On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:34:03 GMT, "Vernon"
wrote:

Trying to find the best price and place to buy an extension ladder for my
parents. They want something like a double extension with a 150kg rating,
and 6m (20ft) total length.

Have found some ladders at midland ladders and these look ok. 20ft ladder is
£78 inc delivery

Anywhere else we could look, and or recommendations.

thanks

I did a similar search about a year ago and found the best deal was
at Wickes. Things may have changed since though.
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Trying to find the best price and place to buy an extension ladder for my
parents. They want something like a double extension with a 150kg rating,
and 6m (20ft) total length.

Have found some ladders at midland ladders and these look ok. 20ft ladder is
£78 inc delivery

Anywhere else we could look, and or recommendations.

thanks

Tony Halmarack wrote:

I did a similar search about a year ago and found the best deal was
at Wickes. Things may have changed since though.

Last time I looked at the Wicks ones they were all DIY rather than trade
rated... hence a bit too flimsy for those of us of more substantial stature!


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John.

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On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 19:26:28 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

Tony Halmarack wrote:

I did a similar search about a year ago and found the best deal was
at Wickes. Things may have changed since though.

Last time I looked at the Wicks ones they were all DIY rather than trade
rated... hence a bit too flimsy for those of us of more substantial stature!

Perhaps you were looking on the wrong shelf. I have a pair of these
new fangled varifocals and I saw several trade quality ladders at
Wickes. At least one of these was a 3 section job with a 9.32 max
working height. It's very chunky and if it'll support a fat *******
like me, it'll prolly support one of a more substantial stature too,
even if the nature of that substantiality is veering toward the
obscenely gross
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Tony Halmarack wrote:

like me, it'll prolly support one of a more substantial stature too,
even if the nature of that substantiality is veering toward the
obscenely gross

Fairy snuff... I will have another look at our local one since I could
do with upgrading my one sometime soon (bought one big enough to reach
the top of the house, and then made the house taller - Doh!)

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John.

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On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 20:31:44 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

Tony Halmarack wrote:

like me, it'll prolly support one of a more substantial stature too,
even if the nature of that substantiality is veering toward the
obscenely gross

Fairy snuff... I will have another look at our local one since I could
do with upgrading my one sometime soon (bought one big enough to reach
the top of the house, and then made the house taller - Doh!)

You sound like one of these ladderholics to me. Soon as you get hold
of as longer ladder, you'll just do the same again. You rung the
helpline I hope.
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Tony Halmarack wrote:

.. You rung the
helpline I hope.
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Oh dear oh dear!!

Alex

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:19:41 +0100, Tony Halmarack
wrote:

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 20:31:44 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

Tony Halmarack wrote:

like me, it'll prolly support one of a more substantial stature too,
even if the nature of that substantiality is veering toward the
obscenely gross

Fairy snuff... I will have another look at our local one since I could
do with upgrading my one sometime soon (bought one big enough to reach
the top of the house, and then made the house taller - Doh!)

You sound like one of these ladderholics to me. Soon as you get hold
of as longer ladder, you'll just do the same again. You rung the
helpline I hope.

*rung* the help line?? That doesn't sound like his stile so we
should tread carefully




..andy

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Andy Hall wrote:

*rung* the help line?? That doesn't sound like his stile so we
should tread carefully

Perhaps we should stay away from this thread - you know stand-off a bit,
take a few steps back... save climbing all over it.


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John.

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On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 16:34:03 GMT, "Vernon"
wrote:

Trying to find the best price and place to buy an extension ladder for my
parents. They want something like a double extension with a 150kg rating,
and 6m (20ft) total length.

Have found some ladders at midland ladders and these look ok. 20ft ladder is
£78 inc delivery

Anywhere else we could look, and or recommendations.

thanks


I got a 20 foot scaffold for a hundred, much safer

Rick

On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 00:14:03 +0100, Andy Hall
wrote:

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:19:41 +0100, Tony Halmarack
wrote:

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 20:31:44 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

Tony Halmarack wrote:

like me, it'll prolly support one of a more substantial stature too,
even if the nature of that substantiality is veering toward the
obscenely gross

Fairy snuff... I will have another look at our local one since I could
do with upgrading my one sometime soon (bought one big enough to reach
the top of the house, and then made the house taller - Doh!)

You sound like one of these ladderholics to me. Soon as you get hold
of as longer ladder, you'll just do the same again. You rung the
helpline I hope.

*rung* the help line?? That doesn't sound like his stile so we
should tread carefully

No real problem to be harnessed.
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On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 00:33:15 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

Andy Hall wrote:

*rung* the help line?? That doesn't sound like his stile so we
should tread carefully

Perhaps we should stay away from this thread - you know stand-off a bit,
take a few steps back... save climbing all over it.

There seems to be rather a lot of "We-ing" going on from the top of
this ladder thread. I know John Rumm was thinking of "splashing out"
but doing it from such a lofty position might be considered a little
anti-social.
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