Dear Kristin: People most often use step ladders to get up into the attic, but they are not very sturdy — especially when you have your arms full of stuff. The opening through the ceiling is often too ...

Every household needs a step ladder. If you don’t own one, you probably stand on a chair regularly to grab hard-to-reach items in your home. This is inefficient as well as unsafe. Step ladders are ...

The invention of ladders has been traced back at least 10,000 years, to a primitive cave painting in Spain. The ladder is a tool of man – so basic in nature – that it most likely took shape along with ...