Storing ladder (hanging from a ceiling)

Makhaira · 23 Jul 2013 at 23:23

Reorganising my garage at the moment, and I need to come up with a neater way of storing my large 2 section ladder. I was just going to punch a couple of holes through the garage ceiling and hang some straps from the joists above - any suggestions on nicer ways to do this?

(Walls aren't an option, too much stuff to be possible!)

Makhaira · 24 Jul 2013 at 19:06

Nice idea bitslice. Could do that easily enough, just need to grab myself a small plastic pulley and I'll be laughing. Cheers for that!

Makhaira · 24 Jul 2013 at 22:12

What are you trying to say about me Nightglow?!!!!

If I ever do something like that it will be for good old fashioned "because I can" reasons, not laziness

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Cheers for the youtube suggestion.

Makhaira · 25 Jul 2013 at 11:57

I'm usually a big believer that all storage issues can be solved via dexion, but unfortunately the ladder doesn't fit in that philosophy!

Makhaira · 26 Jul 2013 at 22:11

Well I never expected to be posting this, but I can't for the life of me find decent pulleys to order online that don't have an explicit disclaimer saying they can't be used for lifting. I could go the whole hog and get a block and tackle, but that frankly seems ridiculous.

Any suggestions of good places for this sort of hardware?

Makhaira · 26 Jul 2013 at 23:03

Cracking, thanks guys. Of all the places, never crossed my mind to check Amazon!

I'll stick with the manual method for now, but I promise to post up in here if I do something stupid and then acknowledge the need for an electric! (I will not, however, provide pictures

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