Ceiling painting - are there stools with trays?

For a stepladder rather than a stool, but you could just go up one or two rungs ...

I've seen clip on trays somewhere for step ladders.

Another option is to use a pole roller and you don't need the steps then.

I guess you could do all round the edges by taking leaps at it, swinging the brush wildly at the same time. I wouldn't recommend it though :)

I've never seen a step & tray combined. Plenty of trays you can hang onto stepladders though. Stools are too low for the tray position.

NT

Or use a stepladder with tray to hold the paint while standing on the stool.

Cheers

Well obviously you do the edges first

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But you can do those with a paint kettle and a brush...

I use a small cheap stepladder Paint on the top step.

Won't you want the tray to be at chest height? So, isn't what you want simply a step ladder?

Cinema ice-cream vendor's tray. >

HTH

Is this like what you want?

I find it easier to forget all about the steps etc, and use one of these:

In message <btmdndixdYxry4 snipped-for-privacy@brightview.co.uk>, John Rumm snipped-for-privacy@nowhere.null writes

I have one like that but, in true DIY tradition, mine is a standard roller, a garden cane and some gaffer tape :-)

Clever. :)

Most stepladders I've seen (or have) don't have a big enough top 'shelf' to hold a normal sized paint tray. Plus it's not very comfortable to stand on a step.

One wants a flat (stool) to stand on, plus a chest-height place to put a paint tray.

Possibly, Screwfix have one a bit like that too. I'm not sure f the top tray is OK to put a paint tray on though.

A roller and a decent extension pole?

I have used broomsticks in the past but now I would recommend something decent designed for the job

I had one telescopic pole tat when extended the two parts twisted together to lock. I found that the locking mechanism always came loose during painting and the pole flexed too much.

My current universal extension pole is hexagonal in section with a lever to lock the outer section to the inner, with the inner having detent positions for positive adjustment. This pole doesn't bend

then you still need steps :)

NT

I've done that and it works providing yuo remmber to take off the paint tray BEFORE moving the stepladder of any hieght, other wise you'll kick or hi the legs of the ladder sending the paint and tray to the floor.

I did think about using stilts but cancelled that thought when I saw the price.

A really good quality telescopic decorating pole has the required stiffness. I bought one and doing ceilings and up the stairs was a doddle.

It also doubles up as a roof moss scraper by duck-taping a garden hoe, standing on the ladder at eaves height and scraping almost all the way up to the ridge.