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2 Story Suitable Ladder

  • 18-07-2024 10:45am
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 363 ✭✭


    Hi, I am looking to invest in a ladder for both painting and gutter cleaning. It's a 2 story Semi Detached, with about a height of 19 feet. A telescopic ladder would be ideal in terms of storage but how safe are they at that height? I am not sure. I mean where can I store a 2/3 extension ladder in a semi d with a small shed.

    Looking for advice.

    Post edited by dvega on


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,189 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Telescopic ladders don't last long. The snaps / clips break off easily. I had one for a few months but got rid of it



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 363 ✭✭dvega


    Ya hire might be the way to go. If I was to buy, probably recommend a top quality ladder?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,220 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    I bought a fancy ladder with stand off and base support and everything.

    Used it once to try to clean the gutters, scared the **** out of myself, phoned a dude to do it.

    If you haven't been comfortably up a ladder 5 metres off the ground, don't underestimate how **** terrifying it is.

    I have actually used the ladder to trim my trees at 6m up, but you can hold on to a tree. You can't hold on to a wall.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 192 ✭✭Samson1




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,579 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Is it safe?

    The usual principle is that if you can fall more than 2 metres, it is unsafe.



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