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Stage, Rigging and Catwalk Access A theater is a construction site wrapped around a finished floor. The fly loft is thirty to sixty feet, the catwalk runs above the seats, and every ladder that comes in has to protect a stage deck that costs more per square foot than most houses. Catwalks and Lighting Positions Catwalk work is overhead at twenty to forty feet, and the access is usually a fixed ladder or a stair tower rather than a portable one. What a crew brings is the ladder for the positions …

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 …

Ladder Setups for Garage Door Technicians A garage door technician climbs the same eight feet forty times a day. Springs, tracks, hinges and opener rails all sit at or above head height, and the difference between a good day and a bad back is whether the ladder lets the tech stand square to the work with both hands free. The Work Is Overhead, Not Up High Residential ceilings run 8 to 10 feet, and the torsion spring sits roughly 6.5 to 7 feet above the floor on a standard door. That puts the spr …

Guide to Twin Stepladders for Commercial Job Sites A twin stepladder has steps on both sides, which sounds like a small detail until you need two people up at once or you need to step over to the other face of the ladder without coming down. On commercial work that second front is the reason crews buy them. What Twin Actually Buys You Access from both faces means two workers can climb the same ladder and work opposite sides of a task - one holding and one fixing, one measuring and one cutting. …