Loft Ladder

jrroxx · Post by **jrroxx** » Sat Nov 09, 2024 4:47 pm

Hi new on here hello all, so I need to know which width of combined folding wooden ladder I should purchase as my joists are just under 570mm. Can I purchase a 110 x545 ? Or if possible to find 570mm wide? Fortunately I dont need to worry about lenght I have a 24 year old house with roof truss type attic. Any advice welcome. Thankyou.

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Sat Nov 09, 2024 4:54 pm

If you go with the 545 it only needs an inch of packing. You could do this with ply or other man made board.

DWD

jrroxx · Post by **jrroxx** » Sat Nov 09, 2024 5:00 pm

Thankyou, I will order that size its a deluxe wooden ladder from BPS I like it due to having double hand rails as were both getting on

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Sat Nov 09, 2024 5:08 pm

I see the need for double rails, I am in that club too. But the double rail may impede you getting stuff up there so think of the box or crate sizes you intend to hump up.

DWD

jrroxx · Post by **jrroxx** » Sat Nov 09, 2024 5:36 pm

Ha Ha, bringing things down fortunately and of course the odd thing or to back up, no dead bodys though

Someone-Else · Post by **Someone-Else** » Sat Nov 09, 2024 6:37 pm

Just saying, we use a "3 way ladder" to get in/out of the loft, we use the "steps" as hand holds (it has no handrails) as handrails considerably reduce the hatch width, it's OK with the "Once a year tree" (Long and conical) but the boxes just fit through the hatch (with the ladder there) smaller boxes sound a better idea, but some things just won't fit in a small box.