[Shop-talk] Shop-talk Digest, Vol 13, Issue 18

[Scott Hall]

I am embarrassed to say I didn't consider renting an extension ladder after
I didn't visually see one at Home Depot. You're right--someone will
probably rent me one.

Eight years of college...down the drain.

On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 12:34 AM Mark Miller <markmiller at threeboysfarm.com>
wrote:

>
> I rented a 40 foot extension ladder when I needed to get to the top of a
> chimney for some repairs; it was $50 a day.  Go up with a non contact
> voltage detector (answers the switched/ motion sensed,  breaker, etc.
> questions) and bring the bulb down.  I am guessing if one bulb burned out
> the other did as well and they were both ignored.  I recommend renting a
> ladder that can do the job or renting the scaffolding you want and do both
> jobs the same day or weekend.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Miller   707-490-5834
> markmiller at threeboysfarm.com
>
> On 2/15/2019 7:46 AM, shop-talk-request at autox.team.net wrote:
> > 1. How to change a light bulb (Scott Hall) > I keep thinking there's a
> joke in there and I just can't find it. > > New house has
> two...commercial-esque light fixtures pointing out over > the back yard.
> They don't work and I assume it's the bulbs because I > had to switch all
> the other bulbs in this house, so why not those > too? Plus they're
> probably expensive (so the previous owner wouldn't > have wanted to do it),
> and (the real reason for my question): > > They're about 38-ish feet off
> the ground. Bolted to the side of the > chimney. My extension ladder is 32
> feet, and even if Home Depot sells > something longer I'm not excited about
> paying $400+ for it. > > My thoughts now to get this done (in no particular
> order) are: > > 1) rent scaffolding. This is attractive because I want to
> change the > ceiling fan in the living room as well and that ceiling is
> only a > few feet lower than the outside light fixtures. I could do both in
> > one day. I'm not sure how else I'd get up to that thing. > > 2) buy the
> longest extension ladder I can find. I think I'll need 40 > feet, probably.
> Longer would be better. Expensive, but done.
>
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