discussion Another heart in the mouth annual job

[Guest]

Hi all this is the waterford crystal Chandeleir I have to clean every year (and no I cant lower it down like Del boy did) we had a pheasant in here one year (it burst through a window during a shoot) it knocked a couple of the big crystals off it cost £500 pounds for 2 new ones. the whole thing is suspended on a very shallow hook (god knows why) and I am always worried I will make is swing too much during cleaning it and it will come off the hook.



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[Guest]

It will only fall once

 

[Gern]

It will only fall once

No Tel, I'm sorry but you're wrong. You could pick up the bits and drop them again as many times as you like!

Best of luck with that one Ken! Is there no way you could secure it to the hook with wire perhaps - even if it's only temporary while cleaning it?

 

[Guest]

I cant get a set of ladders anywhere near the hook as its in the middle of a stair well ( I was lucky when the pheasant got in the broken crystals were nearest to the stairs).

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

I know the feeling every year my mom asked me to lower hers so she could clean it, I remember one year she broke one of the stems, as they were Austrian crystal she had to order one in and it took 6 months to arrive.

Not sure what to do with this one when I sell up, I can't see it been put up in a rented place and I'm not leaving it here for the buyers to claim.

Not a great picture it's much better when cleaned and the sun shines on it

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[Guest]

Yes when they are clean they are quite something.

 

[Ian M]

Not sure what to do with this one when I sell up, I can't see it been put up in a rented place and I'm not leaving it here for the buyers to claim.

E-bay. buyer collects.

Good luck with the cleaning Ken.

Ian M