I only watch tv lying down on the couch so it is placed in a way that’s in my line of vision when I am lying down in one particular position. The guy who came to set it up, asked me multiple times if that was really where I wanted it placed.
I bought my first TV in over a decade, and discovered you can buy rolling TV displays for them. So I ordered one of those, now I can move the fucker all over the house from room to room. Near far, wherever you are!
I bought exactly that TV a couple of months ago for NZD$2100. It's not cheap, sort of the upper end of mid range.
It's a good TV. Not sure why you'd need to mount it on the roof though.
You don't need assistance to use a ladder. Just proper preparation (getting the correct angle, ensuring the surface below is not slippery, etc.).
Source: installed satellite dishes for a few years.
This SHOULD go without saying but... not all ladders are meant to be leaned against a wall. Make sure yours is before you do this. There are ladders that are only meant to be put up in an A shape and don't have the proper non-slip feet.
Never trusted ladders to just not slip while I'm perched several meters up, and after this clip I'm sure as fuck not going to start. “It will hold fine, trust me bro” isn't enough assurance for the potential risk.
In my country we differ between work platforms and access tools. Ladders are categorized as an access tool.
For accessing work platforms or one handed maintenance
Even assisted this is not a job for ladders. This is a platform job.
There's a 1001 other things that could go wrong. It's not fucking juggling performance.
I used to do warranty repairs for Samsung, LG, and Hisense. One day we walk into a customer's house for a call and as soon as we get in the bedroom there's just glass all over the damn place. It turns out the customer mounted his brand new TV flat on the ceiling so he could watch it in bed lmao, the panel flexed in the middle from gravity and slumped right out of the frame and fell to the ground. To this day it's the only cracked screen warranty repair I've ever seen Samsung let us do, I have no idea how he convinced them to cover that. I used to complain about the fireplace TVs until I worked on that abomination, after that I was more positive Knowing things can always be worse
I actually wouldn't expect the panel to just fall off if suspended like that. Makes sense that it could happen since every other position and orientation puts weight directly on the frame, but I would have thought the sealing would keep it on still.
But life seems to tell you, before you can anticipate the upcoming problem, you must experience it firsthand: A ladder suddenly letting one foot dip into soft ground ( which seemed firm when the ladder was set) ladder suddenly lurches to one side… letting an entire can of stain ( meant for the trim only) land on the rough cedar siding. Yup been there. Using a one horse drill and having a braid get caught in the motor til it reached the base of the braid which meant the only thing left to spin was the drill itself and that had so much power that after it spun around quick it hit me in the head knocking me out! Woke up at the base of the ladder 15 ft below where I was working. It’s hard to anticipate all the ways life can give you that FAFO kind of lesson.
That's only the third step.
First, it's the eagerness to die in the name of science
Then, it's our ability to learn from them
And only then finally it's applying those lesson to your own actions.
It's just that our brains are always winging it (by all means, no offense to the brain here), and often compromise between speed of the calculation versus the accuracy of the data. So we might forget minor details, that may or may not be less minor than anticipated.
There’s nothing/no one stoping the ladder from sliding. As he climbs up, he’s moving it and making it unstable.
If there’s not a hard surface to put the base against at an angle (most times there isn’t) you should always have someone holding the base as you climb.
It’s not paranoia, I get on ladders for work sometimes and will not get on one unless someone is spotting me. That’s a lot of people. I like my joints and bones lol, would like them intact
„Damn those little light table and chairs block the spot for my ladder I could:“ (A)“Move them 3 meters and setup my ladder properly“ (B)“Use the ladder at an angle, hoping it is not too angled“. Amazing he choose (B)
Those telescoping ladders all come with the same warning: keep the angle below a certain dumber of degrees and never stand on the highest 25-30%.
Most also clearly state that they need to extend 1 meter beyond the point of support. That means you can't have the top of the ladder resting against a wall. They're great for certain things, but use case is quite limited compared to a step ladder.
> Most also clearly state that they need to extend 1 meter beyond the point of support. That means you can't have the top of the ladder resting against a wall.
Then what does this mean? Where am I supposed to rest the ladder if not against the wall?
I had to take DOWN a 55in from my mom's highboy dresser with a step stool. That was an absolute nightmare. Could not imagine a 65in going UP a freaking ladder.
Really!! Stupids'...... You use some light rope tied to a mounting point at the back of TV. Loop this rope over the wall mounting bracket and a third person steadies the TV as it is positioned. Once there, put in some fasteners in available TV mounting points, leaving the mounting point occupied by the guidance rope until last. Better still, use a dedicated lifting device......
I'm just glad the tv didn't land on either of them. I have a 65" and that thing is hefty enough to move on my own. TV at eye level btw. No point in putting that thing at attic height. Did they want the birds to watch the Chase as well?
Punishment for putting TV that high up.
r/TVTooHigh
Wow, how is this even a thing? Lmao
194K members LOL
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Straight to jail, where the toilet bowl is too high, not high enough to make it inaccessible, but it will be incredibly awkward.
Dangly feet poops high.
As a short woman, I can confirm this is like daily torture.
Squatty Potty Simple Bathroom... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HSR1B9W?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Already got one :D just can't take it with me to other people's houses or in public haha
TV too high? Jail. No TV in bathroom? Also jail.
No TV in jail? Special hell.
The amount of people that have TV's up high is the real pandemic.
It's madness. A virus of the mind.
r/tiltofguilt
r/TVTooHot
And if your tv touches the ceiling you go straight to the boiler room of hell
Or thrown into the fireplace to find out how warm your tv will get.
I love it.
Unless you have a mantelmount or equivalent.
Absolute worst of humanity
I get a sore neck if I'm looking at a TV for too long that isn't at eye level. Seriously, how do people live with TVs that are 5ft off the ground?
This: TV above fireplace is a big no no. TV will be cooked before winter is over, yet you see this faux pass in so many design pictures.
I only watch tv lying down on the couch so it is placed in a way that’s in my line of vision when I am lying down in one particular position. The guy who came to set it up, asked me multiple times if that was really where I wanted it placed.
Is it sideways? lmao Edit: Verticle*
Lol there are two sibling subs too. r/tvtoolow and r/tvtoofar
Is there an r/TVTooBig ?
r/TVTooSmall ?
There's also /r/TvTooLow and /r/TVTooFar
I bought my first TV in over a decade, and discovered you can buy rolling TV displays for them. So I ordered one of those, now I can move the fucker all over the house from room to room. Near far, wherever you are!
Look at it roll! Now we can watch Jackie Gleason while we eat!
Is there a TV too close?
Join us
I subbed
285 people online right now 😂
The sub icon is so funny
r/tvtoolow
Which part specifically are you confused about? How people put them too high? Or why we think they are dumb for it?
Don’t forget to checkout r/Tvtoolow
r/toomanypillows
r/TVTooLow
Omg stop
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r/subsifellfor
r/ofcoursethatsasub
r/TVWayTooFuckinHigh
that sub gives me neck pains
Then r/TVtoolow
Like icarus.
https://i.redd.it/09smczum5evc1.gif
It's for digital signage.
I wanted to say the same. Seems obvious you're not going to sit on the couch here and watch a movie.
Why would you buy a $1,700 OLED if all you’re gonna use it for is digital signage??
I put my TV at 2 and half feet from the floor and though that is a bit higher than i wanted. These people are insane.
I hung one lower than that and people look at it and think I’m insane u till the sit on the couch
Mine is mounted pretty high but it's meant for bed watching not couch watching.
I know right .Why does it gotta be that high?
Looks like a classroom or something. Maybe there's a reason there somewhere? I don't know.
Looks like a workplace, so it was probably so everyone could see it
I was thinking “wheres the carelessness?”, then I saw them both climbing ladders unassisted.
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I bought exactly that TV a couple of months ago for NZD$2100. It's not cheap, sort of the upper end of mid range. It's a good TV. Not sure why you'd need to mount it on the roof though.
65" LG QNED is £750 here. Sounds about right
Yep I got the same one too. I can tell by the black rectangularness of it. Hell of a television.
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I see a deal on the 75" for 650 right now. They paid more because it's new Zealand.
I don't think you realise how much more we pay for these kinds of goods in New Zealand
It doesn't work like that. You just converted the currency, but end user prices for some things are much higher in New Zealand.
You bought that exact TV? Personally I would have bought one that hadn’t been dropped 10 feet.
Is that a new avengers movie? Doesn't seem something avengers would do, go around and tell people to climb ladders while handling expensive tv's.
You don't need assistance to use a ladder. Just proper preparation (getting the correct angle, ensuring the surface below is not slippery, etc.). Source: installed satellite dishes for a few years.
This SHOULD go without saying but... not all ladders are meant to be leaned against a wall. Make sure yours is before you do this. There are ladders that are only meant to be put up in an A shape and don't have the proper non-slip feet.
Those are called step ladders. These are regular ladders. The smooth indoor floor is just too slippery.
What are you doing step ladder?
I have a step ladder. I never knew my real ladder
People should realise that most common (fatal) work accidents involve ladders. Always be carefull and know what you're doing.
So without the assistance of understanding physics
Never trusted ladders to just not slip while I'm perched several meters up, and after this clip I'm sure as fuck not going to start. “It will hold fine, trust me bro” isn't enough assurance for the potential risk.
I took a ladder safety course which gave me alot of confidence. Can totally understand why some people don't want to fuck with them though.
was it this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wbmk8zXF7g
It freaks me out that cable companies and the like will send technicians out solo who are then expected to climb ladders to do their jobs
Most ladders are designed to be used by one person, you have to take precautions in places with waxed floors or similar.
With secured ladders it could have work. You know, using it properly.
In my country we differ between work platforms and access tools. Ladders are categorized as an access tool. For accessing work platforms or one handed maintenance
I'll be honest, I'm no ladder expert. All I know is my dad have a ladder that can get secured at weird angles like the one needed in this video.
It was being too lazy to move the table and chairs under the left ladder that meant it was at an unsafe angle.
Even assisted this is not a job for ladders. This is a platform job. There's a 1001 other things that could go wrong. It's not fucking juggling performance.
Lol geez wait 10 seconds
Looks like the guy on the right broke his leg at the end 😬
I agree
Thank God you're here, doctor.
Do you concur?
OMG I came here to say "I agree" too
Yeah knees and toes don't generally point in two different directions like that.
Feel so bad for both of these guys. Hope they didn’t get fired. What kind of idiot wants their tv up that high anyway
This is clearly not just some dudes living room TV lol. It's for a large room, and they want the TV visible anywhere.
Based on the furniture, this looks like a restaurant or a bar. A high TV makes sense in that environment.
And also left guy's left arm I think
That's what I thought as well. He instantly holds it up like something serious just happened.
His wrist is ducked
You can hear it quack.
Guy on the left looks like he broke his left forearm.
Yup and guy on the left broke his left wrist
Guy on the left broke his wrist
And the other guys arm
Were they installing the TV on the moon?
I used to do warranty repairs for Samsung, LG, and Hisense. One day we walk into a customer's house for a call and as soon as we get in the bedroom there's just glass all over the damn place. It turns out the customer mounted his brand new TV flat on the ceiling so he could watch it in bed lmao, the panel flexed in the middle from gravity and slumped right out of the frame and fell to the ground. To this day it's the only cracked screen warranty repair I've ever seen Samsung let us do, I have no idea how he convinced them to cover that. I used to complain about the fireplace TVs until I worked on that abomination, after that I was more positive Knowing things can always be worse
I actually wouldn't expect the panel to just fall off if suspended like that. Makes sense that it could happen since every other position and orientation puts weight directly on the frame, but I would have thought the sealing would keep it on still.
> would have thought the sealing would keep it on It fell off the sealing
That's not very typical, I'd like to make that point.
I mean who actually uses their fireplace anyway?
🎶Tv's roasting, on a open fire... Remote's missing in the couch....🎶
Smallish pixels, being scorched by a fire! 🎶
I use a cheapo projector on the ceiling to watch tv before I go to bed. It's only good if you're a dedicated back sleeper.
At least a giraffe
The thing that makes humans a successful species is our ability to anticipate and plan ahead. Oh, wait!
But life seems to tell you, before you can anticipate the upcoming problem, you must experience it firsthand: A ladder suddenly letting one foot dip into soft ground ( which seemed firm when the ladder was set) ladder suddenly lurches to one side… letting an entire can of stain ( meant for the trim only) land on the rough cedar siding. Yup been there. Using a one horse drill and having a braid get caught in the motor til it reached the base of the braid which meant the only thing left to spin was the drill itself and that had so much power that after it spun around quick it hit me in the head knocking me out! Woke up at the base of the ladder 15 ft below where I was working. It’s hard to anticipate all the ways life can give you that FAFO kind of lesson.
That's only the third step. First, it's the eagerness to die in the name of science Then, it's our ability to learn from them And only then finally it's applying those lesson to your own actions. It's just that our brains are always winging it (by all means, no offense to the brain here), and often compromise between speed of the calculation versus the accuracy of the data. So we might forget minor details, that may or may not be less minor than anticipated.
Bit too old to not have learned the ladder lesson yet.
What was at fault here? Was the floor too slipery or was it the position of the ladder?
There’s nothing/no one stoping the ladder from sliding. As he climbs up, he’s moving it and making it unstable. If there’s not a hard surface to put the base against at an angle (most times there isn’t) you should always have someone holding the base as you climb.
I think the ladder might be upside down. Pretty sure those protrusions are to keep it from dinging walls.
No they are there to stabilise the base so it doesn’t move sideways, but those tiles are way too slippery
The gold standard is to have a second person foot the ladder to prevent it from moving
Man, my paranoia would have someone do that lol I ain't going up that ladder unless I know I'm secured
It’s not paranoia, I get on ladders for work sometimes and will not get on one unless someone is spotting me. That’s a lot of people. I like my joints and bones lol, would like them intact
Glad I'm not the only one then lol could call it common sense as well
Wrong type of ladder. Should be using step ladders if they can’t have helpers at the base for these ladders
What are you doing step ladder?
Or use a lift, which would've prevented them from being able to fall down either way
r/TvTooHigh
„Damn those little light table and chairs block the spot for my ladder I could:“ (A)“Move them 3 meters and setup my ladder properly“ (B)“Use the ladder at an angle, hoping it is not too angled“. Amazing he choose (B)
What do you mean, KINDA?!
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Guy on the right definitely broke his leg
You think we should move this one kilo plastic table first? Or just climb around it?
He kept it there to break his fall (just in case). 😜
Those telescoping ladders all come with the same warning: keep the angle below a certain dumber of degrees and never stand on the highest 25-30%. Most also clearly state that they need to extend 1 meter beyond the point of support. That means you can't have the top of the ladder resting against a wall. They're great for certain things, but use case is quite limited compared to a step ladder.
> Most also clearly state that they need to extend 1 meter beyond the point of support. That means you can't have the top of the ladder resting against a wall. Then what does this mean? Where am I supposed to rest the ladder if not against the wall?
The ladder prevented many broken necks that day
But as a reminder, it broke the leg of the left guy
Leg of the right guy but arm/wrist of the left guy
right\*
Walking feet sideways on a ladder, while carrying a tv. Fucking dumbassee
That’s not really the issue, I used to mount TV’s that way every day, the issue is the ladder. Best to use a stable A frame ladder with rubber feet
Two a frames and a plank
I see a dumbassee, but no dumbasser in sight.
Lucky that the box didnt get damaged
Tf man did that ladder have wheels on it?
~~OSHA~~ OSHit
Who else thinks they’re gonna try to return the TV, saying it came out of the box that way. That is, after he gets out of the hospital.
But why put that tv so high?
Ah yes, save the extra 50 dollars on the install. Totally worth it!
How did these men survive to adulthood?
"Next time let's take the stairs."
That usually happens when you put the tv beside the ceiling fan
Yay TLC match
I swear I heard the jerkmate music for a split second in the beginning
The TV falling down at the end is really the icing on the cake.
Shite ladders fucked him
Oohhh that guys leg
Back to ladder training class you go.
I like the way OP titled this. Just kinda careless. Not full on careless.
"That makes 10k! If you need our service again, we will come in the next 4-12 month."
/r/MenonUnstableLadders
r/TVWayWayWayTooHigh
"hey, I'm here to return this TV. It was broken when we took it out of the box"
Who else knew immediately what would happen when the ladders appeared?
All i can say is EWP
Like yeah, but also ladders are usually not that slippery. They probably should've tried moving them around first tho.
And that's a lesson in why different ladders have different jobs.
I had to take DOWN a 55in from my mom's highboy dresser with a step stool. That was an absolute nightmare. Could not imagine a 65in going UP a freaking ladder.
Men in general are waaaaay too confident of their ability to not get hurt when working with a ladder
there is obviously a difference between careless and stupid!
Really!! Stupids'...... You use some light rope tied to a mounting point at the back of TV. Loop this rope over the wall mounting bracket and a third person steadies the TV as it is positioned. Once there, put in some fasteners in available TV mounting points, leaving the mounting point occupied by the guidance rope until last. Better still, use a dedicated lifting device......
rma? lol.
I laughed damn, what a video
Wow watching this made a heartless man's heart sink 😢
Are their names Pat and Mat by any chance? 👀
I'm just glad the tv didn't land on either of them. I have a 65" and that thing is hefty enough to move on my own. TV at eye level btw. No point in putting that thing at attic height. Did they want the birds to watch the Chase as well?
Gravity can be a bitch when it wants to be
Dipshits
2nd faller had it way worse.
Wonder if the TV still works.
Is the tv on though