Tall Stepladder Recommendations

Feb 15, 2012 2 Replies

Hiya and thanks for reading this.



Any info/experiences/recommendations you have are very welcome.



Briefly, I recently took a fall of some rather rickety 7 step stepladders. Busted wrist and elbow, my own fault I know.



These steps (unbranded!) have been really handy since the house is all vaulted ceilings. That said, they are extremely lightweight and the aluminum they're pressed from has deformed with use. Ergo their current instability.



Anyone bought/got/use tall steps they can recommend?



I had a look at some Titan ones in a local store. Since they were so lighweight I could pick 'em up with one hand I didn't think they were suitable.



I'm inclined (don't know why) towards the brand Youngmans. Again anyone with knowledge of this make, your input is welcomed.



Ta for reading again and for you input.



Take care - Chris



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How heavy are you? Domestic ladders only have a 95kg duty rating, with a maximum static load (msl) of 125kg. EN 131 ladders are 115kg duty rating (msl 150kg), while Class 1 ladders are 130kg duty rating (msl 175kg). Duty rating is a concept from a now replaced British Standard but, IMO, is a better indicator of the safe working load of a ladder under working conditions than the maximum static load.

A good reliable make IME.

Colin Bignell

In our amateur theatre we had a Youngmans - it didn't last long. It's been replaced by one by Zarges - a Skymaster. These are German and very solidly built, but not over heavy. These are almost standard equipment in the theatrical business.

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will show you the sizes available. I bought ours through Flint Hire and Supply
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, but I'm sure you can find a local supplier, although ours was delivered direct from Zarges.

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