![]() However, Little Giant supply a wonderful telescopic plank which is infinitely adjustable to suit any desired length between 6ft and 9ft and hooks securely onto the rungs of the Little Giant ladder making it ideal for use in the home. ![]() Because of the limited width of the ladders, they are not wide enough to accommodate a standard staging. ![]() Little Giant Ladders Lends a Helping HandĪ multi-purpose ladder such as the Little Giant can also provide a suitable base for a platform, offering several different platform heights. and the access ladders mean colleagues can easily bring extra tools or materials up, without anyone having to climb down, or having to move the platform. The maximum load the ladder platforms can take, when erected and used with trade standard ladders, is 270kg (just over 42 stone), which generously allows for two people plus tools and materials.Of course, spring-cleaning doesn’t just mean tidying the outside of the house there are lots of indoor jobs involving ladders as well. Painting ceilings or high walls involves some way of getting high up enough to reach, whether this is with a long roller, or a step ladder. However, long rollers and step ladders come with their own problem, chiefly, neck ache. Whilst on a step ladder, you are constrained by the width of the rungs. Once you have reached as far as you can with the roller, you have to move the ladder to get to the next bit. This is time consuming, as well as painful, as the use of a step-ladder means you are always looking up whilst clinging to the ladder. Using trestles and a staging indoors means you can reach a lot more of the ceiling without craning your neck and having to move the ladder every couple of minutes. The staging sits between two trestles and provides a stable platform from which to work. Because this set up is more stable than using one step ladder, there is less need to crane the neck, as the amount of ceiling area that is accessible is much greater. You can reach areas further away without having to crane, and because you never need to paint directly above your head, you never have to bend your neck back. You can buy trestles and stagings separately, although you can also use two stepladders of the same type, with C clamps, instead of trestles, as the rungs will be spaced at the same intervals, creating a level height for the platform. Ladder staging kits are an ideal solution for these sorts of jobs, where it is not as safe to carry them out just standing on a ladder. The ladder staging kit creates a high working platform (according to the length of your ladders) without having to put up scaffold. The kits work with two ladders (which must be up to trade standards), ladder braces for those ladders (to keep them reliably in place against the walls of the building), brackets and the staging itself.The brackets fit onto the top of the ladders, providing a stable arm for the ladder staging to rest on. The ladder staging then goes between the two ladders to create a platform between the tops of the two ladders. The design of this construction means that this is a great way to access windows above conservatories or other structures, as the platform can be up to five metres long, spanning the conservatory or structure under the window with ease.The stagings come in lengths between two and five metres long, allowing you to work along a much bigger section of a roof or window than you would working with a traditional ladder. The stagings come with toeboards to stop tools rolling off and on to the ground if they are dropped, guard rails for the back and sides of the platform, and they have an anti-slip surface to make them safe to use even in wet weather.Access to the platform is via the ladder(s) that hold it up. The platform can be access by more than one person, meaning that jobs such as window replacement, that might require two (or more) people, can be carried out using the platform safely. There is enough space on the platform for tools, buckets and replacement windows/fascias etc. ![]() Whether it’s to get into the loft, to tidy high up cupboards or to access gutters and windows, they can be very useful. Jobs like gutter clearing, window cleaning and exterior maintenance require sturdy, reliable ladders for working at height, as these jobs often involve tools and require the ability to move around whilst carrying out the task at hand. ![]() We hope it’s getting to that time of year when a good spring clean is in order (although from the snow in April it hardly seems likely!), and most spring-cleaning jobs require ladders. ![]()
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