Falls from ladders and steps cause many deaths and injuries in the home. To prevent the risk of an accident :<\/p>\n
\u2022 make sure ladders and steps can’t slip by resting their feet against a batten screwed or nailed to the floor or tread on which they are standing
\n\u2022 always secure boards to whatever they are resting on – with rope, or bolts dropped through pre-drilled holes
\n\u2022 never trust a handrail to support your weight or that of a board.<\/p>\n
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A safe working platform is essential when you’re decorating a stairwell. Ladders, steps, hop-ups and scaffold boards can be used, with variations to suit the layout of your particular stairwell, to reach even the most inaccessible parts. Alternatively, use a slot-together tower platform with an extra frame and adjustable feet. However, it is recommended to use professional Painters and Decorators<\/a>. <\/p>\n Falls from ladders and steps cause many deaths and injuries in the home. To prevent the risk of an accident : \u2022 make sure ladders and steps can’t slip by resting their feet against a batten screwed or nailed to the floor or tread on which they are standing \u2022 always secure boards to whatever […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":787,"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions\/787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robuild.co.uk\/painters_decorators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"