the ladders you see my boss on top of are 24 feet each. it's no fun having to climb in front of the ladder to get on the scaffold either. i nearly cried just setting this up.
the scaffold around the side of the house is not quite as high since the ground slopes up, but the scaffold is narrower and obviously the ladders have to sit on sloped ground. that was where i worked.
we run skillsaws through metal/aluminum/vinyl windows to cut them out. often, the saw will catch and kick hard when it hits something it doesn't want to cut. that's a terrifying feeling when you're that high up above concrete with no harness.
but i'm still alive.