Question

How do you clean your skirting boards behind radiator pipes? Mine are so bloody close i cant get anything in the gap but i can see all the dust and dog hair and it drives me insane!  

Answer 1

My downstairs bathroom is like that, I have to use toothbrush to clean it & toothpicks lol, but i still cant get right behind where the pipes are  

Comments

@call2 its so annoying  tempted to box them in just so i dont have to look at it  

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@pericarp38695 Yeah that's what I'm going to do, we have to have the whole system re piped, had to box in the ones in the living room & I'm going to do the downstairs bathroom, bedrooms are okay but kitchen has the pipes along the top, I dont know how I will ever be able to paint behind them ‍♀️, house is lovely and warm though and the hot water stays hot now, so not all bad  

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@call2 use your hairdryer x

Answer 2

I use a cloth, and push it behind eith my fingers then hold each end and pull back and fourth around the pipe lol.  

Answer 3

Blow dust out with hairdryer then vac

Answer 4

I blow dry mine and pushes all the dust out x

Answer 5

Hairdryer is perfect for this x

Answer 6

I use an old brush from a turkey baster  

Answer 7

I lift mine off wall and do them

Answer 8

You can get a radiator cleaning brush that fits behind bit like a giant bottle brush

Answer 9

Sometights and metal hanger

Answer 10

Cotton buds

Answer 11

Can of air

Answer 12

Bottle brush? I’ve never used it for that but may help

Answer 13

Hair drier to blow down behind the radiator, a long haired paint brush to do the skirting or inside the actual radiator it’s self

Answer 14

Box the pipes in=cant see, dont need to clean x

Answer 15

Hairdryer and I bought one of those long radiator brushes they fab  

Answer 16

Poundland has something called Air Duster , it's compressed air in a tin with a straw , you could use that to Blow the dirt out .  

Answer 17

I use a small paint brush to clean mine

Answer 18

Mine clip off to get behind , you can get an attachment for hoover or pair tights weighted at bottom and drop leg through , pull along top bottom together

Answer 19

I use a handheld steamer and blast the fluff out x

Answer 20

Get thin ist possible electric pipe made of plastic and attach it to your vacuum cleaner blocking the rest of the opening. You can also try trunking from Screwfix, smallest they do is 16mmx16mm (I think) for under £2

Answer 21

Use for inside and under radiators. Cheap, but you may find cheaper and longer on ebay. For skirting boards I just dust it, or wet it in soapy water and brush., then wrap in in any long thin cloth (cut off old tshirts) and wipe

Answer 22

Large radiator brush, had mine from What shop but seen them in poundland too.