Ladders A Brief Guide
If you need to get a ladders for a particular task, you might want to know more about ladders in general. This might help in your choosing the right ladder for the job. The rigid ladder is often the ladder type used for most tasks. Rigid ladders come in many varieties, from the fixed to the roof ladders. The fixed ladder is the most plain of these and has no moving parts. Extension ladders are composed of two ladders where one nests in the other for easy storage. Step ladders are joined by a hinge at the top of its inverted V form. The one with a platform is naturally called the platform step ladder. Ladders that have hooks to firmly set them locked on the roof are called roof ladders. Aluminium is the preferred material for ladders, except those used for electrical work, for which fibreglass ladders are used.
