How to put Christmas light net on top of very tall tree

penguin_pam

I have a 9 meters tall tree, and 5 christmas lights nets. I have a 5 meter ladder, some ropes, some 3 meter long sticks, and some other tools. I want to cover the tree with the christmas lights from the very top, but is a pain and we cannot reach the top. We're 3 people trying to do so. The net is a little problematic because sometimes it get stuck in the branches. Anybody has a good idea of how can we achieve it? We've been trying 3 days in a...

Originally asked by DeadSpock on Stack Exchange (diy) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

9m isn't tremendously tall as trees go. I've worked (a little) with a paint roller extension pole that was about 4.5m long at full extension. If you can rent or buy one or more of these and stand with it on the ladder that'll get you near the top of the tree. A safer alternative could be scaffolding (rent or buy). Here in the US it is commonly available in units with height about 2m. Two of those would have you standing about 4m above ground; three could have you standing at the same height with safety rails surrounding you to protect against falling. This plus the long paint roller pole could put the top of the tree within your reach -- so long as the tree is relatively columnar in its...

Full answer by Greg Hill: https://diy.stackexchange.com/a/209897 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Need it done for your business? UphillTech.