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DAREDEVIL abseilers have taken to the skies over Hemel Hempstead to clean the town’s tallest building.
The brave men drop down on ropes from hundreds of feet to keep the landmark former Kodak tower looking spruce.
Bovingdon-based cleaning company The Price Group has just been awarded the contract for the job.
Managing director Charlie Price said: “This is one of the highest buildings my team has ever cleaned and there are plenty of windows to keep them busy. We are really pleased to win a contract like this in our home town. It’s good work for the guys who are mostly local lads.”
The KD Tower has 22 floors, which have been transformed into 254 luxury apartments.
It will take four men two weeks to clean the whole tower, and the job will need doing again in three months time.
At 255ft tall the building is the highest in Hemel Hempstead, and the window cleaners enjoy panoramic views of the town as they work.
The tower has been converted by Dandara, who replaced the original concrete façade with glazing and coloured steel panelling.
Photo giant Kodak moved into smaller offices in the Maylands business park in 2005.
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