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yep happy with the price, I will most defo buy decent first time round.
Just looked at the installation PDF for both ladder and door, looks relatively easy to me; will order and see.
Of course now that I've said that once I actually get into the loft to install the roof would collapse or something
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Just don't put your foot through the plasterboard. I've never done it but I don't do much loft work. Normally you lose your balance on the joist and fall onto the plasterboard, might be worth getting a few pieces of ply/chipboard up there to stand/kneel on. I wouldn't worry about breaking the joists though, they flex a lot before they break.
Airhead
Quality is not cheap. If you go the other route you have a piece of plywood insulating your loft with a reasonable gap all around it. Loft doors almost always get covered with grubby handprints too. The diesel fumes collect in the loft and it gets all over the place when you get things in and out.
If you overheat in the summer, try lifting the loft hatch out. Makes for brilliant ghetto air-conditioning.
Down side with the thick loft door is it will be in the way when you're using the loft ladder.