Most do-it-yourselfers perform death-defying acts without a net. When working from a ladder, you should take precautions to keep safe. Here are a few tricks: Before you climb on that first step, ...

Ladder injuries are one element of sweat equity you may not hear about on home-improvement shows. While human error may explain some of the roughly 175,000 emergency ...

A ladder that is too long or too short will often force us to work off an angle that can be unsafe and bigger ladders will often require more manpower to place and raise them. Ladders are one of the ...

Stepladders come in several sizes; the three most popular sizes used by homeowners are 4, 6, and 8 feet. Regardless of the ladder size, the following safety rules apply: • First, when opening a ...

You are assigned to work the ladder, and while you are checking out the truck, you are dispatched for a house fire. It’s in a poorer neighborhood that’s filled with old housing stock. When your ...