On 29/07/2012 18:52, Roger Mills wrote:
On 29/07/2012 13:38, stuart noble wrote:
On 29/07/2012 13:10, Owain wrote:
On Jul 29, 12:08 pm, Roland Perry wrote:
I've got some sash windows where the bottom half isn't just painted-in,
it was never designed to open. The problem is how do you clean the
outside glass, because when you open the top half those panes are
covered up - so you can't clean from the inside of the house.

In the past I've used a washing-up-liquid bottle with a short length
of plastic hose on, to slip through the gap between the top and bottom
sashes when the top one is opened slightly, to wash the bottom window.

Owain


I think I'd take the sash out. You should just be able to remove one
vertical section of the staff bead and lift it out

Except that if it wasn't designed to open, it ain't going to lift out!

IME the only difference is the fixed sashes may be nailed to the box.
Pretty easy to devise some other fixing method so that it can be
reversed for cleaning.