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Ladder Choices for Sprinkler Fitters Sprinkler work is overhead work, which is the posture a stepladder handles worst. A fitter spends the day with both hands on a wrench above his head, and the ladder has to hold that for hours rather than a minute. Head Height Decides the Tool Most DFW tenant finish-outs put sprinkler heads at ten to twelve feet, and a warehouse at twelve to fourteen. On a job like that an eight foot stepladder puts the hands at the right height but the hips at six, so every …