DIYHD ASR 120" Home Office Library Stepladder Unfinished Pine Wood Ladder

Assembly was easy - under an hour. Like most of these projects, don’t fully tighten all screws until you have them all threaded to give you some play. With slight sand and a coat of stain, this gives me the look of a library ladder (I purchased wheels and track) for $2000 less. Would reccomend.

Well built, easy assembling

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 lackingWhat'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.

Found this wooden ladder kit for our overhead storage loft. Didn’t buy the rolling library ladder kit. Just plain vanilla loft ladder propped up against the wall.After looking for over 6 months - this ladder kit ticked all the boxes for me:+ solid wood (pine)+ unstained - I can apply my own finish+ perfect height+ sturdy feeling+ real pine smell vs mdf formaldehyde smell+ Good price for a wooden ladder.+ excellent option to just buy ladder itself and skip the library ladder mounting kit. Prior to finding this on amazon I had been considering paying $1000+ up for a full library ladder kit only to get the solid wood ladder. Great option by seller.Cons:- Included hardware is poor quality.- The hex screw threads are very easy to strip using a drill or impact driver. Tighten slowly with a hex ratchet.- Used my 12v milkwaukee fuel impact driver to install the screws. Stripped a few screws in the process - go gently- The predrilled holes for the 4 metal support rods were not big enough of the box. Had to enlarge the holes with a drill for proper fit and installation.- ladder feet need non skid rubber shoe. I plan on buying a set of rubber ladder shoes so it can better grip my hardware floor.- no instructions : wasn’t a fatal flaw as I was able to figure out the screw placement after counting the holes.- Also the routed grooves for the steps weren’t a flush fit. Had to use a rubber mallet to knock them into the routed grooves-resulting in some splintering at the connecting point. It’s a soft pine wood after all so beware of some splintering near the screws. Not end of the world...Bottom line : Despite my cons it’s still a very good value proposition given it’s so hard to find wooden ladders these days—especially for $200. Still a solid 4 stars.Highly recommended: just take care not to strip screws and be prepared to apply some tlc during assembly.

It's a nice ladder. Using for a tiny house loft. The machining wasn't the best... holes not a precise lineup to put in screws. I sanded and polyurethaned it.

I bought this ladder to use for a treehouse, saving me time in assembling my own. In full disclosure, I got it from Amazon Warehouse for $350. It is basically ok, with some of the following problems:1. 6 of the captive nuts were missing, so the included screws couldn't thread into them. I replaced these with stout lag bolts screwed directly into the pre-drilled holes. These seem great functionally but don't match the included hardware aesthetically (no big deal for a treehouse; probably not ideal for your library).2. The tension rods (threaded steel rod) were missing from the package. Conversely, the package included about a dozen extra screws and washers.3. Some of the steps were warped or otherwise ill fitting and required some force and finesse to get matched up to their notches during assembly.4. Some of the screw holes and or captive nuts seemed to be at "off" angles (i.e., not square to the joining surfaces) which again, complicated assembly.So, for the price, this ladder was bit disappointing. Now that it's assembled and attached to our treehouse, it feels sturdy enough, but future buyers should note its shortcomings.

Easy to assemble