I had to get to that cornice corner to finish up that face I was heat scraping this weekend, and needed a step-ladder that was 8′ on one side and REALLY LONG on the other.
It worked –
Forrest – just now getting over the shakes . . .
Edited 12/6/2009 8:44 pm ET by McDesign
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Wow, do I see another step poking its head over the roof? That house really has some cool lines. I'm liking the reflection of the sun/tree/birdfeeder in the lower window, great shot!
I won't tell OSHA if you don't. <G>
Don
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"If it scratches, I etch it!"
Have I mentioned that I L.O.V.E your house?
Plantlust - virtually shaking sympathetically
Thanksgiving - a holiday for side dishes.
Thanks! We're happy to be finally getting to the outside restoration.
Here's a detail shot - ladders were tied together with rope around the rungs, and then tied back across the roof off to the right That shingled roof is fake, a parapet wall sitting over the flat, actual roof.
I worked from the (correct) side of the stepladder, and could lean out with the heat gun in one hand and a scraper in the other to the corner . . . then stood on the extension ladder for the corner board.
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Forrest
Edited 12/6/2009 9:47 pm ET by McDesign
lean out with the heat gun in one hand and a scraper in the other to the corner
My stomach flutters thinking about that. What did you see when you were leaning out and looking down ... the ground?"Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
he remembered not to look down....
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Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
"Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints"
Reminds me of the time I did something pretty foolish. I'll tell you 'cause you're a crazy man, but don't let anyone else read this.
Years ago when I was young and bulletproof, I was on a 16' ladder up on pumpjack planking that was 22' up in the air. I'd like to think I was probably smart enough to at least nail a cleat to the planking to keep the ladder feet from dropping of the planking...but I probably wasn't.
That ain't that crazy...I think all us ol' timers have done that and worse. I recall working in Queens (NY) when I first started out. Doing "aluminum" siding. the houses were all exactly like the Archie Bunker houses. Three stories with concrete driveways between houses.
I can remember more times than not putting a customers picnic table under my already fully stretched ladder to gain an extra few feet. Musta been in my early 20's then. Lucky I reached the age I am today doing all those stupid stunts.Looking at Mc's house photos...all it made me think was..."thank god I'm done with mine"...whewwwwww.
Gotta find the photo on the other puter I have with all the ladders I had surrounding my house (might be in my web site below), I named the photo in my file.."ladder sale".
Ladder and scaffold city...geezzz...I'm soooo glad it's done!!!!Good goin' McD!! It's another one for the team!View Image
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I remember that photo, and I think I may have even commented on it.
In college I earned summer cash doing roofing and vinyl siding. Ah yes, the memories of running around on the roofs of triple-deckers in Worcester, MA. Man oh man, did I do some silly stuff.One Friday my Boss bet me my paycheck that I couldn't carry three bundles of shingles up the ladder to the third-story roof. My brother thought the ladder would fold. It just about did. 'Course my thighs just about folded about two-thirds of the way up too, they were burning like crazy. Talk about rubber legs.Love those ladders of yours!
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You Mormon (Ladder Day Saint?)
Forrest
Ooof. That was pretty close to coffee in the nose.'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
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You Mormon (Ladder Day Saint?)<<<Now thats funny...lol.
You shoulda seen the back of the house. I love having all my ladders and scaffolds set up.
It's like being a kid all over again everytime I set em' up : )
I was the champion Chutes'N Ladders game player..lolView Image
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I busted a gut when I looked at your pic!! How funny. I thought I was the only one that would do stuff like that. I got friends, I guess.
Like Ron Jeremy said. "if ya got it...use it"...lolView Image
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Looks like you'll be revisiting that sopt a few more times. Might I suggest you find a better solution?
My first / best suggestion is to rent a towable boom lift. A bit harder to move around, you can save on the delivery charge. Use one once, and you'll be amazed at how much more productive you are.
Otherwise ... did you consider using that window to access the roof? Once up there, how about assembling some staging? Even a scaffold plank with one end supported by that extension ladder would have let you reach most (if not all) of what you needed to reach.
Don't think my comments are harsh; not at all - I save those for the jackalopes who design buildings without thought as to how you will access such places.
Yes - I do use my big walk-thru scaffolding (the 6'8 sections, that I bouight just for this project )when I do tall parts of the house - but since I'm mostly NOT in this particular area, my neighbor has my scaffolding building his big garage.
Forrest
You own scaffolding but you didn't bother to set it up for that? Hopefully your life insurance is paid up, and your long-term care policy.
Like I said, I'll use my scaffolding when I do the tall side - but that's months away. Neighbor pays me in beer, so he's using it now.
Forrest
I'm sure you followed all these procedures.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC3KNfdwel0
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC3KNfdwel0
That looks OK for parapet walls, but I don't see how the rubber feet on shingles would be good enough. Maybe better than nothing, but no way secure enough.
-- J.S.
ZI jsut wanna know the process to set it up. care to share that secret?
Sorry for the necropost. If McDesign sees this, I would like to chat with him about one of his past projects.
Antique post but...
thats a "hold my beer" moment if I ever saw one