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 ...

For any homeowner with an attic, the value of the extra space cannot be quantified. Whether you have filled it to the brim with old holiday decorations and boxes of baby clothes or you're in the ...

Q. In order to paint around all sides of the upper window frames on my two-story house, I find I have nowhere to place my ladder except directly on top of one of the windows. Resting the ladder ...

Have you looked at ladders lately? They sure have changed. It used to be that there were stepladders and extension ladders. Now there are wild-looking ladders that do all sorts of things. But you ...