Some DIY advice?

[Goldilox]

My first floor windows are in rather desperate need of a lick of paint. There is a 2-3' sloping roof over the bay window & porch that seems to be rather in the way. I wondered if anyone had any ideas or experience for how best to reach them.

I have access to ladders & a shed full of scrap wood. I'm thinking that if I could secure some sort of board to the roof that would give me a perfect platform to work from, but unfortunately a conventional roof ladder won't work as there is nowhere to hook it - the top of the roof being leaded to the wall.

 

[Gramaisc]

Just the sills? They could be sandstone - gentle scraping and wire-brushing, then slap more paint on.

Doable from inside, that small roof section and the wall position can make use of ladders very awkward.

 

[Goldilox]

The sills and the painted stones at the top (& maybe the fascia & gutters if I'm going to be up there anyway...) . The windows themselves are upvc. It's also not really doable from inside as the smaller window only opens at the top. If I could find a safe way to anchor a scaffold board to the little roof that would be perfect as I could easily reach everything I need to get to from that.

As you say a regular extension ladder is going to be too far away, or at too shallow an angle.

 

[Gramaisc]

If you can provide anchor points - in the garden wall? - then a ladder with the base 'too far out' is doable, but also easier to fall off.

 

[Gramaisc]

You could make three or four suitably angled brackets and attach them to the brickwork over the small roof.

They would suit the other houses in the road, too.

 

[Goldilox]

The platform would be nicer to work from, but I think you're right in that a 45° ladder with the feet secured to the garden wall might be the way to go. I think I have some big webbing straps somewhere that would allow me to attach the top end between the two windows too.

 

[Gramaisc]

It really is a lot easier to fall off a ladder in that style, but, if done carefully, it is probably the 'best' way to approach this one-off job.

Do consider what is below you - pointy railings, etc?