I am not great at d-i-y but I thought I would have a go at painting the
outside of the house before winter sets in. Everything is straight forward
except for a back bedroom window which sits directly above a conservatory.
Access via ladder is impossible as the conservatory is much wider than the
window. The frames are wooden I would want to rub them down and undercoat
them - so close-up access is essential.

How would professional painter tackle this? Scaffolding perhaps (I hope
not)?

Thanks,

- Clive

"Clive" wrote
| Everything is straight forward except for a back bedroom
| window which sits directly above a conservatory.

Cherry picker.

Remove panes from conservatory, put ladder up through hole, reinstate panes
when finished.

It might be feasable to remove casement from window from inside, paint
casement and frame, reinstate casement from inside.

Owain

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I am not great at d-i-y but I thought I would have a go at painting the
outside of the house before winter sets in. Everything is straight forward
except for a back bedroom window which sits directly above a conservatory.
Access via ladder is impossible as the conservatory is much wider than the
window. The frames are wooden I would want to rub them down and undercoat
them - so close-up access is essential.

How would professional painter tackle this? Scaffolding perhaps (I hope
not)?

Thanks,

- Clive



Unless the roof has a evry steep pitch lay scaffolding planks across it
and use this as a firm footing.

We have the same situation and thats how the 'Professionals' do it for
us.
--
Paul Mc Cann

Clive,

I have the same situation with my conservatory. I did the job successfully
by removing the opening lights and painting them separately. Then sitting
in the opening to paint the outside of the frame. Worked OK on my window as
the opening lights are quite large. Only tricky bit was getting the windows
back on. Two person job really, one to hold it and one to screw it back on!

Also don't lean back to admire the finish!

Cheers Keith

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I am not great at d-i-y but I thought I would have a go at painting the
outside of the house before winter sets in. Everything is straight forward
except for a back bedroom window which sits directly above a conservatory.
Access via ladder is impossible as the conservatory is much wider than the
window. The frames are wooden I would want to rub them down and undercoat
them - so close-up access is essential.

How would professional painter tackle this? Scaffolding perhaps (I hope
not)?

Thanks,

- Clive

In article , Clive
writes
I am not great at d-i-y but I thought I would have a go at painting the
outside of the house before winter sets in. Everything is straight forward
except for a back bedroom window which sits directly above a conservatory.
Access via ladder is impossible as the conservatory is much wider than the
window. The frames are wooden I would want to rub them down and undercoat
them - so close-up access is essential.

How would professional painter tackle this? Scaffolding perhaps (I hope
not)?

I have got a window like this, I made a little roof ladder which rests
across 2 of the uPVC roof beams on the conservatory. (I checked with the
conservatory manufacturer and they said it was OK to do this, they said
you could even stand on the polycarbonate sheet in an emergency.)

You could probably do the same with scaff planks if you can find some
way to stop them slipping down.
--
Tim Mitchell

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In article , Clive
writes
I am not great at d-i-y but I thought I would have a go at painting the
outside of the house before winter sets in. Everything is straight
forward
except for a back bedroom window which sits directly above a
conservatory.
Access via ladder is impossible as the conservatory is much wider than
the
window. The frames are wooden I would want to rub them down and undercoat
them - so close-up access is essential.

How would professional painter tackle this? Scaffolding perhaps (I hope
not)?

I have got a window like this, I made a little roof ladder which rests
across 2 of the uPVC roof beams on the conservatory. (I checked with the
conservatory manufacturer and they said it was OK to do this, they said
you could even stand on the polycarbonate sheet in an emergency.)

You could probably do the same with scaff planks if you can find some
way to stop them slipping down.
--
It depends on the construction of the window. If it is a vertical sliding
sash, it is probably easiest to remove the beading and sash cords, and take
the windows inside the house to paint. With the windows removed, the outside
frame is also accessible, but you should use a safety line to make sure that
you can't fall out of the opening.

Jim