Deluxe 3.2

Original Attic Stairs Guarantee terms, conditions and definitions.

Full 10 year guarantee

Our full 10 year guarantee is given as standard only with all folding attic stairs and ladders which we supply and fit.

Cost of parts is fully covered, cost of labour is fully covered and up to three call outs are free of charge.

Fair usage applies.

Excessive use may void the guarantee.

Damage caused by neglect or misuse may void the guarantee.

3 year parts guarantee

Our 3 year parts guarantee is given as standard only with all folding attic stairs which we supply and do not fit.

Cost of parts is fully covered.

Call out and labour charges will apply.

Fair usage applies.

Incorrect installation of the attic stairs may void the guarantee.

Excessive use may void the guarantee.

Damage caused by neglect or misuse may void the guarantee. 

If you have any further questions please contact Original Attic Stairs.

How to put up a shelf.

Some things like installing folding attic stairs are undoubtedly a job for the professionals, but other jobs around the house, you can do yourself, right? Here we will be giving you tips and tricks along with a step by step guide on how to put up shelving in your home.

First off - Check your walls for obstructions such as pipes and cables. The last thing anyone wants is to drill or screw into a cable, in Ireland domestic electrical circuits (that's in your house and mine!) are run on 240 volts. 240 volts is extremely dangerous and is likely to kill you. Bursting a pipe, while not quite as dangerous to your personal health, usually causes substantial damage and can be very costly to repair. Common sense can go a long way to plotting probable routes of pipes and cables, but it is advisable to use a multipurpose detector.

Check list:

1. Multi-purpose detector.
2. A shelf and brackets.
3. Measuring tape.
4. Screws.
5. Screw driver.
6. Goggles.
7. Pencil.
8. Level.
9. Drill. Choose a cordless screw gun for a stud wall. Choose a corded hammer drill for block or brick walls.
10. Drill bits. Choose multi-purpose or timber bits for stud walls. Choose masonry bits for block or brick walls.
11. Wall plugs.

Marking - Hold your shelf up against the wall where you would like it to be and mark on the under side with your pencil. Work out where you need your brackets to be and use the spirit level to keep them in line with your first pencil mark. Make sure the brackets are equally spaced using your measuring tape. Hold the brackets level with the pencil mark and level vertically and mark the holes. 

Fixing - When fixing a shelf to a timber stud wall you will need to ensure that you are fixing directly into the timber studs or cross supports. You can find the studs by tapping the wall and listening until it no longer sounds hollow or by using your multipurpose detector on its stud finder setting.

When fixing a shelf to a block or brick wall you will need a SDS or hammer drill to bore holes and insert wall plugs.

Place the brackets against the wall in line with your holes and fix them with the correct sized screws.

Fix the shelf to the brackets from the under side ensuring that the screws you use are shorter than the dept of the of the shelf (thickness).

Top Tip

When drilling a hole for wall plugs, measure the depth of the wall plug and mark this measurement on your drill bit with a piece of masking tape.

We do hope this information was helpful.

Happy DIYing From Original Attic Stairs.

Do you have an interest in buying our products wholesale?

We are the Irish importer for three major European manufacturers of folding attic stairs and related products. We keep a large stock of many of our models and being importers we have direct relationships with our manufactures meaning we have the capacity to order an endless amount of stock.

If you are a buyer for a hardware chain or indeed you own your own hardware, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us regarding pricing, quantities etc. 

If you have an interest in becoming an agent for us, feel free to contact us regarding available areas etc.

If you would like to buy any of our products supply only for your builder to install you may call or email us for pricing etc. delivery time will be one to five workings days throughout the Republic of Ireland.

Please call or email to arrange a viewing of our extensive range of folding attic stairs, ladders, attic guard rails and related products at our showroom in Longford.

If you have any questions at all, let us know.

Thank you for your time.

Original Attic Stairs

Buyers Guide For Tools

In this piece we will be reviewing what we consider to be many of the best power and hand tools available to buy. Being Original Attic Stairs we will be focusing on tools which would most commonly be used by a carpenter. We will only be mentioning tools that we own, have owned and/or have used extensively. All of the tools in this piece are pro grade, we will not be considering any DIY tools (they are just no good!!). And we would also like to add that we do not have any affiliation with any manufacture and all of the views expressed in this article are just our opinion.

Power Tools

Drills

Cordless

(We recommend a 14v battery cordless drill for general use)

Top Picks:      DeWalt / Hitachi / Milwaukee

Our Choice:    DeWalt - Just buy a DeWalt cordless! Members of the Original Attic Stairs team have been using DeWalt cordless drills for about 20 years. We still use a 15 year old one as a back up which is kept in one of our vans, after 15 years, it still works! We use them all day long screwing down attic flooring and they excel at general use, a great all rounder!

SDS/Hammer

Top Picks:      DeWalt / Hitachi / Milwaukee

Our Choice:    Milwaukee - A great choice, excellently built, bags of power and comfortable to use. Whether you are boring timber steel or concrete a Milwaukee will get the job done with ease.

Skill Saws

Battery

(We recommend a 14v battery cordless drill for general use)

Top Picks:      DeWalt / Hitachi

Our Choice:    DeWalt - We use an 18v Dewalt skill saw on site when installing attic flooring, a fantastic machine which never lets us down.

Wired

(For on site use a power tool must be 110v and used with a transformer, for home use 240v with a standard plug is fine)

Top Picks:      DeWalt / Hitachi / Makita

Our Choice:    Makita - For a powered skill saw you can't get better than a Makita. We use them both on site and in our workshop.

Jig Saws

(We would recommend using only wired Jig Saws, in our opinion a battery unbalances the machine)

Top Picks:      DeWalt / Hitachi 

Our Choice:    Hitachi - A great machine, balanced, powerful and precise. 

Sanders

Palm

Top Picks:      DeWalt / Hitachi / Makita

Our Choice:    Hitachi - We find this to be the best value palm sander, the same quality as the rest but we have been able to pick them up cheaper.

Orbital

Top Picks:      DeWalt / Hitachi / Makita

Our Choice:    Makita - We use a Makita orbital to sand down the architrave (trim) which we fit as a surround on our folding attic stairs. It gets a lot of use but never lets us down, not to mention it leaves our timber architraves with a great finish.

Belt

Top Picks:      DeWalt / Hitachi / Makita

Our Choice:    Makita - They just make sanders properly. Makita is again our recommendation, powerful reliable and smooth.

Chop Saws

(For on site use a power tool must be 110v and used with a transformer, for home use 240v with a standard plug is fine)

Top Picks:      DeWalt / Hitachi / Makita

Our Choice:    Makita - We use a Makita chop saw for just about everything you can use a chop saw for. We have been using our latest one, daily, for about 8 years. Balanced, powerful and reliable. 

Hand Tools

Hammers

(There are many different types of hammers, designed for specific uses, for general use, to get most jobs done, we recommend claw hammers)

Top Picks:      Estwing / Stanley 

Our Choice:    Estwing - The king of hammers. Balanced, well designed and unbreakable.

Handsaws 

(There are many different types of handsaws, designed for specific uses, for general use, we recommend medium grade 22 inch saws)

Top Picks:      Bacho / Stanley / Irwin

Our Choice:    Bacho - We use the Bacho "Barracuda" everyday when fitting our attic stairs and attic flooring. Easily the most well balanced and easy to use handsaw. 

Spirit Levels

Top Picks:      Stanley / Irwin

Our Choice:    Both - Take your pick, we use both and everything comes out level!

Measuring Tapes

(We recommend an 8m tape if you need to measure long distances or measure at height, such as across a ceiling)

Top Picks:      Stanley / Stanley / Stanley / Stanley

Our Choice:    For the best design and build, buy a Stanley. We all use Stanley tapes, for when we are providing our free measuring and quote and when we are installing and attic stairs and attic flooring for you.

Thank you for taking the time to have a look at this piece. 

Happy working!

Original Attic Stairs Ireland