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Posted by Matt on April 18, 2007, 12:12 pm


I am painting my foyer which contains an 18ft ceiling. I have a 20ft
Gorilla ladder and a 16ft 2-piece ladder, neither of which will put me
even close to the ceiling. Other than renting a scaffold, I cannot
come up with a means to access this fixture. A jet pack would be
perfect. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Matt


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Posted by John McGaw on April 18, 2007, 12:22 pm


Matt wrote:
> I am painting my foyer which contains an 18ft ceiling. I have a 20ft
> Gorilla ladder and a 16ft 2-piece ladder, neither of which will put me
> even close to the ceiling. Other than renting a scaffold, I cannot
> come up with a means to access this fixture. A jet pack would be
> perfect. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> Matt
>

Do you have industry-oriented rental operations in your area? Any of
those should be able to come up with an electrically-operated man lift
that will easily go 20+ feet and still fit through a standard doorway.
Not a cheap rental but when you need one you need one.

--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com

Posted by mm on April 18, 2007, 5:28 pm



>I am painting my foyer which contains an 18ft ceiling. I have a 20ft
>Gorilla ladder and a 16ft 2-piece ladder, neither of which will put me
>even close to the ceiling. Other than renting a scaffold, I cannot
>come up with a means to access this fixture. A jet pack would be
>perfect. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

I had a jet pack, but before I knew it, I hit my head on the ceiling
and fell back down to the floor, breaking the new lightbulb.

What do your neighbors do? Maybe you can borrow their device, or at
least find out what they use. Maybe 3 of you can buy something
together.

>Matt


Posted by Matt on April 18, 2007, 7:35 pm


>
> >I am painting my foyer which contains an 18ft ceiling. I have a 20ft
> >Gorilla ladder and a 16ft 2-piece ladder, neither of which will put me
> >even close to the ceiling. Other than renting a scaffold, I cannot
> >come up with a means to access this fixture. A jet pack would be
> >perfect. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> I had a jet pack, but before I knew it, I hit my head on the ceiling
> and fell back down to the floor, breaking the new lightbulb.
>
> What do your neighbors do? Maybe you can borrow their device, or at
> least find out what they use. Maybe 3 of you can buy something
> together.
>
>
>
> >Matt- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

The neighbors paint from a ladder and around the existing light. And
of course, hire a pro to paint (I just cannot bring myself to pay over
1k for paint). One neighbor built scaffold out of lumber, painted,
then disassembled and used the wood to build his deck. I just climbed
up my Gorilla ladder, scaffolding is the way to go.


Posted by Joseph Meehan on April 18, 2007, 6:39 pm


Matt wrote:
> I am painting my foyer which contains an 18ft ceiling. I have a 20ft
> Gorilla ladder and a 16ft 2-piece ladder, neither of which will put me
> even close to the ceiling. Other than renting a scaffold, I cannot
> come up with a means to access this fixture. A jet pack would be
> perfect. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> Matt

Rent scaffolding and while you are at it put in a power lift for the
lamp so you can clean and change bulbs. They make electric devices that
have a motor that will lower the light for service. Do it now and you will
not need to go back up there to service the light.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit




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