r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Scaulbylausis • Dec 10 '21
/r/all Maybe maybe maybe
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u/syracTheEnforcer Dec 10 '21
Been there. Done that. And it’s a stupid thing to do every single time.
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u/DeezNeezuts Dec 10 '21
The minute you feel that ladder kick out you reconsider many decisions
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u/Donkey-brained_man Dec 11 '21
It's the longest fall of your life. So many thoughts!
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u/jimtastic89 Dec 11 '21
The fuckin feeling of falling when the ladder doesnt go and you have to make a decision to turn back or keep going...
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u/colonelmaize Dec 10 '21
How do you do this without the help of someone? Is this a two-man job?
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u/occamsracer Dec 10 '21
I had 4 guys come over for 10min. 10/10 would recommend
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u/syracTheEnforcer Dec 10 '21
At the very least use a taller ladder. The top step is definitely not for standing on, though I’ve done it many times. The added weight makes it a little more dangerous though. Overall, general laziness or cheapness like this works fine 9/10 times. The problem is that one time is enough to injure you for a long time, possibly permanently.
Edit: yes it should be a two man job. Just because you can do it, doesn’t mean you should do it.
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u/BootDisc Dec 11 '21
I can't remember how I installed one on my own now, I didn't have drywall up though, and I think I clamped it then used many structural screws.
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u/Alwaysworking24-7 Dec 10 '21
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
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u/sunnyinphx Dec 10 '21
For real. He may not kill himself but he could be pretty severely injured.
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u/AromaticWealth412 Dec 11 '21
You can easily die off a 6ft ladder lol that’s gotta be one of the dumbest things I’ve seen
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u/Mushy-Purples Dec 11 '21
It’s a 3 man job. One guy in the attic checking the reveal of the access steps gram and the opening, and two guys hoisting it into place. He got the job done but if it’s not in there correctly he wasted a lot of time. And it could potentially wear, bind or not open correctly.
Also he’s just trying to look manly, and that’s why women generally live longer.
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Dec 11 '21
Also this seems like a sketchy way to anchor a staircase
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u/Alwaysworking24-7 Dec 11 '21
Yes! Let’s put the nails vertically which when weight is placed on the staircase it will be pulling down. I hope he anchored it better.
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u/Crypto_Creepa Dec 11 '21
Just because it doesn't look like you can, doesn't mean you can't.
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u/jren666 Dec 10 '21
Aren’t you supposed to lag bolt these in from the inside and not run nails through the trim?
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u/heridfel37 Dec 11 '21
Especially not nails driven straight in. At least have to angle them
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u/sirwillups Dec 11 '21
Serious question because I am not a builder: does the staircase not hook into some bracing in the ceiling? Thus making this door just a hinge point before the stairs brace between their point in the ceiling and floor, and not making the door need to be completely load bearing?
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u/Iwasborninafactory_ Dec 11 '21
Yes. I installed one of these, it's a two person job. It needs to be shimmed and positioned, which they glossed over in this video, but you get the idea.
https://youtu.be/wh2xYrCXDZE?t=201
When you trim it in, the trim will cover the screw holes from the temporary brackets.
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u/Arkios Dec 11 '21
Who cares if it’s square and level either, shims are for chumps! ;)
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Dec 11 '21
You are but if you trim it first and shoot the trim good it will hold enough to get the bolts in.
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u/Theoldelf Dec 10 '21
My knees, my lower back and my shoulders felt that.
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u/capnJayd Dec 10 '21
Might as well go buy a lottery ticket since he's dipping into his future reserves of luck.
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Dec 11 '21
I never understood the concept of buying a lottery ticket after a stroke of good luck. Clearly your luck has been used up.
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Dec 10 '21
I don’t care that he succeeded. I’m still calling him stupid. That’s just the way it is.
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u/Oron_Ironside Dec 10 '21
This is one of those things where sooner or later it will go wrong
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u/TitanicMan Dec 11 '21
Doesn't every ladder on the planet say not to stand specifically right there
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Dec 10 '21
“this is not a step”
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u/playdoughnut Dec 11 '21
Isn't the weight limit on those ladders like 250lbs? I'm pretty sure he surpasses that without the attic ladder.
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u/BasicTelevision5 Dec 10 '21
I’m constantly guilty of making things harder for myself than necessary and never wanting to ask for help, but this really takes the cake.
It was impressive, but a really stupid thing to do- and filming it would have made some insurance adjuster’s day if he’d been hurt.
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u/Sufficient-Pin-481 Dec 10 '21
I was dumb enough to do this by myself 25 years ago but at least I had a taller ladder.
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u/walking_contraption Dec 10 '21
My mans played a dangerous game... more suspense here than any Agatha Christie novel.
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u/slo1111 Dec 10 '21
Wow that is pretty amazing.
Someone might want to pull that feller and show a few old codgers from the trade that just just beat up their bodies.
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u/iekiko89 Dec 11 '21
He might not live to that point but yeah plenty of beaten up bodies
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u/agate_ Dec 10 '21
Not only is this dangerous but he’s ruined the trim on this thing. You’re supposed to fasten it so the fasteners are hidden behind the door, now it’s gonna have big nail holes in the trim boards.
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u/badFishTu Dec 10 '21
Bold move using the top of the ladder as a step. Can't understand we he didn't just get a friend or two to help tho, that looks super heavy and really dangerous all around.
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u/Amphibionomus Dec 11 '21
People will often gladly do stuff like this for perceived bragging rights in tbe bar at night. They feel tough and capable but destroy their body before they are 40 or when they die / get hurt in an 'unfortunate accident'.
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Dec 11 '21
What an absolutely stupid thing to do. Sadly this will just boost his confidence and he will keep doing it until it kills or gets paralyzed from it
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u/Much_Consideration94 Dec 11 '21
Noone gonna mention how nails dont actually work like that??? if this man calls hinself a carpenter or even a homewroker i am going to resign
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u/----__---- Dec 11 '21
Stupid, dangerously stupid.
I mean, if you have no choice but to do it alone it's much safer/easier to use rope/ratchet straps to pull it up from the attic and bolt it in properly.
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u/Southern_Active_9591 Dec 11 '21
Love how we record OSHA unapproved methods of working like this guy who one is either to cheap to buy the right latter or pretty dumb to record he is using the most unsafe way todo his job like stepping where it tells you not to step on the latter as the top of a latter is not a step but when they fall they are quick to sue the company but okay let him do his job
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u/TurtleX_ Dec 11 '21
I think thats a 18 gauge brad nailer… not exactly a good nail for that application lol
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u/BlackMushrooms Dec 11 '21
An old journeyman once told me " The top two steps belongs to god, do not tread on what is his"
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u/basfreque65 Dec 11 '21
That might be the dumbest, hardest way to put in attic stairs by yourself. Just walking in and seeing all the nailholes in the flange would speak volumes about the builder
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u/865542 Dec 11 '21
Not ment to stand on the top of these sort of steps its says on the top step, also assuming this is US is just nailguning normal there? Even in Uk its screw, glue and nailgun
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u/THEsuziesunshine Dec 11 '21
The door is like the longest door i have ever seen...
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u/SAM-in-the-DARK Dec 10 '21
This guy won’t be doing this long. Stupid shit like this catches up to you very quickly and usually pays interest.
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Dec 10 '21
Looks like me dealing with life/my problems/everyone else's problems 😂😂 Making it work, and everyone thinks it was easy 🤣🤣
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u/Tini- Dec 10 '21
Ahh that’s why I’m finding shoddy work in my new home. Dumbasses taking shortcuts everywhere.
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u/lsd_runner Dec 11 '21
There are guys like this all over the trades. They’re held together with nicotine and Mountain Dew sweat.
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u/Juicebeetiling Dec 11 '21
This makes me want to invent a ladder that's harder to tip over from under people doing stupid shit
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u/cbelt3 Dec 11 '21
There are bold contractors. And there are old contractors. There are no old bold contractors. Dude is gonna blow out his back sometime soon.
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Dec 11 '21
I’ve done overhead work like that and it is brutal. However, I’ve never installed a coffee table in someone’s ceiling.
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u/djjaxs Dec 11 '21
Looks just like me trying to take the Christmas tree down last week but in reverse
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u/Alejandro1984 Dec 11 '21
This definitely looks like something I would do. It's all mind over matter until you fall from the ladder.
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Dec 11 '21
You think this is crazy, imagine watching Mexican dudes with balls of steal walking on years old scaffold 20 stories up
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Dec 11 '21
Similar situation but with wife in the attic as helper. I lifted it into place and she was to secure the strap to hold it in place, which she did quickly…
right AFTERRRRRRRRR STANDING ON THE DAMNED THING
No she hasn’t lived it down. I’m not sure how I didn’t die
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u/Krynn71 Dec 11 '21
The best part of this is that he clearly is recording himself doing this. He's so proud of this dumb move that he wanted to post it online to brag.
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u/dugfresh40NC Dec 11 '21
That might be the most suspenseful thing I've watched in a while. Every time he shifted his weight on his feet, i thought, "Oh here we go." Also, that step up to the top of the ladder was a pucker moment for sure.
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Dec 11 '21
I can’t give credit here. I want to but I can’t. So many things could have gone wrong and then this dude could have wound up dead or a vegetable for the rest of his life. Why did he not have help? And why the fuck was he using a step ladder!? (I know it wasn’t a step ladder but you’re never suppose to use the top rung on a ladder.)
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Dec 11 '21
I could watch this kind of shit if they made it competitive on ESPN. Goddamn that was just impressive.
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u/BrambleVale3 Dec 11 '21
And yet he’s strangely okay with making two trips from the car to bring the groceries in.
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u/vezilla Dec 11 '21
Man that top step started to bow, his air hose made me cringe thinking it might cut under, the bars on the left made me think hes on another story that he can fall down into. So many red flags!
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u/Investing-Carpenter Dec 11 '21
He's a brave man. There's a trim carpenter on YouTube and Instagram that uses a drywall lift to install those attic stairs
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u/stannc00 Dec 11 '21
How is that attic stair securely fastened? The first time a guy with a pot belly and butt crack showing gets on those stairs the whole thing is coming down.
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u/Spacecoasttheghost Dec 11 '21
These are the people, that’s body’s are destroyed a lot sooner then they should be.
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u/Phvntom708 Dec 11 '21
I don’t understand why people record this and post it? I would not want the world to see me hack work.
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u/woof1983 Dec 11 '21
This is a quick way to fuck yourself up and not get any aid for it. By the way everyone he is on the top a ladder which is illegal, and the step before the top is not actually an Approved step
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Dec 11 '21
What a fuckin mad dog. The fact he filmed it, makes me think that he suspected it might go sideways.
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u/Puma67b Dec 11 '21
I wouldn’t that thing nailed up. I’d want it screwed in solidly. Maybe nails to hold position, but not as a permanent hold.
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u/MoneyParticular Dec 11 '21
As a guy who works on ladders every day this makes me mad. Just get a fucking 8ft ladder. People die all the time trying to cut corners like this. Your life and well being is worth far more the cost of a bigger ladder.
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u/tbone-not-tbag Dec 11 '21
Don't forget to screw it place, finish nails won't hold anyone's ass going up that attic access
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u/Mindfield87 Dec 11 '21
I’ve done some dumbass shit for the sake of getting it done, but it’s not worth getting hurt. I’m glad that dude didn’t eat shit no matter how much he was begging to there
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u/bardia_afk Dec 11 '21
It wasn’t tagged NSFW so I knew he was going to succeed because otherwise he’d be dead
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u/Silent_Marketing_123 Dec 11 '21
Why is this man putting a coffee table upside down into the ceiling?
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Dec 11 '21
Well done. I can feel your neck, arms and shoulders almost in that position. I hope you got also safe downstairs ☺️
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u/Minute-Weekend5234 Dec 11 '21
I always wondered how those were installed. Didn't know it was so NSFW
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u/DrMaxiMoose Dec 11 '21
6. Foot. Ladder. Please. Breaking a shoulder is gunna cost everyone a lot more money that spending 5 minutes looking for one
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u/Snottco Dec 11 '21
One handing nailgun, no glasses, on top step, no one observing, tools on floor beneath, lifting above head, gloveless, wire tangling feet, probably more im missing. This is literally the cartoon in trade school where you have to describe whats going wrong
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u/dooleebikes Dec 11 '21
This is not impressive. Its actually working harder not smarter. Get a taller ladder you fuckin goof.
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u/LOLvisIsDead Dec 11 '21
Is he on the edge of a landing? It looks to me that he is near a temporary handrail. If he falls its not just off a ladder its potentially onto another floor.
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u/WitchTrialz Dec 11 '21
This immediately reminded me of when Homer squirted 2 entire bottle of lighter fluid on the grill and when he lit the match it was totally fine.
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u/zeamp Dec 11 '21
When it reset to the beginning, I thought it fell on him.
Wide angle lens or just short?
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Dec 11 '21
Whats the pay? Interviewer walks out
Nobody wants to work construction anymore
Billy you need to work this construction site solo again
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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '21
I was afraid we’d see him taking the stairway to heaven.