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My light went out and I have no clue how to change it
- Thread starter Bomblord
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hell naw man this is waaaay too stupid to be making me laugh so hard 😂
Well like I just have a plain old ladder but that one looks way more versatile, if I was in the market for a ladder I'd def consider it
Or like $6 an hour at a home repair store. Besides, if you own a home you should probably have some kind of ladder anyway.
OP
OP
Having A ladder is a lot different from having one that works here lol
Will probably use my cousins adjustable ladder if it's tall enough it can have both ends set to multiple lengths
Get yourself an articulated ladder, bend the upper 4th to rest against the far wall, like the far left one shown here;
I had some similar bullshit on the porch of my house.
Ended up paying a handyman with a huge ladder to replace the fixture with one that hands down on a chain so people with normal ladders can change the bulbs in the future.
Fuck any builder who thinks it's cool to put these shitty fixtures 20 feet high.
Ended up paying a handyman with a huge ladder to replace the fixture with one that hands down on a chain so people with normal ladders can change the bulbs in the future.
Fuck any builder who thinks it's cool to put these shitty fixtures 20 feet high.
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I love that it took 24 shit posts before somebody gave poor OP a legitimate answer.
Anyway OP have you tried parkour?
Anyway OP have you tried parkour?
Those extension handles won't work though, because the lightbulb is encased in a frosted glass globe which is attached to the light fixture by three set screws.
He has to get up there with human hands to change that bulb. A proper ladder is the only solution. If you don't have one, and are reluctant to buy one, perhaps you can borrow one?
Unless you want to smash the glass globe. While being very careful not to break the extremely-fragile lightbulb inside, because it's half impossible to get the broken remains of a lightbulb out using an extension handle. Maybe use the extension handle to hold a potato, and use the potato trick for removing broken lightbulbs?
Not if he puts the LED bulb inside that kind of globe. There's no ventilation in that kind of fixture, so an LED bulb will overheat and die WAY faster than it's supposed to. Same with compact fluorescent. That kind of fixture was made for old-fashioned incandescent bulbs, and it eats modern bulbs for breakfast.
If he wants to use an LED bulb in that location, he's either going to have to hire an electrician or DIY to change the fixture to something with open-air ventilation (most electricians have ladders, BTW), or get rid of the glass globe (which means, maybe it's smashy time?).
Find out what's above the light. If it's either an attic or the roof then go up there, triangulate the location of the light from above and then cut a hole just large enough to stick your arm through and complete the task. Plug the hole, but maybe keep it unsealed for the next time you have to head up there.
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So no one's going to comment about the positioning of that light switch that is practically in the middle of the wall above the staircase too?
You need 2 different sized ladders - and a scaffold plank to bridge the gap.
Short ladder at the top of the stairs, long ladder at the bottom, fully extended, leaning against the wall.
Or forget about it, get an electrician in to install LED step lights
Short ladder at the top of the stairs, long ladder at the bottom, fully extended, leaning against the wall.
Or forget about it, get an electrician in to install LED step lights
Seriously, after that you might as well have someone come in and actually install a hanging fixture 😂
If you have a ladder go buy a piece of wood and some cinder blocks, lay the wood across the steps and stack the blocks til you have a stable level base. Now you can place the ladder directly under the light fixture and later you can made a college book shelf.
My grandma's house had light fixtures like this, but at least we had a balcony overlooking the staircase to grab the cover from (and even then it took a ladder). Absolutely terrifying every time I had to replace them, just had visions of dropping the globe down 20 ft and smashing it.
This would definitely be worth considering moving or changing the fixture over, IMO. Unless this is a house by some famous architect and you want to keep everything original for resale value, it's probably not worth the repeat hassle. And even then, probably still not.
This would definitely be worth considering moving or changing the fixture over, IMO. Unless this is a house by some famous architect and you want to keep everything original for resale value, it's probably not worth the repeat hassle. And even then, probably still not.
Use a long ladder like this:
Maybe not in that exact angle, but somewhat angled with your ladder on the stair steps and on the wall. The angle makes it safe, the ladder can't slip away on the wall or floor.
Maybe not in that exact angle, but somewhat angled with your ladder on the stair steps and on the wall. The angle makes it safe, the ladder can't slip away on the wall or floor.
Many ladders aren't suited to be used horizontally. Many of them are designed to carry their weight mostly vertical, and if you try to use them as some sort of bridge and crawl across them, they might buckle and fold and collapse when you get to the middle. Plus, there's a chance that the drywall on the far wall won't hold, and the feet of the ladder might crush into the wall. You can lean on a wall, but you can't use a wall to carry a person's weight.Use a long ladder like this:
Maybe not in that exact angle, but somewhat angled with your ladder on the stair steps and on the wall. The angle makes it safe, the ladder can't slip away on the wall or floor.
A better way might be as someone mentioned earlier, set the ladder up normally from a step near the bottom, and then put a long plank (like maybe a 2x8, or a couple of 2x6's) to use as a bridge from the top step (one step down, so it can lock in place) to the top rung of the ladder.
This...took 75 posts for it to be brought up. What the fuck is with that switch? What does it control? Why is it where it is?
As for the bulb, you just need a normal ladder. Not sure why this is so perplexing.
If all you have are non-adjustable ladders, then this is the solution:
Get yourself an articulated ladder, bend the upper 4th to rest against the far wall, like the far left one shown here;
Bro you didn't think of your cousins adjustable ladder before making this thread? Lol
A straight, tall, normal ladder is perfectly useable here.
Put the bottom end on the 2nd/3rd/4th step up so that it's leaning up against the wall facing the OP photo. Bttom of the ladder is stuck in the corner between the bit of the stair yo stand on and the riser part that is vertical from one step to the next.
Climb ladder, if the light is slightrly behind you, turn around on ladder and change the bulb.
The fancier ladders in the thread will make it slightly easier but you can change that bulb with a normal one.
Put the bottom end on the 2nd/3rd/4th step up so that it's leaning up against the wall facing the OP photo. Bttom of the ladder is stuck in the corner between the bit of the stair yo stand on and the riser part that is vertical from one step to the next.
Climb ladder, if the light is slightrly behind you, turn around on ladder and change the bulb.
The fancier ladders in the thread will make it slightly easier but you can change that bulb with a normal one.
It's probably a good 15-20 foot down to the floor and you can't use a regular ladder because its on a slope I'm kind of at a loss.
What am I missing here? Just get a normal ladder, stand it a few stairs up on the flight of stairs and angle it towards that back wall. Climb up, turn around slightly and you should be able to access the light fitting? Unless the light fitting is much further off that back wall than it looks that would work.
Also what a weird place for that light switch, in the middle of the wall halfway down the stairs?
My mother works for the Hospital for Special Care in CT. It's full of people that had serious spinal and brain injuries falling off ladders and telephone poles. If someone doesn't know what they are doing in a situation like the OP's they should probably pay someone that does.
He said there's like a 5ft gap from that wall to the light.
Just borrow a ladder off a neighbour or relative or something, wedge it in a step and rest it on the wall behind the light. What's the big deal?
EDIT: Whoops, made the same mistake as others. Still, a 5ft gap is fine as long as the ladder is long enough. Just need to play about with the angle and which step you have it on.
EDIT: Whoops, made the same mistake as others. Still, a 5ft gap is fine as long as the ladder is long enough. Just need to play about with the angle and which step you have it on.
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Real talk I would have probably tried this and then fallen and broken my ass.
