Ladder stand-off?

So make your own..3/4" steel piping and a borrowed pipe bender,weld a flat piece of metal to the tube,drill 2 holes in flat piece of metal for nut&bolts to go through ladder and flat metal.

I don't like the look of that thing with wheels on. I've got the Screwfix "Superior standoff" which is excellent - well worth the extra fiver. It's very stable, and comfortable to use; has a large tray you can put stuff on while you're working.

Can't comment on the dimensions you've quoted, but my ladder certainly comfortably clears my soffits when I've got the standoff on.

David

This is uk.d-i-y, not uk.sex-up-ladders!

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Talking of which, anyone near Telford willing to let me use their pipe-bender for half an hour in exchange for a pint or two? I need four bends in a bit of 2" pipe.

the Screwfix Superior standoff

Jim A

Four bends in a 2" bit of pipe, impossible!! :-P

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It might be very narrow pipe!

Anyway, I want it to make the perimeter for my new garden gate, which, when I get the sufficient tuits will look like this

For diy you can make your own from wood or metal in 10 minutes, any size you want, adjustable if you want, with whatever features you want. That is if you understand how to make it safely, no using london brackets.

NT

Had a look at my "Superior Standoff" (oo-er, missus) today. When in use, the front edge of the ladder will be held 545mm away from the wall, measured at the top of the device. Also, it holds the ladder at 20 deg from the vertical (that's fixed, assuming the tray is horizontal), so Pythagoras should be able to enlighten you whether it will clear your soffits.

Pics of it on the mfr's website at:

site shows more detail than the screwfix picture. I have considered the suggestions about DIY construction but my attempts are usually "over-engineered" 2 inch handy-angle contraptions and I dont fancy the weight at the end of a 20 foot ladder.

Geo

Haven't been following this but I've used this one for years

except on an uneven surface there will only ever be two points of contact and with that design the wall chooses where but with the Screwfix Superior standoff the uneven points of contact are guaranteed to be 750mm apart.

Jim A

I'd agree. Surely with "Laddersrus" you have the potential for getting a high point along the length of the support, so it could rock side to side. The Superior has two large pads which sit flat against the wall, making it extremely stable.

David

Of course. Makes sense.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Stuart Noble saying something like:

They don't supply seperately and 25ukp for a bit of bent metal? I should coco.

This is another ripoff...

This geezer looks like he's just about to find out about see-saws the hard way...

They're in most of the sheds for less I think

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Stuart Noble saying something like:

For all that's in it anyway, I think I'll knock one up myself, as well as a bottom steady.