[Kevin Miller]

Do any of you guys you the ladder safety device Foot The Ladder? If so what are your thoughts
http://www.laddersafetysupplies.co.uk/foot_the_ladder.shtml

[PoleKing]

The 4 points of contact could arguably be only 3.
It goes on the inside of the triangle? Can't see how it'd make any difference?

[rosskesava]

I've got one.

It does make the ladder feel a lot more stable.

It's a bit unwieldy and moving the ladder with it on is a bit of a pain.

I don't use a ladder that much any more and if I was still 100% trad, I doubt I'd be using it for every job as it's a bit bulky.

Worth getting though for jobs using the ladder near to or at full extension.

[Kevin Miller]

I'm not a windie, but was thinking of getting one as I clear&clean soffits, facia's and gutters and thought it would take the worry away of the ladder slipping at the botto,

[the king]

ive got one its a good bit of kit but i did have it slip out on my once on wet slimy decking the ladder sliped an the top came off the wall about a foot i was shaking readjusted it to a more uprite persion an it was fine but ive lost confadence in it to b honist

[kempy]

Ladderm8 from midland ladders

[Tom White]

I use a rojak ladder stopper:



It's class.  I've drilled two holes in mine and can really secure it to any grassed area with some pegs, if I want to work at really silly angles.

On uneven ground, I'll use it in conjunction with some ladder mats:



Both very good bits of kit if you use ladders.

And the last bit of kit - great for gutter cleaning - is a ladder stand-off:

[Tom White]

ive got one its a good bit of kit but i did have it slip out on my once on wet slimy decking the ladder sliped an the top came off the wall about a foot i was shaking readjusted it to a more uprite persion an it was fine but ive lost confadence in it to b honist

Don't go trying to do anything like this on wet slimy decking; even walking on that stuff can be dangerous.  The problem isn't your kit, it's your - how do I phrase it without hurting your feelings?  Stupidity; sorry, I couldn't think of any other word.

Don't kill or injure yourself for the sake of a clean window and a couple of quid.  It's not worth it.

[slap bash]

Wet moss coated decking is very dangerous to walk on and a death trap for ladders.  Its like using a ladder on slime. No No.

[mike1986]

I use a rojak ladder stopper:



It's class.  I've drilled two holes in mine and can really secure it to any grassed area with some pegs, if I want to work at really silly angles.

On uneven ground, I'll use it in conjunction with some ladder mats:



I the exact same 3 things as Tosh and always feel safe with these.
Both very good bits of kit if you use ladders.

And the last bit of kit - great for gutter cleaning - is a ladder stand-off:

[Smudger]

I'm with tosh, ladder stopper and a standoff

Both first class

Darran

[Bryan_Dolby]

Hi
best ladder stability devises are

Microlite

ladder mate

Bryan

[the king]

ive got one its a good bit of kit but i did have it slip out on my once on wet slimy decking the ladder sliped an the top came off the wall about a foot i was shaking readjusted it to a more uprite persion an it was fine but ive lost confadence in it to b honist

Don't go trying to do anything like this on wet slimy decking; even walking on that stuff can be dangerous.  The problem isn't your kit, it's your - how do I phrase it without hurting your feelings?  Stupidity; sorry, I couldn't think of any other word.

Don't kill or injure yourself for the sake of a clean window and a couple of quid.  It's not worth it.

lol u havent hurt my feelings flower   . when u c vids like this then it clearly shows u can put a ladder on anything with this anty slip device

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TMSZrxYUjI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWKH3SBKcic

[the king]

I use a rojak ladder stopper:



It's class.  I've drilled two holes in mine and can really secure it to any grassed area with some pegs, if I want to work at really silly angles.

On uneven ground, I'll use it in conjunction with some ladder mats:



Both very good bits of kit if you use ladders.

And the last bit of kit - great for gutter cleaning - is a ladder stand-off:

ude b beta off with a microlite standoff on the roof tiles that cheep standoff is dung to b honist flower i use a microlite standoff with a ankalad stablidser on my 3 tear its the best out there

[Dave Willis]

Hi
best ladder stability devises are

Microlite

ladder mate

Bryan

I've not tried a Bryan - how does it work and where do you get them?

[Bart Olin]

rubber has no grip outdoors if the ground is damp   dusty or wet

  no grip!

[windowswashed]

stabilad and rubber mats are brilliant along with soft squidgy rubber wheels on the top of ladders as they sit flat when leant against the wall or roof tiles

[the king]

ive hurd that that rojak thing can slip i wouldent trust it to b honist   waht a lemmom that tosh guy is sory couldent think of a different nicer way to put it 

[Tom White]

ive hurd that that rojak thing can slip i wouldent trust it to b honist   waht a lemmom that tosh guy is sory couldent think of a different nicer way to put it 

 

The Rojak rocks!

[rosskesava]

ive got one its a good bit of kit but i did have it slip out on my once on wet slimy decking the ladder sliped an the top came off the wall about a foot i was shaking readjusted it to a more uprite persion an it was fine but ive lost confadence in it to b honist

It doesn't stop the ladder from ever sliding ever under any circumstance. It's a help to stabilise the ladder and nothing more.

If you go up the ladder further up than 90 degrees in a straight line vertically past the 'foot the ladder' the forces are still trying to push the ladder away from the wall. It's just those forces are not as great as if you didn't have 'foot the ladder'.

In some ways the advertising of 'foot the ladder' is misleading as it's not the same as footing the ladder.

The Rojak ladder device relies on friction and nothing more.

If any think that any ladder safety device means that it's ok to stretch the boundaries of using a ladder safely, or takes risks they wouldn't have otherwise taken, they could be in for a painfull shock.

These devices add further safety to what should already be a safe way to use a ladder. They do not replace safe usage in anyway, shape or form. They are for added safety and not in replace of.