Good attic ladder that's not Stira

DumbBrunette

Hi guys

We bought a house six months ago and the (old) attic ladder is already banjaxed. I'm wondering where to get a good replacement?

Stira is quite pricy - I would prefer to buy a stairs in a hardware store and have our handyman install it. Does anyone have any recommendations? Would a Woodies or Homebase one last for five or ten years at least? I'd prefer not to pay more than 250 quid for ladder plus installation.

Thanks so much

jack of all

I fitted an attic ladder in our own house nearly 20 years ago, it was made by this company:
https://www.dolle.eu/

Think I paid £100 (punt) for it at the time; I can't fault it and it has stood up to regular use. The few "Stira" branded attic ladders I've seen intalled seemed very light and overpriced.

dok_golf

I used these about 2 years ago. very professional
http://www.atticstairs.ie/contact

brianwalshcork

I fitted one from woodies around 10 years ago, it cost around €100, gets used 3-4 times a week and is still going strong.

Steve

I put in a woodies one 10 years ago and it's still good as new.

Probably use it once a week.

Sleeper12

Woodies used to do a few different quality attic stairs. The better ones had a rubber seal so it was air tight when closed.
As far as I remember the most expensive they had was around 300 Euro so most will be in your price bracket.

Jakey Rolling

Installed a Minka stair ladder (made in Austria) which I got for about €180 from Stakelums in Thurles.

Really pleased with it, the wooden folding ladder is much more solid than anything I've used before, and the hatch is very well sealed and has 70mm insulation built in (u-value 0.6)

Carlosthejakal

Homebase have a few different ones. Storage like one is about €130 but they have cheaper metal ones.

DumbBrunette

Thanks guys 😘

Sleepy

How difficult are these to install? The current access hatch is over the stairwell and not much use (couldn't even fit the christmas tree through it), have been thinking of putting one in over the landing instead and curious as to whether it's a job I could DIY or would I need to pay a chippy to do it?

Sleeper12

Sleepy wrote:

How difficult are these to install? The current access hatch is over the stairwell and not much use (couldn't even fit the christmas tree through it), have been thinking of putting one in over the landing instead and curious as to whether it's a job I could DIY or would I need to pay a chippy to do it?

It depends on your diy skills. You also need to know what you are doing when you are cutting any joists.

beertons

I fitted a Fakro attic ladder in mine. Much better quality than a Stira.

DumbBrunette

Thanks a mill guys