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i might buy a standoff, the tubular sort that pushes into each end of the ladder rungs .
before climbing my ladder to do gutterwork i make sure its dug in well,if on grass, my full weight is jumped on the bottom rung . doing gutter clean out i tend to set my ladder more vertical than normal ,so the gutter itself has very little weight pushing on it. and as i said i have it set near to a gutter clip and never halfway along an unsupported section. what is really dangerous is setting a ladder below the gutter ,on the wall [ie no standoff] and then reaching round to get to the gutter .
talking of ladder angle many people set their ladders at too shallow an angle , its a very common and dangerous mistake. [by that i mean the foot of the ladder is too far away from the wall] i always warn my workers about this and once sacked a lad for refusing my advice [plus other matters,tho persistent incorrect ladder angle was the primary sacking reason ]
the correct safe angle is 4:1 , i.e. if ladder is 1 metre away from wall at base it should be touching 4metres up the wall. i always have one of my workers footing the ladder when doing gutters , another is standing by passing up tools, the third is sweeping up debris
before climbing my ladder to do gutterwork i make sure its dug in well,if on grass, my full weight is jumped on the bottom rung . doing gutter clean out i tend to set my ladder more vertical than normal ,so the gutter itself has very little weight pushing on it. and as i said i have it set near to a gutter clip and never halfway along an unsupported section. what is really dangerous is setting a ladder below the gutter ,on the wall [ie no standoff] and then reaching round to get to the gutter .
talking of ladder angle many people set their ladders at too shallow an angle , its a very common and dangerous mistake. [by that i mean the foot of the ladder is too far away from the wall] i always warn my workers about this and once sacked a lad for refusing my advice [plus other matters,tho persistent incorrect ladder angle was the primary sacking reason ]
the correct safe angle is 4:1 , i.e. if ladder is 1 metre away from wall at base it should be touching 4metres up the wall. i always have one of my workers footing the ladder when doing gutters , another is standing by passing up tools, the third is sweeping up debris
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