How Much Does It Cost To Fit a Loft Ladder or Hatch?
Cost to Fit a Loft Ladder/Hatch
| job | Description | labour |
| 1 | Fitting a loft ladder without altering the hatch will take a chap half a day which should include collecting the new ladder. | £100 |
| Plus materials etc. for jobs 1&2 | £40 | |
| 2 | Hinging the cover and then fitting a ladder, (assuming the cover is suitable), this should still only take him his half day plus a hinge kit. | £150 |
| 3 | Enlarging the hatch and fitting a proprietary hatch and wooden ladder assembly. 1 man 1.5 days. | £275 |
| Plus materials etc. for the above | £160 |
Information Sheet on Fitting a Loft Ladder
The primary function of all loft ladders is to either mash (wooden ladders), or remove the tops of (metal ladders), your fingers. The only exception to this rule is for concertina type ladders, which perform both operations with consummate ease.
Sometimes, you even manage to get into the loft!
However, if we are to store the cat box and our Christmas decorations out of harm’s way, we do need access to the loft and frequent visitors up there, fed up with hoiking the ladder out of the shed all the time, usually resort to getting a permanent ladder fixed.
There are 3 ways of doing this.
Leave the existing hatch as it is and fit a ladder.
Adapt the hatch cover to hinge downwards and then fit a ladder.
Fit an integral hatch and ladder assembly.
The first 2 processes require enough room for the new ladder to swing out of the loft and settle nicely on the landing.
The third process usually means an enlarged loft hatch.
FAQs 'traffic light' guide
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What's easy about this job…
Open or CloseSimple carpentry work.
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What's tricky about this job…
Open or CloseGetting the loft emptied by the customer.
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