How to make a ladder with your own hands?

Wooden ladder ladder is a very important and extremely necessary thing inlife of any private house, cottage, country cottage. Without it, there is no way to do repair, construction, landscaping. Of course, you can buy a metal staircase, but it is much more expensive than woodwork. In many cases, the best way to solve the problem will be the manufacture and installation of an add-on model. If you choose the right materials, understand how to make a ladder with your own hands, follow the technology, it will be quite easy to implement the venture.

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Strengths and weaknesses of wood

As a rule, wooden stairs are made from softwood. The most popular in this case is the pine. There are certain requirements to the wooden beams, observance of which will make it possible to make a qualitative ladder and to prolong the period of its operation:

• The ladder with its own hands made of wood is made of flat beams. They should not have cracks, knots, slanting.
• The selection of the material directly depends on the height of the ladder or ladder to be made. If the design is planned at least three meters, then the masters recommend choosing bars for it with a section of 40x50 mm. If the ladder is higher, then 40X80 mm. The price of the latest building materials is almost half as large, but the staircase will also be stronger.

Important! Stair steps are also made from coniferous tree species. Masters usually choose for them a bar section of approximately 35x40 mm.

• Before proceeding with the construction work, it is necessary to treat the beams with an antiseptic solution. On the purchase of this drug is better not to save, because processed antiseptic ladder will serve you significantly longer.

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Design features of

First you need to understand the design features and understand the basic requirements that are imposed on the ladders. In fact, this is the simplest type of products, and therefore making them with your own hands will be quite easy:

• The design is two long bars that connect with each other using step-rails.

Important! If you make two ladders and connect them together, you will get a stepladder.

• Supporting side beams are called strings - they are the support of the whole structure and fasten the crossbeams. The latter can be made in the form of slats of the same or slightly smaller cross-section, and also additionally strengthen the steps on them for greater convenience.

Important! Calculate the length of the side elements for the ladder can be as follows: measure the height you want the product and add to this figure 30 cm It should be noted that for wooden products the maximum height is 5 meters. On average, the step steps are 25-30 cm. In order to determine their number, the length of the bowstring needs to be divided by the distance between the bars.

For the manufacture of a solid construction, a binding is mandatory. They are metal bolts that are installed in three to four places, depending on the size of the structure: under the lower and upper crossbeams, and also in the middle.

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Required tools and materials

In order to make a ladder with your own hands, you will need a certain set of materials and tools. First of all, it is necessary to prepare the following:

• Hammer.
• Ax.
• Chisel and chisel.
• Hacksaw.
• Screwdrivers.
• Plane.

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Step-by-step instruction for the manufacture of wooden stairs

Perhaps our tips will be too broadly outlined, but we prepared this manual for beginners, who first took up tools and for the first time tried to make an attached wooden staircase with their own hands.

Manufacture of support beams( stairs of a ladder)

They should be the same length, for example, exactly five meters:

1. Cut a piece of wood at one end of each string to create a better grip on the ground - this will be the bottom of the ladder.
2. Now lay two beams on a flat surface so that there is a distance of approximately 65 cm between their lower ends( the width of the ladder is from below), and between the top about 40 cm.

Important! It will be better to fix in this position the bowstring in any convenient way.

Make a "jag":

1. Step back from the bottom of the ladder about 49 cm.
2. Apply cross marks to the wooden beams every 30 cm - this will be the frequency of the installed steps.
3. Next, just make the marks on the marks to a depth of 2 cm.
4. Above the mark( 5 cm), place the chisel at an angle of 30 degrees with the blade pointing to the mark.
5. Little by little, slaughter the blade so that it cuts off a piece of wood, forming a small step in place of the mark.
6. So it is necessary to do with all the tags on the string.

Important! It is desirable to treat grooves with paintwork in order to protect the product from corrosion.

We make the steps of

You will need wooden blocks of about 60 cm long( then we'll cut off excess bars in the upper part of the staircase), with sides about 40X25 mm.

Cut them with a hacksaw.

Important! These steps should be about 15 pieces for a 5 m high construction.

We install the steps of the ladder:

1. The step is inserted into the groove we made on the string, screwed with a screw or nailed to the main beam.
2. So it is necessary to do with all the sawn steps.
3. After that, on each side, cut off excess timber, because the staircase tapers to the top, and the 60 cm long bars will necessarily be larger than the width of the ladder.

We install the couplers

If you want to install them, then it is necessary: ​​

1. In the string, under the upper and lower step, drill 2 through holes with a diameter of 10 mm.
2. Insert the studs, put on the washer and screw on top 2 nuts, which must be tightened with each other with keys.

Important! The requirements for attached wooden staircases can be different, but many still prefer to wear the so-called "safety shoes".These are rubber pads on the lower legs of the product. They prevent sliding on wet and hard surfaces, thereby ensuring the safety of the builder.

Finishing

Now you can assume that you yourself made a ladder made of wood. It remains to simply sand it with sandpaper, and you can do a production test.

Important! If the angle of use of the ladder is too large, then it is necessary to use safety hooks. It can be a hook from the metal to the uppermost step.

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Protective machining of the ladder from the wood

Although the product has a good appearance and strength, however, it will not last long if it is not protected by anticorrosive mixtures. After a few months, bacteria begin to penetrate into the fibers and cause rotting wood, which can significantly reduce its strength and durability.

In order for the attached wooden ladder to serve its owner as long as possible, it should be treated with deep impregnations and topped with varnish. A simple algorithm for implementing this task is as follows:

1. Open the product with a thin layer of impregnation. Wait for about 1-2 hours until the material dries slightly.
2. Open the second layer of impregnation, wait another 2 hours.
3. Open with a varnish for the most neat appearance. The varnish gives shine.
4. Allow to stand for about a day and only after that you can use the ladder for the purpose.

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Useful advices for the manufacture of wooden stairs

We recommend you to read these simple, but at the same time, useful tips for assembling the wooden ladder that will help to avoid the basic mistakes of beginners. Following the recommendations how to make a ladder with your own hands without errors, you will be able to assemble a beautiful and reliable construction the first time, regardless of your skills in construction:

• The recommended height of the structure is no more than 5 meters with a beam height of no more than 70 mm. It is undesirable to do too high a ladder without a special need, because its weight will be about 25 kg when dry, and it will be difficult to wear it.
• To use the design in the garden "rubber shoe" is better to replace the "pin", which is pushed into the ground.
• The place for fastening the steps to the string should be opened by anticorrosive impregnation before the steps are installed, because the general processing of the ladder can not then reach that place.
• All parts must be without chips and cracks - they reduce the reliability of the design.
• It should be ensured that the staircase layout is "mirror".Do not allow labels to be at different heights. In advance, put all the steps in their place and make sure that everything is smooth.

Ladder - this is a very necessary item in any farm, so learn how to do it for no host will not be superfluous. In this article, we presented the simplest and most affordable option for you to make a wooden ladder with your own hands, which even the beginner will be able to do.