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We have a stairwell. There's a light right at the top of it, that's about 11 feet off the ground, if by ground you mean the step that's directly below it. The stairwell turns at this point, though, so there's not enough room on that stair to put a ladder.
You can brace a ladder across the short part of the stairwell, clamber up it, pray that it doesn't tip and throw you down the rest of the stairs, and change the lightbulb that way. It's scary as fuck.
Or you can rest a ladder from a lower step, resting against the wall above a window, hoping that the ladder base doesn't skid out and drop you onto the stairs, leaving you with a hand full of shattered lightbulb. It's scary as fuck-all.
Of course, if we had our lovely electrician friend down here, we'd pay him and his lovely wife a nommy dinner and a games night in exchange for changing the bulb. Alas, they're in Sydney.
And while we could book an electrician, we'd want it to be for a bundle of things rather than paying $200 just to have a lightbulb changed. And we don't really have a bundle of things at the moment.
I know there's such a thing as a lightbulb changer. I've seen them on the telly years back. I've been asking around all the hardware and lighting stores, and no-one has them. So I've searched on line.
Interestingly enough, you can buy them from professional cleaning suppliers. I imagine there's actually a market for them if you have to change the light bulbs in offices with fancy foyers and such. But I really didn't want to pay $155 for a device to change *one* light bulb.
Finally found them on Ebay for a half-reasonable price. Of course, the shipping has doubled the bloody thing, but it's still less than the other supplier I found, and this has the full set for all the different bulb types. They only deliver to houses (I wish I knew why they don't want to deliver to a post office box). So, after weeks of dark stairs, I'll finally be able to change the lightbulb.
You can brace a ladder across the short part of the stairwell, clamber up it, pray that it doesn't tip and throw you down the rest of the stairs, and change the lightbulb that way. It's scary as fuck.
Or you can rest a ladder from a lower step, resting against the wall above a window, hoping that the ladder base doesn't skid out and drop you onto the stairs, leaving you with a hand full of shattered lightbulb. It's scary as fuck-all.
Of course, if we had our lovely electrician friend down here, we'd pay him and his lovely wife a nommy dinner and a games night in exchange for changing the bulb. Alas, they're in Sydney.
And while we could book an electrician, we'd want it to be for a bundle of things rather than paying $200 just to have a lightbulb changed. And we don't really have a bundle of things at the moment.
I know there's such a thing as a lightbulb changer. I've seen them on the telly years back. I've been asking around all the hardware and lighting stores, and no-one has them. So I've searched on line.
Interestingly enough, you can buy them from professional cleaning suppliers. I imagine there's actually a market for them if you have to change the light bulbs in offices with fancy foyers and such. But I really didn't want to pay $155 for a device to change *one* light bulb.
Finally found them on Ebay for a half-reasonable price. Of course, the shipping has doubled the bloody thing, but it's still less than the other supplier I found, and this has the full set for all the different bulb types. They only deliver to houses (I wish I knew why they don't want to deliver to a post office box). So, after weeks of dark stairs, I'll finally be able to change the lightbulb.
