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Stairwell Painting Tip

Video, Painting, Interior Published 11/28/2006 by Danny Lipford

Painting the upper reaches of a stairwell can be a difficult chore. It’s usually fairly high and there’s no good place to set the ladder. Try this. Set an extension ladder on one of the lower steps and lean the top against the wall opposite the top of the stairs. Set a small stepladder (six-foot size) on the landing at the top of the stairs. Then run a 2×12 between the rungs of the two ladders so that its level and you’ve created a stairwell scaffolding. Be sure that the 2×12 is secured to at least one of the ladders with a “C” clamp or similar device. If the span you’ve created is more than eight feet or so you may want to nail a vertical support under the 2×12 at mid-span.