DIYHD 87" Knotty Pine Wood Sliding Library Ladder Rolling Ladder NIU#1

Good sturdy ladder, easy enough to put together even for someone without much experience in diy projects. Make sure to tighten the tension rods correctly so ladder stays flat. It comes in natural wood ready to stain or paint.

This ladder is amazing. It was delivered in great condition and went together well - all the parts were there and directions were clear. It's very sturdy and will be used to reach the bed loft in a tiny house. Our builder shaved off the legs a bit so we could lean the ladder out a bit further - it's now at an angle that's less steep and more comfortable for older people to use. He also build a sort of lip on reverse side of ladder - at top. It hangs over a sort of lower lip that's nailed along floor of loft. The ladder won't move once you've hooked it in. The hand holds that are built into the ladder are perfect and give you a place to hold on to all the way to the top. The ladder can be lifted off the lip when not using it and stored against the wall. We build a 16" barrier wall at top of loft - a picket fence look that leaves an opening for the ladder. Our ladder is up against the wall, so we put a grab bar on the wall at the top of ladder; it's to the right of ladder and is something to hold on to while hoisting yourself into the loft. The post of the picket fence barrier serves as another hand hold for stability.

Nice product, however lacks quality control and finishing touches. Lots of rough edges and splintering holes. The tension rod holes were too small for the hardware and needed to be drilled out. Do yourself a favor cleanup/drillout the holes as needed, as well as sand down the components. I would also recommend using wood glue on all of the stair tread connections to help keep the ladder solid overtime. Overall, it took about 45 min to assemble. Even with the slight issues listed. I would purchase this again for the price.

Works great, easy to assemble and all parts are included. Bought for my children, but holds my weight (240#) with no complaints. We painted all the wood white before assembling and it looks amazing with the well finished black hardware. Had a minor issue with one piece of wood, but seller handled quickly with no questions asked.

I'm an engineer and pretty handy, and needed 2 loft ladders. I read the reviews and bought them as they met my requirements and didn't have time to make my own. Here's the good: The look and feel nice and it's the wood quality is reasonable (not top but good for a nice looking ladder) The cost isn't exorbitant and is reasonably priced for a high quality loft ladder but their quality is seriously lacking What's not good: There are no instructions. Not in English nor in Chinese (where it's made) The manufacturing quality is very poor. - The steps should sit in the side slots firmly. Some do, some don't. - The screw holes in each step are not in the same place on every step, so there is irregularity between the different steps how far each step stick out in the front or back. - There is a chance that these ladders could be dangerous if improperly put together through no fault of the assembler, in particular if screws can't be properly sunk, or the treads are not fully engaged in the slot. -As you can see in the first picture, many of the screw insets (basically the nuts that they implanted into each step to receive the screw from the ladder size) are clogged up with wood when they were pressed into each ladder step. This is a root cause of many of the complaints listed in reviews here. - The screws use a 4 mm hex head and deforms easily if they encounter much resistance. If that happens you can screw the fastener in by using pliers. Overall the manufacturing is sloppy at best, and not typical of what you'd get from a domestic built product. ****YOU NEED TO DO THE FOLLOWING BEFORE ASSEMBLING THE LADDER**** Check each hole to see if there is wood in it. If there is wood in it, get a small drill bit that just fits in it (1/8" works) and use it to MANUALLY clean the wood out of the hole. Once you've checked all the holes and cleaned them out, you need to manually (or if you have a 4mm driver you can put in a drill second picture) run a screw in about 2/3 the way then back out until the screw moves in and out freely. Finally, you need to look at the side pieces of the ladder (3rd picture) and make sure that you clean all the chaff from the holes. If you don't you can again clog up the screws. Assembling the ladder should be easy, but their manufacturing tolerances make that difficult. One trick I found when the holes and slots for each tread were slightly misalligned was to slightly tighten each step on 1 side, then if the tread and slot didn't line up, use a utility knife to gently slice between the 2, creating a slight angle to all the tread to slip into the slot. As someone who has engineered and fielded scores of products for companies you've probably heard or / bought their products, it's clear It would be very easy for this manufacturer to tighten up their specifications and quality control / assurance program, to have an excellent, well manufactured product that could likely be assembled by most anyone in about 30 minutes with no hassles. They need at least "IKEA--like" pictograms on how this goes toghether. They need manufacturing tolerances that put the holes in the slots in the exact same place every time, and the holes in the end of each tread in the exact same place every time so the treads line up exactly. I'd be happy to re-review and upgrade this product if they make some improvements, possibly 5 stars in each area. They have the basis for an excellent product, but if they worked for me, I would fire their manufacturing supervisors an quality staff. Seriously. Read my other reviews, I'm uber positive on high quality products, and brutal on products that could easily do much better but offer little value or faulty production such as this ladder.

Solid and steady. We'll made.

I’m handy enough to build one of these but at their prices it would be tough to beat. It is a really well made ladder and my grandkids love it. Very easy to put together and I put on 3 coats of varnish. Looks great also.

The kit was easy to assemble and allowed me to build the bookcase of my dreams. I got the wheels for it and two lengths of bar track, built a 6-foot-wide by 10-foot-high bookcase from red oak, and finished both bookcase and ladder to match in mahogany gel stain. It's quite sturdy and glides smoothly with or without a person's weight. I couldn't be happier.

I took the time to do proper prep work including reaming out existing holes, sanding and using a utility knife to clean any splinters where the steps would be inserted and applying 3 coats of Polyurethane. The railing hardware to hang the ladder is also of great quality. Very happy with this configuration.

Easy to assemble