Exterior Painting problem – How to reach places above my garage?
I have simple two-story house with an attached two-car garage on the side. This summer, I am thinking of painting the exterior of my house. My problem is how to reach the second floor sidings (and all the way to the roof) on the side where the garage is. I need to paint the siding on my house which is above the garage. Since the garage has a sloped roof, I do not think it is safe to use a ladder there. I am not sureif I can rent some sort of sacffoling for that or find a ladder base or something like that! Can you give me some ideas.
Thank you all in advance.
There are several routes you can take…. working off of a ladder can be unnerving if you do not do it a lot, not to mention dangerous.
IF I were going to use ladders, I would use the scaffolding attachments you can get for them… or… better yet…. get the ’scaffold jacks’ that mount on a 4×4 post. You can create a plywood cutout, to fit around the top, and even screw it to your roof… then a simple wedge will tighten up the assembly, and you’re good and sturdy… your only limitation with this type of product is the length of the pole you can get…. and you can always splice 2 poles together, by bolting 8 ft boards around the joint of the two posts.
Stud lumber could be nailed to the roof of the garage, to form a brace for the base of the ladder, if you wanted to place a ladder up there.
Scaffolding can be rented.
You might check into renting a ‘cherry picker’… one of those trucks, like an electric company, tree service, or sign company might use.
Really tho… by the time you spend the money to invest in any of the options Ive mentioned so far…. you would probably be spending as much as you would to hire someone who does it for a living, and already has the tools and equipment. Ladders aren’t cheap, and neither are any of the other items Ive mentioned. Most of these items would be too expensive to purchase for use only every 10 years….even renting them can be costly.
Go ahead and find a local painter, and get an estimate… that won’t cost you anything, and may save you not only some money, but some broken bones 
Good Luck
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In my area, you can rent scaffolding. Here they deliver it, set it up for you and disassemble it when you are through. It costs $40 per day or $150 per week. You can also purchase ladders that can be bent into the scaffolding at the Home Depot. But, I have one and still rented the scaffolding. It was a lot sturdier and it had locking wheels so I could move it around to paint. Try calling equipment rental places in your area.
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This is one of the hardest spots on a house to paint. You could do it yourself with 2 people, a ladder leveler(expensive at about $100), and some strong nerves because it gets a bit unnerving climbing the ladder.
Try calling a few small local painting companies and see what they would charge just to do that one area. Shouldn’t be too expensive if you already have the paint. I do this for customers all the time, plus it will come out better if the person painting the area is comfortable in the situation, not freaking out, which trust me you will be, once you climb that ladder.
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There are several routes you can take…. working off of a ladder can be unnerving if you do not do it a lot, not to mention dangerous.
IF I were going to use ladders, I would use the scaffolding attachments you can get for them… or… better yet…. get the ’scaffold jacks’ that mount on a 4×4 post. You can create a plywood cutout, to fit around the top, and even screw it to your roof… then a simple wedge will tighten up the assembly, and you’re good and sturdy… your only limitation with this type of product is the length of the pole you can get…. and you can always splice 2 poles together, by bolting 8 ft boards around the joint of the two posts.
Stud lumber could be nailed to the roof of the garage, to form a brace for the base of the ladder, if you wanted to place a ladder up there.
Scaffolding can be rented.
You might check into renting a ‘cherry picker’… one of those trucks, like an electric company, tree service, or sign company might use.
Really tho… by the time you spend the money to invest in any of the options Ive mentioned so far…. you would probably be spending as much as you would to hire someone who does it for a living, and already has the tools and equipment. Ladders aren’t cheap, and neither are any of the other items Ive mentioned. Most of these items would be too expensive to purchase for use only every 10 years….even renting them can be costly.
Go ahead and find a local painter, and get an estimate… that won’t cost you anything, and may save you not only some money, but some broken bones
Good Luck
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