You will encounter a little difficulty in the shifting of your riggings from the ground when you are working on steel stacks with brick linings. In fact, you will save time by not trying to shift from the ground. If the brick extends all the way to the top, you will have to have a hook large enough to spread over the steel and brick.
It is wise to go to the top, whether you have to tow it over fresh paint or not. In doing this you have your helper walk out some fifteen or twenty feet. You then place your legs around the fall line; after this is done both you and your helper pull together.
In this movement you are going up backwards with your back towards the stack, until about half way up; then turn with your face towards the stack. Daub the tips of your shoes with paint; this helps to cover up the prints of your shoes on the fresh paint. If you do not comply with this rule, the print of your shoes on the fresh paint will look from the ground as if those spots had never been painted, and would tend to leave a bad impression as to your workmanship with the man for whom you are doing this work. Neat and impressive work draws more returns. On reaching the top an equal size hook is required, as aforesaid, with the sling, afterward having your helper take the fall line over the guy wires and you are ready to do another set.