Wouldn’t a roller on a pole just be easier?
But that seems difficult. It requires a stick and it’s just easier to use 2 guys and a ladder
You mean another trip to the hardware store? Naw
Only if you have one available
It doesn’t even look like they are painting.
Because if he moves, he will fall to his death.
Sounds like the problem is simple. Don’t fall
That isn’t actually too bad. If the railing is solid, that’s not going anywhere
Agree, but that’s a mighty powerful “if”.
Specifically, it’s putting the stress on the vertical support pieces of the railing with a horizontal force. While this one looks sturdy, that piece is often strictly decorative. It’s also not designed for that type of stress.
It’s certainly not as bad as it looks, but it’s also not ideal
Ok, but you can also just stick paint rollers on a stick.
They’re called balusters, if you’re curious.
If it fails for this guy, it’s a ballbuster.
“A baluster is an upright support, often a vertical moulded shaft, square, or lathe-turned form found in stairways, parapets, and other architectural features.”
Yeah always better to weight the pros and cons. Pros: you get a wall painted quickly. Cons: you might faceplant into a stairs and break your neck
Unless you jump or hit it with your knee hard.
It would only take a small amount of side to side movement to walk those feet straight off that little ledge.
Nobody who falls off a ladder and breaks their spine says “I’ll probably fall off this ladder and break my spine but whatever” beforehand, they say things like “It’s actually not too bad” and “That’s not going anywhere”.
Ah yes, the load bearing railing.
imagine doing this instead of buying an extension handle. Or even a stick and duct tape.
Not seeing anything wrong here. 3 points of contact, spotter holding the ladder. Passes in my book.
The fact that it’s an A-frame, so the other side is just dangling there, makes this look way worse than it is.
Applying pressure to the top at that angle might be outside the design parameters of the ladder so its possible it could fail or fold at the top depending on the design. I can’t imagine the ladder is particularly heavy but the legs dangling is also added unsupported load affixed to the top. Also as other people noted the railing doesn’t look particularly stable.
All that said, this is like the perfect case scenario for a handle extension.
The stepladder itself is certainly strong enough to hold his weight even in a weird orientation. What’s more likely to happen is his foot sliding off the angled steps and splitting his nutsack open on the next step when he falls on it, and then the stepladder falling over sideways and him tumbling down the stairs with a broken nutsack and/or neck.
Needs elbow pads. Then we are good.
It’ll be fine. Homie has got 2 fingers on the one leg. That shit is rock solid.
the amount of confidence that you gain when someone is there to see you possibly die is immense. Rivals with “fuck it we ball”
He should get the other hand on and brace the homie’s gooch with his face.
He’s got his OSHA certified “Buddy holding the ladder”. he good.
My grandfather taught me triangles are the most stable structure to build with. This guy will live another 50 years.
This is such amateur bullshit. He needs to hold it steady by bracing the ladder’s feet.
If anything the dude should be bracing the bottom of the ladder. The ultimate critical fail occurs when the ladder feet get jumped/slid off the railing.
This looks fine. That ladder isn’t going anywhere. As long as he doesn’t fall off he’ll be okay.
All they need is a few mattresses on the stairs to break his fall and he’s good to go.
Something funny is going on here. Looks fake. Look at the “foot” of ladder when it contacts the floor beneath the railing. It’s completely flush with the floor, not how a ladder normally is. Unless of course they cut the bottom of the ladder which seems like a lot of work to do something half assed.
