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.

It is more working from a ladder than the height (I think) as I am currently
painting the window above the front porch, it has a steep roof but I can
access from the bedroom window, I just tie a rope around the bed hang it out
and use that as a comfort thing. Strange thing is I cannot access the porch
roof from a ladder, I tried and just got scared and backed off.

Any thoughts or ideas on this would be appreciated.
thanks


I bought a scaffold tower and even than I wasn't happy till I had laced
it to the window frame, and built a wood platform that abutted the house
wall.

It wasn't too bad after that.


Also if using ladders get a stand-off thing so you don't have to bend
backwards to actually paint overhangs.

Scaffold tower is currently at mates house where he used it to rebuild
a bay window 'roof'...