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About $700 for me. I have this crappy light fixture that needs a new light bulb. My crappy builder meritage put in the light fixture when the house was being built. It is on a staircase and is 20 plus ft high. It is also enclosed in a crappy light shade. To change the light bulb I need to hire a specialized lift and a professional electrician to operate it. If they had just put in a led bulb for another $1 I would be set. I may just wait till I buy the right antler chandelier and kill two birds with one stone for the electrician and the lift. Still p@ssed ever time I see the dead light bulb. Mike | ||
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Any redneck could change that bulb out, fixture too, for that matter with an extension ladder and a friend. The friend is to call the meat wagon if the bulb changing goes wrong. We ain't smart, but we know no fear.  xxxxxxxxxx When considering US based operations of guides/outfitters, check and see if they are NRA members. If not, why support someone who doesn't support us? Consider spending your money elsewhere. NEVER, EVER book a hunt with BLAIR WORLDWIDE HUNTING or JEFF BLAIR. I have come to understand that in hunting, the goal is not the goal but the process. | |||
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I wish The problem is extension ladder will tear into the dry wall. There is no space for a step ladder. There is a 4 by 4 ft landing and one needs to go up 25 ft from there. This is pathetic. Meritage should have put in a indoor flood light fixture. Mike | |||
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An extension ladder won't tear into the drywall if you use pads. Most of the weight will be on the base rungs of ladder. xxxxxxxxxx When considering US based operations of guides/outfitters, check and see if they are NRA members. If not, why support someone who doesn't support us? Consider spending your money elsewhere. NEVER, EVER book a hunt with BLAIR WORLDWIDE HUNTING or JEFF BLAIR. I have come to understand that in hunting, the goal is not the goal but the process. | |||
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I will post some pictures tomorrow of the bulb that needs to be changed. Mike | |||
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Come to Alberta.  government has just created a program where an energy consultant will come to your house, advise you on energy saving and change all your light bulbs for you. we haven't been told, or no has figured out what the real final cost will be. Grizz Indeed, no human being has yet lived under conditions which, considering the prevailing climates of the past, can be regarded as normal. John E Pfeiffer, The Emergence of Man Those who can't skin, can hold a leg. Abraham Lincoln Only one war at a time. Abe Again. | |||
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 Any ideas ? Mike | |||
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Seems like a piece of cake to me. Like I said, put a pad, such as screwing a 1x4 across top of ladder, cover it with something like a thick carpet, have someone hold ladder, climb it, etc. Really nothing to it. PS I'm not going to climb my fat ass up that ladder, I'm scared of heights. xxxxxxxxxx When considering US based operations of guides/outfitters, check and see if they are NRA members. If not, why support someone who doesn't support us? Consider spending your money elsewhere. NEVER, EVER book a hunt with BLAIR WORLDWIDE HUNTING or JEFF BLAIR. I have come to understand that in hunting, the goal is not the goal but the process. | |||
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I would guess that a stack of about 20 timber pallets, on the landing , would raise you up enough so standing on a kitchen chair on top of the pallets would allow you just reach that light . Wheres the issue ? ________________________ Old enough to know better | |||
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Put a board on the top of the railing across to the far window ledge. Don't be scared!!! | |||
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Can you not just use an extension ladder with pads on the end, and run it up into the corner of the ceiling and wall?  I have a set of these and they work quite well, for an interior wall I'd also tape a hand towel over them but that's just me and you'd probably get away without doing it. Possibly at the landing on the bottom you could put a 2X4 between the 2 sets of stair railings to support the bottom (like Gato, I hate heights like this). for every hour in front of the computer you should have 3 hours outside | |||
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You know how many flies it takes to screw in a lightbulb? Two, same as anyplace else. | |||
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Yep. Padded extension ladder....did it a bunch when I was in the field. But you are right, the architect that drew it, and the builder that allowed it to be installed there needs an Ass whooping! Wall sconces........... LEDs last great.......lots of problems with the drivers.......(fancy word for ballasts)..... . | |||
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Get a flashlight..............? Guns and hunting | |||
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I think builders do this type of thing out of spite. My day last Saturday. Got up, went to leave. Garage door spring broken, all cars trapped in garage. Wait four hours. Repair guy says original springs were not matched to the double door, too light. Guy leaves after saying he adjusted the door. Watched it work twice. Two hours later garage door will reverse at the bottom when coming down and go halfway back up. Push button to start down, then push button again quickly and door will go all the way back up. Leave it up because we are going to dinner that night at friend's house in a few hours. Sit down to dinner and wife's cell phone rings. Step-son says a "light is leaking in the ceiling". I no sooner say, "a light doesn't leak", when he sends short video of water leaking through from the attic at a light fixture. Jump in car, start thirty minute drive home calling plumber and A/C guy. Getting updates. Water running down wall from attic to second floor, and in one place on towards first floor. A/C guy is on the way supposedly. (Interesting the weekend call is picked-up in Fullerton, California. I'm in Texas.) I get home, see water dripping from attic in four places. Buckets underneath. Drop attic ladder and get into attic just as full pan of water under one A/C unit collapses and drops at least two gallons of water into attic. Turn off A/C. Cancel plumber. Multiple calls and multiple hours later no A/C guy shows or calls back. California says the guy that is on duty that they called said it was taken care of. The A/C unit with plugged drain was last serviced 10 days ago, when I paid $1,700 to get it back running. They didn't check drain during maintenance apparently. Sunday morning tons of apologies and guy comes out to blow drain and rebuild pan underneath. Good luck with your light fixture. I wouldn't climb a six foot ladder right now. Snake bit at the moment. Best advice I've read is from Gato. DO NOT send him up a ladder. | |||
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My last house was set up similar to your's at the entrance. After I purchased it, we were to meet the previous owner at the home and he was going to give us the keys. When we arrived we met a woman who introduced herself as the daughter of the owner. She said the owner had been in an accident and couldn't make it. I made a comment about hoping nobody was hurt very badly. The daughter handed me the keys and explained what had happened. The previous day the owner had decided to change a light bulb located much like your sunken ceiling light visible at the very tip top left corner in your picture. He decided he would stand on the railing and use one hand to steady himself against the wall while he unscrewed the bulb with the other hand. He lost his balance while leaning out and fell. He suffered a concussion, a broken hip, and sustained internal injuries. He was really, really bad off. It was left to me to change that bulb after I moved in and I had to replace it a couple more times over the years. I chose to use an extendable pole with a bulb gripper on the end. It is a very cheap tool available from Home Depot, Lowe's, or the local hardware store. I suggest that if you must have a specialist come to change the bulb you have them also replace the light fixture while they are at it. You should have them install one that can be serviced from the floor with an extension pole. I believe that is the only sensible, long term solution. . | |||
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Ken: Usually as a quick fix, which often lasts for months, you can use a "squirter" nozzle on a garden hose, kind of cover the drain pipe end with a rag or whatever and quickly squirt up the drain pipe with hose. This will usually dislodge the plug, which can be algae or similar. A shot of compressed air will work too, but most city dwellers don't have compressors handy. xxxxxxxxxx When considering US based operations of guides/outfitters, check and see if they are NRA members. If not, why support someone who doesn't support us? Consider spending your money elsewhere. NEVER, EVER book a hunt with BLAIR WORLDWIDE HUNTING or JEFF BLAIR. I have come to understand that in hunting, the goal is not the goal but the process. | |||
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Seriously? How is this even a question? Hire a specialist!? To climb up an extension ladder!? OMG. Measure the height of the vertical wall at the bottom of the stairs/first landing in the picture. Go down to your favorite store that sells such things, and buy yourself an extension ladder that will extend to at least this height. Bring it home. Carry it in the front door. Wrap towels or shop rags (if you own such things) around the upper ends. Slowly stand it up as you carry it to the bottom stairway landing. Pivot the ladder once it's standing up vertical on the landing so that you and the ladder are now facing the high vertical wall straight ahead of us in the picture. Lift the bottom feet to either the first or second step coming up towards us in the picture. Extend the ladder to the height that it will be against the wall with the upper pads very close to the top edge of the wall once it is tipped forward, you will have to extend the ladder a bit more once you start tipping it forward. Slowly tip the ladder towards the wall until it rests on the wall. Check the angle of the ladder by placing your feet at the foot of the ladder and make sure your fingers can touch the ladder with your arms straight out in front of you, while you face the ladder. Then climb the ladder slowly and carefully (without "bouncing" as you climb). Take off the light cover (have to go back down for a screwdriver if you forgot to bring one up with you). Unscrew the light bulb. Screw in new light bulb. Replace the cover again (you should still have the screwdriver). Slowly climb down (without "bouncing" on the way down). Carefully tip ladder slightly away from wall while lowering extension ladder. Pivot ladder towards lower landing. Tip ladder down towards direction of lower landing, guiding it down as you go. Carry ladder back outside. Either take ladder to garage to store for next time you have to replace a lightbulb, or if you still have the receipt for the ladder and know you will never have to change a lightbulb again EVER, then return ladder to where you bought it and tell the guy "it didn't fit". Last step if you returned the ladder, sell the house and move into an apartment, where the landlord and maintenance man will know how to operate ladders, and change lightbulbs for you. Si tantum EGO eram dimidium ut bonus ut EGO memor | |||
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You guys can sure complicate things. Appropriate extension ladder, bottom a couple of steps up, can't go anywhere, top at ceiling wall intersection, remove shade and change bulb.Grizz Indeed, no human being has yet lived under conditions which, considering the prevailing climates of the past, can be regarded as normal. John E Pfeiffer, The Emergence of Man Those who can't skin, can hold a leg. Abraham Lincoln Only one war at a time. Abe Again. | |||
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Gato is right.Just put your extension ladder (w/pads) against the left wall W. someone to hold the base,piece of cake. The builder is not the villin the architect is. I have been in the construction business for 50 years + we have always had the saying that 144 engineers equal gross ignorance.What should have been done in the 1st place was to rig a pulley system to lower the fixture.Too late now,maybe. What I designed in my own house was a disappearing slide in walk board that recessed into the stairwell + when extended locks on the adjacent wall.Climb the stars,get on the walk board,change your bulb + go to bed.As to the algae build up. I have been in the HVAC + sheet metal part of the construction business.the clogs on your primary lines are from an algae build up. You need an auxiliary pan under your unit with a drain stub that comesc out of your soffitt in front of your kitchen sink window or someplace where you will see it if it drips.That means your coil is frozen up + the primary drain can't function.Sure,to clear the drain lines we just took a jug of R22 (freon) turned it upside down (the it becomes a liquid with more pressure).You WILL blow out any obstructions. Best word of advice here as this was 90% of our service calls being frozen coils. Once a month when you change your filter also go to the breather/riser on your J trap coming out of the primary drain on your coil + pour 1 cup of bleach down the stack.Do that every month + your service bill will drop.Can't do much about motors,some last longer than others but that is just the luck of the draw. The other you can do yourself. Never mistake motion for action. | |||
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Mike, ours looks just like that. I got a little gadget from Home Depot that's on a long pole and grasps the lamp envelope with a spring-loaded set of fingers. I operate it from the same 4x4 foot landing that you have. Oh, wait. If it's the lamp in the recessed fixture that will work, if it's the chandelier I'd be inclined to forget it and use the lamp in recessed fixture. I don't suppose you could stand on the shelf under the high window and pull the chandelier towards you with a spinning rod? I'd put a lot longer chain on the damn thing, once I got it in hand... TomP Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right. Carl Schurz (1829 - 1906) | |||
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Tom: I confess, you've lost me. How are you going to keep the lamp shade from falling down if you manage to unscrew the holder? Not that it applies to this conversation, but the chandelier lamp could easily be handled with the same extension ladder. xxxxxxxxxx When considering US based operations of guides/outfitters, check and see if they are NRA members. If not, why support someone who doesn't support us? Consider spending your money elsewhere. NEVER, EVER book a hunt with BLAIR WORLDWIDE HUNTING or JEFF BLAIR. I have come to understand that in hunting, the goal is not the goal but the process. | |||
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Question: how many AR members does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: obviously a helluva lot! Vote Trump- Putin’s best friend… To quote a former AND CURRENT Trumpiteer - DUMP TRUMP | |||
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Mike, I have a Meritage built house with the same light location but it is a recessed can in the ceiling. I used a 20' extension ladder with the pads on the top and put it on the second step to get the proper 4:1 height to width ratio for the ladder. The ladder is actually more secure that way since it's impossible for the ladder feet to slide backwards. I was done in 2 minutes. It took longer to get the ladder in position than anything else. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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when you do eventually get up there to change that bulb - fit an LED , not an incandescant bulb. Should outlast you ...... ________________________ Old enough to know better | |||
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Several years ago when the "death knell" of incandescant bulbs were imminent + LED were to be had + for all folks who wanted to save the planet should replace all their bulbs.Thats when I realized how many bulbs were in my house. And of course that turned out to be a scam as well. Never mistake motion for action. | |||
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