Genius!

Aug 14, 2007 17 Replies

I've got one of these multipurpose ladders

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which I use all the time inside & out, exactly like the picture but with a stabiliser each end - makes for a very solid ladder.



Problem is using it indoors the black feet on the stabiliser can mark walls and if used at a fairly sharp angle the top of the box section can scratch.



Been trying to think of a solution for ages - it finally came to me - a double oven glove! Fits neatly over each end of the stabiliser providing a soft non marking surface!



I was so pleased when it fitted like a (oven) glove.



I've got several layers of bubble wrap taped round, doing the same thing. I've also seen pipe insulation used for this.

My mark one anti damage ladder device (MOALD) for short can be fitted or removed in seconds, ideal for inside or outside use! I may patent it!

Around here socks are what you put coal in. Socks wouldn't help with this ladder, although they protect the wall from the black plastic end caps, they don't stop damage from the box section & bolts when the ladder is used at a steep angle.

Some one has beaten you to it

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ladder mitts

Tony

The legs of an old pair of jeans here (held on with (of course) gaffa tape.

£18? My oven glove was £1:99 :-)

£1:99 is overpriced. Do you know how much they are at the pound shop?

Adam

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:29:11 GMT, "ARWadsworth" mused:

No idea? How much?

:-)

Price=MC^2 when M=1 and C=1. Even Albert knows.

Adam

I was in Erith a while ago, not a terribly prestigious area - when the pikeys moved in the council put the rates up because they improved the area :-)

I saw an 89p shop! Thats when you know its time to move out!

You should have bought some oven gloves and saved £1.10 whilst you were there :-)

Adam

I'd rather spend that bit extra, at the pound shop - it's a quality thing, you know...

:-)

But that would have involved leaving the van unattended while he went in the shop.

No point gaining an oven glove and losing a set of wheels.

Owain

Surely you mean 85p

-- Adrian C

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