Tim,
My husband and I have an evaporative cooler that hangs on the side of
our house approximately 15 feet up. We do not have a lot of money
and every year my husband dreads going up the ladder to get the
cooler ready for the season.
We would like to lower the cooler to ground level but cannot figure out
how to get the cooler down without destroying it and I have been
searching for something on line that might give us advice. I would even
be willing to buy a book on the subject. Can you give us any advice?
Thanks for any help you can give us.
Kathy
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Kathy,
I think I have an easier, cheaper and more straightforward solution. Let's build a simple set of steps and a platform to give your husband the needed access. It will be much safer to work from a platform than standing on a shaking ladder.
All you need to do is build a platform at the same height his feet are at when he stands on the ladder. You then build a simple set of steps from the platform to the ground. Think of this as a miniature deck with a standard set of steps leading to it. I have a Building Simple Steps EBook that shows you step-by-step how to build the steps.
Tim Carter
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