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Default Dealing with height on ladders.

Huge wrote:
On 2011-07-06, ARWadsworth wrote:
SS wrote:
I really need to paint the soffit board and sort some guttering
problem is :-

A. Cant really afford a pro and I am capable of doing the work.
B. beyond around 10 feet I am crap on a ladder, even if I got higher
I would be hanging on rather than doing anything.

Ideally I would like to get the work done this summer although could
probably wait til next year.

Anyone else got this `fear` of height/ladders and how did you
overcome it. I just done feel safe or comfortable 20 feet up. Is
there a better type ladder I could use thinking it may be cheaper to
buy something, use it, then sell on ebay.


Once you have got a good ladder you will want to keep it.

I never really overcame my fear of hights, I am however a lot more
confident than I used to be.


What he said. Except "height" rather than "hight" (which means to
name or call something in Old English).

Maybe just practice did it for me. Although I still
cannot work out how some people are able to just walk off a ladder
onto a roof and make it look as easy as walking through a door.


Me neither. I won't work on anything above gutter height.


Brown underpants also help:-)


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Adam