"RobertL" wrote in message
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On Jul 6, 1:01 pm, "michael adams" wrote:
"tim...." wrote in message

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"SS" wrote in message
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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.

I don't have a fear of heights, just of the ladder "falling off" the wall.

Show me a fully secured ladder and I will happily climb it. Show me an unsecured one
and I feel anxious about half way up.

Getting to the top the first time to secure it is really difficult :-(

tim

Make up a stout wooden frame with a crossbar to fit inside an upstairs
window opening. Run a rope out of that window down to the ground.
Tie the rope to the approopriate rung of the ladder,
Erect the ladder. Go back upstairs and tightly secure the rope
to the crossbar.
If you have some rope, ideally climbing rope which has more give you
can secure that to the frame as well. Harnesses for securing the rope,
can be bought new or on ebay.i.e bosuns harnesses
Securing ladders to furniture, beds etc isn't always a good idea
as they can move around.


- With climbing rope you should remember that it is designed to save you
- in a fall but it will only do this once. As the energy absorbed it
- damages the rope and the rope gets longer. The rope will have its
- length marked at the ends. measure it and check the length matches
- the labels. if it has been stretched then bin it.


In a situation where a nervous person actually falls off a ladder
I don't think the possibility of using the rope a second time around
is likely to arise somehow. While the ladders themselves will probably
to end up on eBay, or in the local paper.


michael adams

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