How to walk on Stilts! 

I love to meet people that are professionals no matter the race age or sex. We have a female painter that’s been with my dads company for over 20 years and she is very good.

We have women in the union but they don’t hang rock they do mud and tape.

I am a female and I do remodeling, plumbing, etc. and I use drywall stilts all the time. The only reason there is not more woman in the trades is because of people who think woman shouldn’t or can’t be in the trades. My father was a mechanical and electrical engineer and my grandfather was a carpenter. So i was born with the skills. After college and many years in corporate America I decided to start my own remodeling business because it’s what I spent my life doing. Even my husband can’t do what I do.

@@BathroomSolutions1 that's awesome! Nothing but respect for you and all the other women who face those same obstacles. It's something I don't see often and makes me happy to see women proving those stereotypes wrong!

@@BathroomSolutions1 to be a full time drywall taper of big houses is hard on your shoulders mostly and then also hands and wrists. walking on those stilts all the time can also be hard on your hips. my gf has been taping for 13 years and I know at least 5 other tapers who were women and just simply cannot do it anymore when they hit 40 plus

Thank you for a thank you!! ❤️

They're not as scary as you think bro...i do ceiling insulation and the only thing about them is that you have to come down off them after a while..but they're really easy to master don't be surprised if he master them in a week

Thank you!

good luck!

@@DrywallShortythanks! I’m currently on them and walking up and down my hallway 😂😂

Ashton Long they are all really good! We’ve been using them for over a year now

Did you had any health problems with your knees or lower back? I've heard they can cause lower back pain over time

@@paulk1249 My guess is that would be from the job itself. (Looking upwards or reaching higher on a vaulted wall.) Taking breaks is probably super necessary if you're on stilts all day. I installed a receptacle box for my brother in law's garage, to put a GFCI outlet before we added more outlets to the walls. Just 20 minutes on the ladder, looking slightly upwards, made my lower back super stiff. It hurt to climb back down, but it was back to normal after a minute or two of not arching backwards. I should've moved the ladder back a bit, and stood on the next rung up so my work area would've been more level with my torso, instead of above my head.

@@paulk1249 After wearing them for 6 hours or more you'll feel it in your feet. Your legs get tired. For me, my belt with suspenders is what kills my lower back. Belt without power tools weighs 17 pounds, wearing that 8 hours a day and some days on stilts will do it.

(for those who might want to try your tip) What kind of slippers worked for you? hard tops or soft tops.. just wondering since most slippers cover the toes only

They were just slip on shoes

Glad you enjoyed it!

you dont. you embrace the fall. might be worth getting obese purely for the extra padding :D

@@leviroch 🤣🤣🤣

But realistically you'll just kinda plomp down on a ladder rung or sawhorse, although the tipping back when you're 3' off the ground is a weird feeling to get used to. . .

If the stilts are low enough that you could stand on one leg, have the other still strapped in, and stand upright, you can undo one, then putting the same side arm at the top of the unstrapped side you can balance yourself and step down. I'm pretty tall, on 30 inch stilts I can reach 10ft with like a screwgun or finishing knife and I'm able to step off (seen guys who unstrap both, using arms holding stilts for balance, then jump off). Never needed much higher, but I think if needed you could unstrap near a ladder, then step on the rung, undo the other one and your golden.

The Modern Rogue did an episode where the guests were from Cirkus Zirkus. (Just search up "Modern Rogue Stilts") They walked on some 3-ish foot ones, and one of the hosts got it VERY quick.

@@Hachiro Thank you... I actually bought a pair. Assembled them... haven't tried them yet though.

Depends on how tall you want. 16 inches could take a couple days. 24" could take 4 days. 30" could take a week. I'm literally still working on hitting 40", can sorta do it but getting any work done makes it more difficult (focusing on doing work vs just on walking). To be fair I haven't been training to walk at 40" but I've been walking on stilts occasionally for a couple years, just now though I gotta step up my game. Should have 40's done in another week or two.

The strap on your shin is always fastened first because with it fastened, you can stand up/balance without the fear the stilt is going to kick out away from your center and you eat cement. Same reason you undo it last. Undo the feet straps (with shin still strapped), you can literally still stand up. If you undo the shin first and it kicks out, you're ankle is going to bend in a not so fun way and you're gonna hit the ground, probably messing up your legs, hips, and anything above the waist is just icing on the cake.

@@TheOfficialDjProduct expect reply I was hoping ds was going to dedicate a vid to it but not yet

Cathedral ceilings...

As a fellow drywaller I respect your experience and advice. I will say my old boss, a hanger and finisher of 40 years still used stilts before I left him (granted he didn't walk on the high stuff but still, he used em). And he had nothing but the utmost concern for everyone's safety. One time doing steel studs I slipped and got myself. Lead called the boss and told him, he said "what the hell are you still doing there? Get him to the hospital". I understand, you can get hurt bad on stilts and more so on a messy, unorganized jobsite. But for some us, it does speed up the work, we make more money, and we know how to walk on em. I also don't endorse people walk on them. I'd never let a family member or friend walk on mine, I don't want anybody getting hurt.

​@@TheOfficialDjProduct The problem is this . The boss is happy when you use stilts and you can reach and work faster . However if you get a life altering injury from stilts ..insurance is not going to cover and workmans comp will not cover that injury. Then you have to retrain , rehab and pay alot of money to get back to square 1

Haha oh no!! Mine have plenty of white on them now 😂

You could hurt your knees incase you fall not wishing that but just becareful

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I have a new video coming out next month on the build show Network all about stilts 👍