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John Rumm wrote:

On 07/07/2020 11:23, Jon Schneider wrote:

I have a 52cm gap between my conservatory and next door's brick one and
I'd like to look at the gutters up there. If all new ladders have these
things what is the official way of doing a job like this with a new
ladder ? I'd rather not buy a used one.

Ah, yup see what you mean - you want to lean the ladder against the
house wall, but have a conservatory either side of you and they are only
a bit more than a ladder's width apart.

Well done John -- I, too, was thinking in terms of your conservatory
gutters, Jon, and was puzzled.

As for 2nd hand ladders: I would guess you could find some really good
ones, because most sellers would just like to get rid of them: ladders
take up a lot of space, and they know that [now] they are not going to
use them any more :-( Like me :-( :-(

John