Changing a light above a stairwell

[MFS Electrical]

apologies if this has been covered anywhere else but I’ve looked and can’t find anything... so a customer has asked if we could change a light in their stairwell and I have to admit I’m at a loss as to how to do it safely? The stairwell is a lot like the one in this video but I’m not sure that this platform thing is the way to go.... anyone else done any similar jobs that could help me out or have a more cost effective solution was thinking of Using our stair ladders but the new light is quite heavy and fiddly so ideally I would like to have two men up there to take the weight of it etc so that kinda rules out the stair ladders any thoughts.

 

[The Ghost]

4 part ladder, bend the top part to 90 degrees and presto safe and sound! You know the ones that click into place and have four equal parts and a stabiliser each end and can be used as a platform.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Youngman-576704-Multi-Purpose-Ladder/dp/B00H84Y3J0 and they can't fall sideways as the walls stop that.
Or a three way combi ladder 7 or 8 rung. The first part of the ladder can be reversed for stairswells.
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[buzzlightyear]

how to do it safely on stair wells .get in you van and go to your local zoo. collect a couple of monkeys take them to the job apply them with a couple of bananas they will hold the light .jobs a good one .

 

[Octopus]

I've got a little giant ladder (that can be set to use on stairs) which I have used on a stairway, with me on one side and the customer on the other!

Ladders - https://www.midlandladders.com/Ladders/little-giant-ladder-system

 

[buzzlightyear]

I've got a little giant ladder (that can be set to use on stairs) which I have used on a stairway, with me on one side and the customer on the other!

and the customer hang by the neck .

 

[MFS Electrical]

how to do it safely on stair wells .get in you van and go to your local zoo. collect a couple of monkeys take them to the job apply them with a couple of bananas they will hold the light .jobs a good one .

I would but our local zoo is in Edinburgh bit far of a jaunt for some semi skilled labour

 

[KEV 1 N]

Don’t use one of these......

 

[MFS Electrical]

Don’t use one of these......

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

i have one of them fold up 4 way ladders in my van, they have bars that attach to feet and very stable, can use in all sorts of situations and fold up nice and small.
the offset as @Vortigern suggested is ideal for stairs. failing that when in some old georgian properties with huge stairwells, i have before now hired a proper mini tower in and installed across both sides of the stairwell, using the locked feet to account for height differences. then run platforms across the 'gap' just be sure to put the rails on!
the job that required this was one of them daft lights that all hang at varying heights, had 12 of them in all, each stopping at different points, one on each half landing.. also had colour changing smart bulbs in so it could reflect the owners mood!

 

[Squid]

Balance on the banister like a trapeze artist, jeez you youngsters are a bunch of -------....... (am I aloud to say that) wait until you have to wallpaper a stairwell and ceiling now thats an art and and half.

 

[stevethesparks]

On a large chandelier I fitted a couple of years ago, I used two methods of fixing. I used a gripple wire, pulled through the loft, that helped me hoist it to near enough in place, it also helped when I needed to rest my arms when installing the hard fixings, with the safe knowledge it wasn't going to fall to the ground.

I used an A frame ladder, but there was considerable space to use this, I have since purchased a stair ladder of which needs time to gain confidence that it wont bend in half, as they look and feel rather carp.

 

[Squid]

On a large chandelier I fitted a couple of years ago, I used two methods of fixing. I used a gripple wire, pulled through the loft, that helped me hoist it to near enough in place, it also helped when I needed to rest my arms when installing the hard fixings, with the safe knowledge it wasn't going to fall to the ground.

I used an A frame ladder, but there was considerable space to use this, I have since purchased a stair ladder of which needs time to gain confidence that it wont bend in half, as they look and feel rather carp.

It was you wasn't it................

 

[Des 56]

Was wondering whether the yank was building a house within a house,but no he wanted to work on a light
It sure was one convoluted means of getting to a light fitting

Ladder against wall,plank across banister to ladder,steps to get up on plank, yet another piddling little job bites the dust

I suppose it can be done in a few days with the H+S method,sadly I never subscribed to make mountains out of molehills by fixating on that particular obsession

 

[buzzlightyear]

don't you just hate it ,when a customer asks could you put a chandelier up. f88king hell the size of the chandelier his the ones
you see in a middle of a f**king cruise ship .

 

[Richard Burns]

A long extension ladder with a ladder stand off to bring you nearer the light, when stair ladders don't reach, is one option I have used. Similar to the 90° bend on the multipurpose ladders but longer length, but not so far off the wall.
I tend to use a plasterboard support prop, possibly at an (slight) angle from the top floor (as they are not long enough to reach up the stairwell) to support a light fitting whilst connecting / fixing. I even managed to balance one on a cross beam when fixing a heavy brass chandelier about 5m up!