BPS Deluxe Wooden Loft Ladder

Is the BPS Deluxe Wooden Loft Ladder worth buying?

The BPS Deluxe Wooden Loft Ladder is worth buying at £214.99 if you are replacing the hatch at the same time, because the insulated door and its 36 mm rubber seals are the part that keeps the warmth in the house. It reaches 2.8 m, carries 150 kg across 17 extra-wide non-slip treads, and 227 owners rate it 4.6. Buy it when the loft sits above a heated room and you want the opening sealed at the same time as the access is sorted.

Skip it if your hatch is sound and you only need a way up. The Abru 37000 covers a full 3 m for £86.99, which is £128.00 less, and it weighs 5 kg against 29.7 kg here. The wooden set earns its price only when the hatch comes with it.

How much does the BPS Deluxe Wooden Loft Ladder cost per metre?

£76.78 a metre. Take the £214.99 price and divide it by the 2.8 m the ladder reaches, and that is the highest figure of the ten ladders ranked for 2026. The Werner Easy Stow covers 3 m for £79.99, or £26.66 a metre, so the difference between the two is £50.12 for every metre of climb.

That gap is what the insulated hatch and the timber treads cost on top of plain aluminium access. If the hatch is staying, £76.78 a metre buys you nothing an £86.99 aluminium ladder cannot do. If the hatch is going, the seal is the whole point of the purchase.

What comes in the box of the BPS Deluxe Wooden Loft Ladder?

One fully assembled wooden set, 70 cm wide and finished in brown, with the counterbalanced hatch already mounted on the frame. The hatch door carries 36 mm rubber seals, the ladder has twin red safety handrails and 17 extra-wide non-slip treads, and non-slip feet sit at the bottom of the climb. It arrives as a single item.

The counterbalanced hatch holds its position while you lift it, instead of swinging down on you, and the whole assembly folds up into the ceiling rather than taking up loft floor space. Load it to 150 kg and it stays inside its EN14975 certification.

What are the drawbacks of the BPS Deluxe Wooden Loft Ladder?

The 29.7 kg weight. That is the heaviest set of the ten ranked for 2026, and roughly six times the 5 kg of the Abru 37000, so lifting it into the ceiling takes two people and a firm grip on the frame. The counterbalanced hatch then has to be seated square in its opening, which is a slower job than hanging an aluminium ladder.

It also stops at 2.8 m, so a standard 3 m floor-to-ceiling measurement is 20 cm out of reach, and at £76.78 a metre it is the dearest climb here. The 70 cm width needs an opening that suits it, which rules out a hatch narrower than that.

How does the BPS Deluxe Wooden Loft Ladder compare with the FAKRO Optistep and the Abru 37000?

The FAKRO Optistep is the closest rival at £188.00, so £26.99 less, with the same 2.8 m reach and an insulated hatch of its own in a 60 x 120 cm frame. It weighs 25.3 kg, 4.4 kg lighter than the BPS Deluxe, and its frame is narrower, so it fits an opening this one cannot fill. Choose the FAKRO when your ceiling cut-out is 60 cm wide, and the BPS Deluxe when you want the wider brown timber set with twin handrails.

The Abru 37000 is the budget answer at £86.99, £128.00 less, covering a full 3 m on 5 kg of aluminium and fitting an opening only 381 mm wide. It leaves your existing hatch in place, where the BPS Deluxe replaces it. Pick the Abru if the hatch is sound and you want the least expensive way into the loft.