Ladder Safety Hanging Holiday Lights and Cleaning Gutters

Keep Ladder Safety in mind when cleaning gutters, or hanging holiday lights. I cover important tips to keep you safe and out of the hospital.
✅ Inspect your ladder for any damage or dents.
✅ Your ladder should always be on hard, level ground. If you’re on dirt, you can flip the feet down into the dirt. Always make sure it’s straight up and down.
✅ Keep the ladder at a 75 degree angle against the building - or with your feet at the base and a straight back, you should be able to extend your arms and grab the rung right in front of you.
✅ Keep your center of gravity down the middle of the ladder.
✅ Maintain 3 points of contact on the ladder at all times.
✅ Don’t over-extend your reach (doing so changes your center of gravity and the ladder could tip sideways.
✅ With a free-standing A-Frame ladder, always lock the middle arms. Never step on the paint tray, the back (smaller) rungs or the top 2 steps.
A Ladder Stabilizer is for extension ladders only. They help prevent damage to gutters, help keep you safer and it’s easy to attach and take off (when not in use).
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[@aidaiannotti784]

Good video and very informative. I recently purchased a gutter cleaning attachment for my leaf blower and No More Ladders for me now !!! 🎉

[@DIY_your_House]

The leaf blower attachment sounds like a great idea! I'll check it out👍

[@ZhangFeng-gx2yh]

Very simple ladder bracket, safe

[@sellingsolutions2023]

This is very helpful. Thank you.

[@DIY_your_House]

🙌 glad to help!

[@erikhope8315]

OSHA rules are 4 to 1. Every 4' up should be 1' out from the base.

[@grim3892]

Where did you get the stabilizer ?

[@DIY_your_House]

Menards, but Home Depot also sells them. I absolutely recommend!!

[@grim3892]

@@DIY_your_House thank you for the reply you now have a new subscriber 👍