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Loft ladder - limited height in loft and small hatch
I've been asked to fit a loft ladder for someone who has a hatch 65cm square and limited height in the loft of 65cm to store the ladder.
Looks like we need a concertina one or a telescopic one. Anyone any experience of telescopic ones? They seem to be about £200. I reckon concertina ones aren't as good as they tend to bounce up and down as you use them which can be unnerving! |
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Murmansk writes I've been asked to fit a loft ladder for someone who has a hatch 65cm square and limited height in the loft of 65cm to store the ladder. Looks like we need a concertina one or a telescopic one. Anyone any experience of telescopic ones? They seem to be about £200. I reckon concertina ones aren't as good as they tend to bounce up and down as you use them which can be unnerving! Seems reasonable sort of space. Ours is telescopic It pivots flat as you push it up into the loft so no great height needed. -- bert |
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On 14/02/2020 14:19, Murmansk wrote:
I've been asked to fit a loft ladder for someone who has a hatch 65cm square and limited height in the loft of 65cm to store the ladder. Looks like we need a concertina one or a telescopic one. Anyone any experience of telescopic ones? They seem to be about £200. I reckon concertina ones aren't as good as they tend to bounce up and down as you use them which can be unnerving! I've climbed hundreds of loft ladders. With no prior knowledge of their safety I always bounce up and down and sway about violently whilst still on a low rung. Bill |
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I have a concertina one, had it for over 20 years. Still OK but at first I
was a bit distrustful since it does feel squishy even with the catches engaged. I would say though that you need quite a bit of effort to concertina it and hook it back in the right place or it can come and hit you on the head. However I guess if its only going to be used by fit tradesmen or whatever its fine. Lofts are filthy places, so no matter what you do just opening the hatch filed the landing with grit dead spiders and almost anything else it seems. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Murmansk" wrote in message ... I've been asked to fit a loft ladder for someone who has a hatch 65cm square and limited height in the loft of 65cm to store the ladder. Looks like we need a concertina one or a telescopic one. Anyone any experience of telescopic ones? They seem to be about £200. I reckon concertina ones aren't as good as they tend to bounce up and down as you use them which can be unnerving! |
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On 14/02/2020 15:02, williamwright wrote:
On 14/02/2020 14:19, Murmansk wrote: I've been asked to fit a loft ladder for someone who has a hatch 65cm square and limited height in the loft of 65cm to store the ladder. Looks like we need a concertina one or a telescopic one. Anyone any experience of telescopic ones? They seem to be about £200. I reckon concertina ones aren't as good as they tend to bounce up and down as you use them which can be unnerving! I've climbed hundreds of loft ladders. With no prior knowledge of their safety I always bounce up and down and sway about violently whilst still on a low rung. Bill Which part of your anatomy is doing that though ?. |
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Murmansk wrote:
I've been asked to fit a loft ladder for someone who has a hatch 65cm square and limited height in the loft of 65cm to store the ladder. Looks like we need a concertina one or a telescopic one. Anyone any experience of telescopic ones? They seem to be about £200. I reckon concertina ones aren't as good as they tend to bounce up and down as you use them which can be unnerving! Mine is a sliding 3-section aluminium, it pivots flat as it raises through the hatch, don't suppose it exceeds 65cm height (don't think I've ever been in loft with the ladder "up" though), provided you have the room for it to lay more or less flat |
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"Andy Burns" wrote in message
... Murmansk wrote: I've been asked to fit a loft ladder for someone who has a hatch 65cm square and limited height in the loft of 65cm to store the ladder. Looks like we need a concertina one or a telescopic one. Anyone any experience of telescopic ones? They seem to be about £200. I reckon concertina ones aren't as good as they tend to bounce up and down as you use them which can be unnerving! Mine is a sliding 3-section aluminium, it pivots flat as it raises through the hatch, don't suppose it exceeds 65cm height (don't think I've ever been in loft with the ladder "up" though), provided you have the room for it to lay more or less flat Is 65 cm the maximum storage height or the maximum headroom? Many ladders need to extend vertically above the hatch by almost the length of one section as they are being pushed up, before then pivoting so they are horizontal. |
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On 14/02/2020 15:55, Andrew wrote:
On 14/02/2020 15:02, williamwright wrote: On 14/02/2020 14:19, Murmansk wrote: I've been asked to fit a loft ladder for someone who has a hatch 65cm square and limited height in the loft of 65cm to store the ladder. Looks like we need a concertina one or a telescopic one. Anyone any experience of telescopic ones? They seem to be about £200. I reckon concertina ones aren't as good as they tend to bounce up and down as you use them which can be unnerving! I've climbed hundreds of loft ladders. With no prior knowledge of their safety I always bounce up and down and sway about violently whilst still on a low rung. Bill Which part of yourÂ* anatomy is doing that though ?. All of it, in perfect and elegant synchronisation. Bill |
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Is 65 cm the maximum storage height or the maximum headroom? Many ladders
need to extend vertically above the hatch by almost the length of one section as they are being pushed up, before then pivoting so they are horizontal. 65cm is the space between the floor of the loft and the beam above, having looked at the spec of ordinary 3 part loft ladders they need 75cm of headroom but once fully parked they probably only take up about 30cm in height. |
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"Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)" wrote in message ... I have a concertina one, had it for over 20 years. Still OK but at first I was a bit distrustful since it does feel squishy even with the catches engaged. I would say though that you need quite a bit of effort to concertina it and hook it back in the right place or it can come and hit you on the head. However I guess if its only going to be used by fit tradesmen or whatever its fine. Lofts are filthy places, so no matter what you do just opening the hatch filed the landing with grit dead spiders and almost anything else it seems. I'd be surprised if an elephant or unicorn dropped out. "Murmansk" wrote in message ... I've been asked to fit a loft ladder for someone who has a hatch 65cm square and limited height in the loft of 65cm to store the ladder. Looks like we need a concertina one or a telescopic one. Anyone any experience of telescopic ones? They seem to be about £200. I reckon concertina ones aren't as good as they tend to bounce up and down as you use them which can be unnerving! |
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On 14/02/2020 18:15, Andy Burns wrote:
Murmansk wrote: I've been asked to fit a loft ladder for someone who has a hatch 65cm square and limited height in the loft of 65cm to store the ladder. Looks like we need a concertina one or a telescopic one. Anyone any experience of telescopic ones? They seem to be about £200. I reckon concertina ones aren't as good as they tend to bounce up and down as you use them which can be unnerving! Mine is a sliding 3-section aluminium, it pivots flat as it raises through the hatch, don't suppose it exceeds 65cm height (don't think I've ever been in loft with the ladder "up" though), provided you have the room for it to lay more or less flat Ditto here. Works well. -- "I guess a rattlesnake ain't risponsible fer bein' a rattlesnake, but ah puts mah heel on um jess the same if'n I catches him around mah chillun". |
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On 14/02/2020 18:38, NY wrote:
"Andy Burns" wrote in message ... Murmansk wrote: I've been asked to fit a loft ladder for someone who has a hatch 65cm square and limited height in the loft of 65cm to store the ladder. Looks like we need a concertina one or a telescopic one. Anyone any experience of telescopic ones? They seem to be about £200. I reckon concertina ones aren't as good as they tend to bounce up and down as you use them which can be unnerving! Mine is a sliding 3-section aluminium, it pivots flat as it raises through the hatch, don't suppose it exceeds 65cm height (don't think I've ever been in loft with the ladder "up" though), provided you have the room for it to lay more or less flat Is 65 cm the maximum storage height or the maximum headroom? Many ladders need to extend vertically above the hatch by almost the length of one section as they are being pushed up, before then pivoting so they are horizontal. Not the one I have. the three sections drop down and then are extended. Ther headroom is just to allow them to be rotated up through the hatch 65cm is a bit optimistic. Id say 800mm -- Future generations will wonder in bemused amazement that the early twenty-first centurys developed world went into hysterical panic over a globally average temperature increase of a few tenths of a degree, and, on the basis of gross exaggerations of highly uncertain computer projections combined into implausible chains of inference, proceeded to contemplate a rollback of the industrial age. Richard Lindzen |
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On Friday, 14 February 2020 15:02:54 UTC, williamwright wrote:
On 14/02/2020 14:19, Murmansk wrote: I've been asked to fit a loft ladder for someone who has a hatch 65cm square and limited height in the loft of 65cm to store the ladder. Looks like we need a concertina one or a telescopic one. Anyone any experience of telescopic ones? They seem to be about £200. I reckon concertina ones aren't as good as they tend to bounce up and down as you use them which can be unnerving! I've climbed hundreds of loft ladders. With no prior knowledge of their safety I always bounce up and down and sway about violently whilst still on a low rung. Bill Even ones that seem fine when stood on can still turn out to be a total hazard. |
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Lonely Auto-contradicting Psychotic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert! LOL
On Sat, 15 Feb 2020 13:55:04 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: tradesmen or whatever its fine. Lofts are filthy places, so no matter what you do just opening the hatch filed the landing with grit dead spiders and almost anything else it seems. I'd be surprised if an elephant or unicorn dropped out. Does nobody realize what's the matter with this Arsetralian arsehole? tsk -- Bill Wright to Rot Speed: "That confirms my opinion that you are a despicable little ****." MID: |
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