[Smurf]

Best watch this vid bud so you can see how to fit a microlite standoff to a ladder properly.   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JSxy43fnPA
 

[the king]

lol u mean me ??

[Smurf]

Yes 

[the king]

whats up with my microlite set up u must have sin it on uk fb

[Space monkey]

How much is he going to earn an hour ?

[the king]

lmfao

[Smurf]

Spot the mistake 

[the king]

not shore the angle was rite the standoff dident slip

[Smurf]

Here are the instructions that may help http://www.ladderstore.com/media/uploads/microlite.pdf

[the king]

so the hooks go on the top then    are u nathan moor? lmfao

[Smurf]

so the hooks go on the top then    are u nathan moor? lmfao

Correct and No I'm not. I could not post a reply to your post with that pic on it as was banned from that forum. lol

[the king]

o i thault u got it off fb i for got i posted it on the other forum    yes i use it eather way normaly depending  on the angle as some times the other way it pulls on the springs and it has come off befor wich is not good!

[tlwcs]

What did you do to get a ban Smurf?

[the king]

i never saw what happend    ?? just herd snipets

[Spruce]

We have a ladder stand off with wheels purchased from a ladder supplier. It doesn't look like yours at all

Its this one
http://www.ladderstore.com/ladder-accessories/ladder-stays-stand-offs/ankalad-v-bracket-stand-off.html

If I rest the standoff on the roof tiles, which I do with one of my customers, then I fit it with the hooks facing up. If I don't then the standup tries to 'run' up the roof and comes off the ladder rungs. It doesn't do that when its 'upside down'.

If the ladder is against a vertical wall then the standoff works perfectly the correct way round.

I don't use it much as I found an ex windie selling a Ladder Master. This allows me to put the ladder up against the wall, clear a width of gutter of its innards, insert the Ladder Master into the gutter and then reposition the ladder against the gutter with fear of my weight damaging the gutter.

http://www.laddermaster.co.uk/product.htm


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[Smurf]

I've used a microlite standoff for years. Mainly used for resting on roof tiles for easy access to rooflines and never had one come off a ladder yet.  It was designed that way and is the only class 1 standoff that I know of which is also approved by H&S so in my book is the best standoff you can get in the UK. 

[Smurf]

Spruce are you kinding me as that Ladder Master looks a total bonkers idea let alone wanting to use one 

[Spruce]

I've used a microlite standoff for years. Mainly used for resting on roof tiles for easy access to rooflines and never had one come off a ladder yet.  It was designed that way and is the only class 1 standoff that I know of which is also approved by H&S so in my book is the best standoff you can get in the UK.

For occasional use I couldn't justify spending £160 for a microlite ladder standoff tbh.

Spruce are you kinding me as that Ladder Master looks a total bonkers idea let alone wanting to use one 

Honestly Smurf, it works well. One of the local windies used one for years before he went wfp. I don't know about now though.

We had a local roofing company out replacing our dormer roofs with GRP last year. They used them. I asked where they got them and he got me a new one.

I didn't know what they were called until the roofing guy got me one. The name sticker was long gone on the local windies one and he thought it was called a Gutter Mate.

I patched our dormer roofs for years before getting the job done properly. I shaped a piece of 3" x 3" wooden fencing post and dropped that into the gutters which did a similar thing - keeping the gutter from 'collapsing' under my weight and that of the ladder.
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[Smurf]

Sorry Spruce but 24.99 says it all really.
Has this so say ladder safety device been independantly tested for safety and approved for use by HSE? 

[the king]

spruce that looks like a wall standoff and for corners of walls  probly not idel for on roof tiles ,if u look on e.bay microlite standoffs come up cheep i got mine for £20 ide never pay £160 tho as i dont use them that often