Built by tradespeople. For tradespeople.

Low man. Overhead work. Every time.

Foot goes down, work stays up, shoulders stay strong — like an overzealous structural steel stud engineering student in an earthquake zone.

No hard hat required. Knees will thank you later.

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Mascot coming soon.
He's still on the job site.

The Man Behind The Tool

Built from a bad day on the job.

John Wagner spent enough years overhead — running wire, hanging pipe, strapping duct — to know exactly what that position costs you. Not just your time. Your shoulders. Your back. Your career.

The EasyRiser didn't come from an engineering lab. It came from a job site, a sore neck, and a stubborn Newfoundlander who figured there had to be a better way.

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Anybody that actually gets their hands on this thing isn't going to want to give it up — and they're going to be damn proud of how obnoxious it is. This thing will save somebody a week's worth of wages. Per floor.

— John Wagner, Tradesperson & Inventor

Sound Familiar?

Yeah. We thought so.

The Daily Grind

  • Arms above your head more hours than not
  • Neck craned so far back you're basically looking backwards
  • Ladder rungs imprinted on your boots from standing still
  • Counted your ceiling tiles more than your paycheques

The Long Career

  • Shoulders that tell you when it's going to rain
  • Chiropractor on speed dial — and he knows your order
  • Figured this was just 'part of the job'
  • Watched a greenhorn get hurt doing what you've done a thousand times

The Retirement Plan

  • Quietly hoping the overhead work slows down before your body does
  • Told a younger guy to be careful without explaining why
  • Know someone who had to quit early from the strain
  • Still show up every day because that's what you do

If you checked any box — even mentally — this tool was built for you.

The Tool

The LoreTotem Flagship

Made in Newfoundland

Foot-actuated. No hands. No bending down. No losing your place on the ceiling. One stomp and you're at chest height — right where you need to be.

Built for the trades that spend their days working overhead: electricians, plumbers, pipefitters, HVAC, drywall, general construction. If your arms go up, this goes with you.

Foot-ActuatedBoth hands stay on the job
Chest HeightWhere your work belongs
All TradesElectricians, plumbers, HVAC & more
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Product photo coming soon.
It's still being tested on an actual job site.

The Contest

Show us your overhead.

Two tracks. Real prizes. No hard hat required.

⭐ Featured Track

Field Use — The Real Deal

Use the EasyRiser on a real job site. Show us the before, the during, the after. Tell us what it did for your day. Best real-world submission wins.

  • Any trade welcome
  • Video or written submission
  • Judged on real-world impact
🔥 Most Viral

Funny Business — Make 'Em Howl

Job site humour is a second language out here. Make the funniest video featuring the tool and watch your crew lose it. The internet will decide the winner.

  • Keep it job-site appropriate (mostly)
  • Judged by shares & laughs
  • No hard hats required for the bit

How to Enter

01Get the tool when it drops
02Use it on an actual job site
03Film it (or just write about it)
04Submit for your shot at the prize
🏆Grand PrizeTBA
📣Viral PickMost Shared
👷Crew PrizeTeam Submission

Contest opens when the first units ship. Get on the list to know first.

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Why It Matters

The numbers don't lie.

$15K–$30K
Average cost of a single rotator cuff surgery — and that's before the rehab, the time off, and the years of not being able to do your job the way you want to.
80–120×
Times per shift a tradesperson in overhead work transitions from waist-level to ceiling-level. That's not a posture problem. That's a workflow problem.
8–10 yrs
How much earlier tradespeople in overhead-heavy roles leave the industry compared to their peers. That's a decade of experience walking out the door.
The EasyRiser doesn't ask you to work differently. It just stops the ceiling from being the enemy.
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