Investing In a Loft Ladder: The Advantages

If you need to, you can use a rigid ladder or stepladder to get up into your loft without having to use a loft ladder. Although that is true, Loft Ladders offer you a number of advantages over other ladder types.

THEY ARE CONVENIENT AND FUNCTIONAL

There are many reasons why buying a loft ladder is a good decision, but the first and foremost reason is convenience. Even if a ladder is perfect for the job, each trip up to the loft requires bringing it back down - a task that can be particularly exhausting if you discover you forgot something while you were up there. Moreover, even the smallest ladders inside your house can be tricky to manoeuvre inside, and they always pose the danger of bumping into things and breaking them. The risk is worth taking for bigger tasks like painting a room, but not for everyday tasks.

A loft ladder, on the other hand, allows you to quickly and easily access the loft and is not nearly as taxing on your strength - or your furniture for that matter. These ladders open up quickly and can be folded and stowed just as quickly. Furthermore, ladders up in your loft are usually better protected from the elements than ladders stored in sheds or garages, leaving them less susceptible to gradual wear and tear caused by rot and rust.

LADDERS ARE SAFER IN THE LOFT

A loft ladder's greatest advantage is that it's easy to use, and it's much more stable. Because hatch doors are often heavy, accessing your loft can sometimes be a risky act. You will want something that offers you maximum safety while doing so. A rigid ladder demands a lot of trial and error every time you set it up; resting points or angles that you think are safe can turn out to be untrue at the worst possible time - or the ladder could slip on the ground. Despite the fact that the general-purpose Little Giant Ladder can serve a wide variety of purposes, if you're looking for maximum safety, you should use loft ladders that are designed for the very purposes and context for which they were designed.

ALTERNATIVE BENEFITS

Installing a loft ladder can save you time when you have tradespeople around when you have utilities in the loft, such as a boiler or meter. Gas and electric company employees are within their rights to refuse to climb ladders they deem unsafe on their own health and safety grounds, leaving you to figure out how to get them up to the loft to read your meter. As we mentioned above, loft ladders are specifically designed to address many of these problems.

As a bonus, loft ladders allow you to make better use of your loft space by making it easier for you to get up there by providing increased convenience. By doing this, you open up a range of possibilities, particularly in terms of storage, since Christmas decorations and other holiday decorations can be kept out of sight for the rest of the year.

Our wooden loft ladders and aluminum loft ladders are both available at Ladder Store Co, so no matter which one you prefer, we've got you covered. Do not forget to inspect your ladders regularly to ensure that they are safe to use!