- Location
- Bremerton, Washington
http://www.ospmag.com/tv/osp-expo-2010/william-frick
Lite weight platform (10 pounds for spanning joists in attics
Lite weight platform (10 pounds for spanning joists in attics
I like how you paint an unpopular color. On a related note, I have a kneeling pad of closed cell foam, one at work and one at home, I use it all the time. Cost about $20.00
Nice idea - maybe I should have sought a patent for my solution!
For the past dozen years, I have carried several pieces of plywood for this purpose. Each is cut to 32" x 24" so it will bridge most any joist spacing.
I have worked in attics for 40 years and never fell thru-- I agree with Bob- they markets a piece of plywood.
I have worked in attics for 40 years and never fell thru-- I agree with Bob- they markets a piece of plywood.
I was in an attic and just so happens that below the drywall was a 30' drop. I was very careful that day, kinda scary too.
I remember working with a young skinny kid back in the early 80s. He would get all of the attic work. Then one day it happened, he fell completely through the drywall ceiling and landed in an occupied stall in the ladies room. No one was hurt but, that is a day those two will never forget.
I guess you should have killed the lights instead and worked with a flashlight, but something tells me that wouldn't have stopped some of them.I will never forget working in the ceiling of a Women's locker room at a health club. I posted signs at both doors, chocked the doors open, and set up the "Restroom being serviced" pylons from the janitors closet. The women still used the room like I wasn't even there. Even my shower stall singing voice didn't deter them. All that in spite of the fact that the employees locker room had been set up for their use. I was so concerned about getting accused of misconduct that I finally removed the shower heads and covered the toilet bowls with trash bags. That resulted in a PLUMBERS LOCAL 5 complaint to Local 26 of the Electrical Workers that I was invading their work. Yah cant win for loosing.
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Tom