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Cobwebs

The ceiling height on the first landing of my staircase is as high as the 2nd floor ceilings. There's a cobweb waaaaaay up in the corner, far out of my reach.

Solutions?

The only thing I can think of is taping my broom and mop end-to-end to extend my reach.

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Re: Cobwebs

  • Do like I do, and just ignore it. LOL
  • WingitWingit member
    If you have ceilings that high you may want to buy one of those cleaning wands with extenders that will reach.  This way you can always keep those corners clean. 

    I love a good DIY solution but I don't think taping those two things will work and may not be safe if it comes apart and falls straight town onto something breakable. 
  • imageWingit:
    If you have ceilings that high you may want to buy one of those cleaning wands with extenders that will reach.  This way you can always keep those corners clean. 

    I love a good DIY solution but I don't think taping those two things will work and may not be safe if it comes apart and falls straight town onto something breakable. 

    This is the only spot in my house that I can't reach and this is the first cobweb in the 2+ years we've owned our home. I hate to buy something specifically for that tiny space. Fortunately, my vacuum cleaner handle reaches everything else.

    Plan: Tell my husband I need him to do it and let him formulate his own idea. Smile 

    FWIW, there's nothing in my stairway and the area is surrounded by walls on each side (it's a corner landing), so at least if the redneck mega-broom comes apart it won't hit anything. haha.

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  • We have a stairwell that has this same issue.  I let the "dust webs" stay but when I can tell one is an actual spider web, I go after it by standing at the top of the stairs, and basically launching the broom at it like a spear.  This is best attempted when no one else is home and the pets are locked into a bedroom... my MIL always compliments how clean our high ceilings are, asking how I keep the corners web-free, and I just say thank you and then try to change the subject... the idea of "well, the broom gets decent range and trajectory..."
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