Loft ladder installation

abtmay

ormus wrote: »

simply remove the frame stops.
(you can place them on the other/upper side of the trap door if required).

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/WOODWORKING_MAKING_A_LOFT_HATCH.htm

Thanks for this info, but what is a stringer?

knowloads

For about £70 you can ger a complete spring loaded wooden ladder with hatch that is the same width as the joists (worth measuring first). Simple to fit you just need a hand getting it up there, load from the top onto a couple (OK 4) of 2x1 blocks screwed to the underside of the joist, hanging over.
There seems to be a general 'Cheap as Chips' theme on this forum, but some things are just better if you spend a bit more. A £30 one will not be so good I think Ormus

ormus

270372276107 ebay item number
youngman loft ladder £27.50 new. trade supplier.

just google youngman loft ladders. hundreds of em for less than 40/50 quid.

not so good?

kevsan

abtmay wrote: »

I would need a ladder to access the loft hatch (can't reach)

I use a stool, and push the hatch in a pull down the ladder. for that 30 seconds inconvenience it seems a no brainer to me.

ormus

maybe its just me. but i dont see the point in spending lots of dosh on a (posher?) ladder that i will use maybe say 3 or 6 times in a year?

i thought this site was called MSE?

abtmay

knowloads wrote: »

For about £70 you can ger a complete spring loaded wooden ladder with hatch that is the same width as the joists (worth measuring first). Simple to fit you just need a hand getting it up there, load from the top onto a couple (OK 4) of 2x1 blocks screwed to the underside of the joist, hanging over.
There seems to be a general 'Cheap as Chips' theme on this forum, but some things are just better if you spend a bit more. A £30 one will not be so good I think Ormus

where do you get those prices from? Most , if not all the wooden ladders costs at least £90:o