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@Spxtz for a second floor tenement you're going to have a pretty hefty set of ladders. Storing those is quite an undertaking.
I was in a second floor tenement for a few years in the West End and felt some sense of ease after I got a key to get roof access - in most of Glasgow you can walk from tenement to tenement on the roofs in a gully in the centre which is why seagulls love them so much. So if you couldn't get down the stairs you can always get on the roof and move a safe distance away.
Its a lot more costly but some tenements have also had metal stairs installed which might be a move some factors push for given the last few fires that have sadly happened in the city.
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Unfortunately our roof access hatch is 14ft high in the close, we've got a ladder that can reach it but by the time we've set it up we may as well have walked down the stairs.
@aggi I was looking at these ones for ease of storage: https://www.safelincs.co.uk/kletterfix-fire-escape-ladder/ and I see they come with their own wall-mounted bar too.
@Bumperoo do you mean an auto-belay like you get at some climbing centres?
Spxtz
About 60cm, and awkwardly shaped - too thick for me to be comfortable with those ladders that have a hook contraption for the top of the sill. Plus they're a pain to store.