide out properly.

Thankfully they are butt ugly & the homeowner wanted to change them anyays so she was not upset since it was the middle piece.

VarnerWindowCleaning · April 28, 2018, 6:27pm

Yea! Been here a year. You?

Facko82 · April 29, 2018, 4:57pm

I thought so. This is my second year. I’m the owner of D&N Windows and Gutters. I’m all over Charlotte. I’d say you’re my competition but this city is not even close to being saturated with window cleaners. Heck, my own brother does the same thing over in Ballantyne area.

VarnerWindowCleaning · April 29, 2018, 5:29pm

Shhhh. Don’t give anyone any ideas. Lol but yea this city is booming right now. Maybe we can meet up sometime and talk business.

Facko82 · May 1, 2018, 12:18am

Definitely! My email:
[email protected]