When not in use, I leave the scaffold assembled, with the plank in the highest position. Made a really great high level work platform. My contractor put my scaffold on his flatbed truck and tied the two together with ratchet-type binder straps. Some parts on the outside edge are well over 20' off the ground, and the ground surface is uneven. I recently had the hanger and shop / office building re-roofed. I really feel sots safer working high up with the railing system, and, a friend who is semi-retired from the drywall business showed me how they put a small bent nail or other small rod into the loose joints on the scaffold. Great for working on the overhead parts of both the hanger and the attached shop (12' ceiling). I bought the baker scaffold on sale at TSC. Really difficult to change from a ladder. My hanger has 14' ceilings with a combination of surface mounted fluorescent and incandescent lights. I can't imagine having any use for a manufactured scaffold after I'm done with the garage ceiling. Is this a reasonable solution? I was considering just a 2x4 frame or grid with 3/4" plywood skin, sturdy enough that I can stand on it without too much wobble and reach the ceiling. That leaves me to building a scaffold out of construction lumber and some decent casters w/ brakes. Rental would be cost prohibitive I need it occasionally and not continuously but it will be for several months. I was considering buying one of those small Baker scaffold but they are still almost $200 even for the Harbor Freight version. I have no interest in doing all that off a ladder, but I only need to go up in the air between 36" and 44" to reach everything. I have to prime and paint the joists and the subfloor above, hang light fixtures (4' x 4' surface-mount T8's, six-bulb), and run various lines and conduits for electric, air and ductwork for dust collection. The floor joists will remain exposed and they are rough sawn 2x12's. The ceiling height, to the bottom of the floor joists above (it has a full second floor) is right at 10'. Over the winter I am planning on doing the finish work on the interior of my garage.
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