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  2. Attic ladder - Wikipedia

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    An attic ladder (US) or loft ladder (UK) is a retractable ladder that is installed into an attic door/access panel. They are used as an inexpensive and compact alternative to having a stairway that ascends to the attic of a building. They are useful in areas with space constraints that would hinder the installation of a standard staircase.

  3. Ladder - Wikipedia

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    Attic ladder, pulled down from the ceiling to allow access to an attic or loft. Bridge ladder, a ladder laid horizontally to act as a passage between two points separated by a drop. Boarding ladder, a ladder used to climb onto a vehicle. May be rigid or flexible, also boarding step(s), and swim ladder.

  4. Attic - Wikipedia

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    While some attics are converted into bedrooms, home offices, or attic apartments complete with windows and staircases, most remain difficult to access, and are usually entered using a loft hatch and ladder. Attics help control temperatures in a house by providing a large mass of slowly moving air, and are often used for storage.

  5. When floodwaters breached a Swannanoa home, the roof ... - AOL

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    "Dave's already checked the attic access." A photograph of Swannanoa residents, David Donald, and his wife, Kate Donald, outside their home in North Carolina that was damaged by the remnants of ...

  6. Glossary of firefighting equipment - Wikipedia

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    Attic ladder Narrow, collapsible ladder used to access an attic space via a scuttle hole, which are often found in closets and other narrow passages. Also known as a closet ladder, folding ladder or "pencil ladder." Required to be carried on pumpers by NFPA 1901. Automatic sprinkler

  7. Loft - Wikipedia

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    In US usage, a loft is an upper room or storey in a building, mainly in a barn, directly under the roof, used for storage (as in most private houses).In this sense it is roughly synonymous with attic, the major difference being that an attic typically constitutes an entire floor of the building, while a loft covers only a few rooms, leaving one or more sides open to the lower floor.

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