Showing posts with label Safety on ladders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Safety on ladders. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Rock and Roll

Nice skylight--impossible place
for a ladder.  Bed's too heavy to move.


If you're on a ladder, you don't want to boogie. Or tango. Or waltz.  At least I don't.  Paint brush or roller and bucket in hand make wild partners for a dance several feet off the ground.  Stable is what I'm looking for when I'm painting over my head.






This worked OK as long as I was VERY
careful.  A 4x4' piece of plywood would
have been much more stable.







Question:  How do I paint the skylight hole without pitching to and fro with my paint and roller and making a dangerous and horrible mess? The answer finally popped into the Things I get to do today after two weeks of mulling it about.  See photo for the solution.

I survived, and the job is done with a minimum of newly invented dance steps.