Ladder safety

[Rob_the_rich]

and a random photo of my ladders with the stabilisers out

did you need the stabilisers because you were chopping out the bricks on rhs which were holding up the steel which the ladder was leaning on?

 

[Sidewinder]

Now I have always been thinking about a standoff, but, never bothered.

This thread has got me looking.

Those who have stand off's do you have solid tray type or frame type.

I found this one which seems a reasonable price, its ali and it has a chequer plate tray built in.

Any thoughts anyone?

http://www.laddersandscaffoldtowers.co.uk/acatalog/Ladder-Stand-Off-Stay.html?gclid=Cj0KEQjwvIO_BRDt27qG3YX0w4wBEiQAsGu3eeP6jh18WceCv0kRRJ7Vc9QKmS-E4aMejg2wryfZbRUaAvCx8P8HAQ

Also, the hooks etc, not sure about the pitch for the rungs.

Never thought if there is an actual standard rung pitch.

 

[sprocketflup]

Sidey - I have a frame type ladder stand off, which is great, but I wish I'd bought the tray type as theres always a use for the tray. I use hooks and the like for hanging stuff off, but sometimes you just need somewhere to lay a pair of cutters and  handful of nuts and bolts down

 

[kerching]

Good find!

i,have been looking for something similar for ages. I have a stand off already but it makes the ladder so heavy and it has no platform. Last week putting the ladder up on a corner to fit a PIR was tricky 

ended es up making a rope "slack figure of 8" across the top stiles so it rested across the corner...a Heinz Wolffe moment

as for rung spacing...not sure about ladders BUT I have some fibre glass steps and the rungs are about 2" further apart.....a real pain in the Barrymore!....and what's the score with the lowest rung on steps now being about 3" above the floor? I have stumbled/jarred my spine loads of times with this 'unexpected' rung

borrowed my mates hop up,on a job as it was the taller version than mine....still only got one step on it which is about 6 inches lower....nearly broke my neckl! Tools screws and fittings everywhere 

 

[Andy™]

did you need the stabilisers because you were chopping out the bricks on rhs which were holding up the steel which the ladder was leaning on?

the truck driver removed the bricks. and twisted the entire column. then the brickies fixed the problem by putting some cement around the bottom where it had moved...

 

[Rob_the_rich]

the truck driver removed the bricks. and twisted the entire column. then the brickies fixed the problem by putting some cement around the bottom where it had moved...

I assume the truck driver used his/her truck to do this? That just sounds poor, how is a bit of cement on the bottom going to help? There is no bearing for the steel at the top, should have had a padstone surely.

SW, found a standoff for you, a mexican one

 

[Andy™]

the brick is not structural, it has a steel beam inside it. truck hit it twisting the entire brick work. look closely at the bottom and you can see just how far out it is

few weeks after the shutter / column was repair it was hit again

 

[Tony S]

few weeks after the shutter / column was repair it was hit again

I asked my BIL to clean up the entrance to a substation. ½ an hour with a hand shovel, not the BIL, he used a quarry shovel. First I knew what was happening was the workshop lights going out.

There’s a slight difference between clean up the doorway and totally obliterating the building.