Lifts cant handle more than a few degrees of tilt and youĭon't want to be on one on soft ground. If you have access and the ground is level a lift would be a great idea, but you would Handy man to help, but I do the painting. I am still working and 68 but have a useful We are about half way through after 18 weeks but my house straddlesĪ ravine and only the back deck will be flat. Biggest hassle is dealing with the gutters andĭownspouts. Of scaffolding as my project involves R&R 30 year old cedar siding and replacing siding Metal walk boards can be rented and are 16-24" wide depending. Walkīoards rented by scaffolding companies sell for $23-30 but are sold by the pallet load. 2x12 boards 8' long make acceptable walk boards and are about $10 each, assuming workers under 200#. If ground slopes or is softĪnd you have a lot of bushes to deal with it will take longer. Plan for a day or so to set up a 40' scaffold length of house. If ground is level (where is that!!) and you have some strong backs Broke arm, leg and neck and upper thoracic vertebra. The back of his house, only 20-30' up and he came in when the scaffold fell over with him Saw a guy in the ED back in the '80s that scaffolded On the outside of our scaffolding as weights so the scaffold won't shift toward the house Level, plumb and seated on something that will not sink. Really need to anchor the scaffold to the building and everything needs to be absolutely My butt puckers at 3 sections high and we set up boards behind us at waist height. 40' up means 6 sections high (about 6' out of each section) and you need to spend considerable time in setup. Cost is $28 for 'one section', ie two verticals and two cross Transport either by you or by companyĭepending on how much. Scaffold around here can be rented by anyone. Is this a just plain stupid idea for a 56 year old to try to paint a house? Has anyone had experience with this sort of thing? What did you learn? So when I start calling companies what questions should I ask? I know nothing about scaffolding so I would want some one that knows what their doing to erect it. would be a summer project and I could use the exercise. I would want to get one complete with back railing and maybe stairs I could go and paint a little each morning. Anyway if I could walk around and work from a scaffold safely. So I was thinking if I had this house covered in scaffolding, lets say have half covered and when done have it moved to the other half. the problem is a that all takes a 40' ladder and can't and won't do that. most of it is not even that high up however the third floor and the eves that stick out some 2'. And when you really look at the house there is really not that much wood to paint. When I look at what I have done myself in the areas I can reach it has held up good. In looking over the years what neighbors have had done at costs sometimes over 20K it doesn't hold up that well. I have had estimates and they range in the 10K + for a job that is not that great. I need my house painted! My house is mostly stone and brick however the second and third floor are wood. I have a problem that I have to solve this year.
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