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Yep, it's relatively flimsy but for something that gets used once a month it's fine. If I was going up every few days I'd have looked at something more sturdy.
The clearance issue I had wasn't that there wasn't enough horizontal space for a ladder to sit up there, it was that there wasn't enough roof clearance. The bigger ladders push up and swing around so you need an arc of vertical clearance available. My problem was that in one direction it would have fouled on the roof and the other a roof truss. Worth checking that you have that clearance.
For the hatch I just used a piece of ply, trimmed to size.
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Someone told me to avoid telescopic ladders as they are filmsy .. I have space in loft if thats what you mean .. about 110cm for ladder.
A local carpenter quoted me a day rate but he said its a very easy task and would only take him half day thats why I was wondering if I could do it myself .. it would involve borrowing a ladder to install in first place.