Ladder footing apparatus

A combination of a ladder footing apparatus, a ladder, a first vertical wall structure and a stabilizer piece, wherein said ladder footing apparatus is configured to support the ladder, the combination comprising:

• said ladder having a set of spaced apart side rails directly connected by a plurality of parallel spaced apart ladder rungs, the ladder having a bottom end and a top end, wherein the top end rests against the first vertical wall structure as a major length of the side rails extends angularly away from the vertical wall structure so that the bottom end of the ladder is configured to be supported on a rest surface at a position spaced away from the vertical wall structure;
• said ladder footing apparatus comprising a major length of a telescoping handle having a first end and a second opposite end configured to extend and retract with respect to each other along the major length of the handle, a substantially rigid plate of a pad member supported by the second end of the elongated handle by a pivot mechanism, said pivot mechanism having a major length of a pivot pin extending substantially orthogonal to a major length of a rod having an aperture in which the pivot pin extends through, a hook member having a U-shaped hook with an opening configured to receive and engage a lower rung of the plurality of rungs of the ladder, wherein the hook member is supported on the first end by way of a base piece providing an auxiliary step configured to be stepped upon by a user, and wherein the pad member is configured to removably slide into the stabilizer piece in order to selectively move the pad member between a first position and a second position, wherein the first position is when the pad member is supported in the stabilizer piece at a spaced height above the rest surface, and the second position is when the pad member is supported by a second vertical wall structure at a second spaced height above the rest surface;
• said stabilizer piece having a horizontal top bar, opposed end flanges that define an open slot configured to slidably receive and secure opposite edges of the rigid plate therein, and at least one leg directly connected substantially orthogonally to the horizontal top bar so that the at least one leg is configured to penetrate into the rest surface in order to secure the stabilizer piece into a vertical position allowing the rigid plate to be secured in the open slot a spaced distance above of the rest surface;
• wherein the bottom end of the ladder is positioned between, and spaced apart from, the first vertical wall structure and the stabilizer piece, and the ladder footing apparatus is directly connecting the lower rung of the ladder to the stabilizer piece in order to provide resistance against movement of the ladder in a direction away from the first vertical wall structure which is towards the stabilizer piece.