| I have rather high ceilings in my apartment, which means the lightbulbs remained dead because even with a stepladder, I'm not tall enough to get to them. |
| Use a stepladder or tie an extension ladder securely to the tree and keep one hand on it and one on the saw. |
| She isn't one to ask to spend time looking at old pictures, so stowing them on a high shelf requiring a stepladder to reach won't be a problem. |
| She said they worked hard to complete the renovations, which transformed the building from a barn with a rickety stepladder and an old straw loft into the working gallery. |
| Position the stepladder correctly with the locking devices, and secure it so that it cannot slide or tilt. |
| At first, a stepladder sufficed us, but soon an aluminum extension ladder was required for the higher fruit picking. |