Help me! My Frying is stuck on the window ledge

[Helpmylecreuset]

Okay this isn’t a wind up.

Have name changed for this, penis beaker, Mexican house thief etc etc.

My DH put my favourite cast iron pan on the ledge outside our flat window as it was smoking, and he didn’t want to set of the fire alarm.

Well it was so hot it fused it’s self to the window ledge. We had a friend over at the time who it quite possibly the most musular man I know, and even he couldn’t get it off.

We rent so the last thing I want to do is tear it off along with the covering of the building.

We have one idea so far which is to use the cream brûlée torch to heat up the pan again. Would this work??

The next idea is to keep it there forever and turn it into a bird bath, but this risks the wrath of our landlord when we eventually move out.

I’m really upset as it cost ££££. Please wise MN, tell me what to do!

I have enclosed a photo hopefully showing the material on the building ledge it’s attached it’s self to.

Leave it there and deny all knowledge

If he makes a hole the felt it will host more to repair than the cost of the pan

Plant some herbs it it?

Sound advice oldraver

Unscrew and remove the handle and you have a bird bath.

Leave it there and deny all knowledge

Definitely this. Get practicing your innocent face "Oh, that? Bird must have dropped it".

Mexican house thief??

@TerrifiedandWorried

Or lube and fish slice

Old school!

DH says to use a hairdryer to heat it gently, probably a bit more gentle than a blow torch!

Is there already water in it? Looks like it in the pic

@FAQs

Mexican house thief??

Sorry, Mexican house thief was a classic MN thread. People often refer to it to ‘prove’ they have been on the forums for a while and they aren’t just a troll.

@EdwardCullensBiteOnTheSide

Is there already water in it? Looks like it in the pic

Yes it’s been raining here

Ooo will have to look that one up.

Mexican house thief thread, page 6

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/1735637-Have-you-ever-encountered-anyone-this-cheeky?pg=6

20/04/2013 14:52 WeAreEternal

Shameless place marking.

OP keep us updated and you’ll have started a classic.

I mean. You gotta go big or go home here OP. Get a load of LEGO, make a surround for the pan, mini little slide for lego people to go down from your kitchen window. If the landlord mentions it, keep a straight face and say you were hoping he could add 'outdoor' pool in his listing when you move out.

Surely trick or treaters did it right? Then I'd cross my fingers that there was no CCTV

oh, this did cheer me up today!

I'm in camp hairdyer. Safer than a blow torch!

(is that a fried egg in the pan or are my glasses really useless?)

@Rover83

Surely trick or treaters did it right? Then I'd cross my fingers that there was no CCTV

It was almost certainly the trick or treaters. Most probably students. We dare not touch it, for fear of COVID. And it was definitely not my idiot husband.

@2018SoFarSoGreat

oh, this did cheer me up today!

I'm in camp hairdyer. Safer than a blow torch!

(is that a fried egg in the pan or are my glasses really useless?)

No fried egg, it’s just the sunlight hitting it.

I think you'll just have to brazen it out. That you have absolutely NO idea how it got there. Can you reach it to wipe your fingerprints off, just in case?

I also think perhaps you'll have to make it your forever home now...

1. That's not a window ledge, it's a roof. Are you both very young? Has you DH led a sheltered life?

1. I would not let your DH near that roof with a blow torch, you will lose the building. He needs to master using a frying pan first.

A hairdryer won't work. Petrol will dissolve the asphalt but I'm not sure you will ever get that pan clean again, so I probably wouldn't bother for the risk of damage to the roof.

1. It is trivially easy to patch that. Cut a hole and glue down a new piece of felt. Don't let your husband use the Stanley knife, they are sharp. It will be a lot cheaper than your landlord seeing it.

@donquixotedelamancha

1. That's not a window ledge, it's a roof. Are you both very young? Has you DH led a sheltered life?

1. I would not let your DH near that roof with a blow torch, you will lose the building. He needs to master using a frying pan first.

A hairdryer won't work. Petrol will dissolve the asphalt but I'm not sure you will ever get that pan clean again, so I probably wouldn't bother for the risk of damage to the roof.

1. It is trivially easy to patch that. Cut a hole and glue down a new piece of felt. Don't let your husband use the Stanley knife, they are sharp. It will be a lot cheaper than your landlord seeing it.

We are sadly in our 40s.

1. He has not been allowed to wash the wedding glassware since we were married 4 years ago. He is now now allowed any access to the pan either.

1. Many thanks for your sage advice. I now know that DH should not be allowed out of the bedroom. I intend to keep him there as some sort of pet, with a litter tray and food bowl outside the door, but will go it once a day to cuddle him.

Sorry. He is now NOT allowed any access to the pans.