Muskoka Loft Ladder with Custom In-line Handrails

Muskoka Loft Ladder with Custom Handrails

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Muskoka Ladder

THE STORY

The Muskoka loft ladder was designed with our client when he sent us an inspiration picture and asked us if we could make him a ladder just like that. The ladder would be made of ambrosia maple that he was using in his Muskoka cottage, was in the style of a ships ladder and had mong metal handrails that extended above the ladder into the loft. We had never made a ladder like it!

I love when our clients requests push us to learn about new woods and require us to develop new techniques! With the wood being specified as ambrosia (wormy) maple , a wood that we haven’t used before, we had to learn what is was (please read about the ambrosia beetle) and we had to find a supplier. Our client also wanted his ladder made using wood dimensions we had not yet worked with, so we learned new techniques and made new jigs.

The metal handrails that the client specified also pushed us into new territory. We started working with a local red seal welder to fabricate them for us and a local powder coating company to apply a matt black finish.

The Muskoka ladder is now our most popular style of loft ladder, our clients love it!

Inspired by this ladder?

Every ladder we create is the result of a collaborative process that starts with your vision. We can build ladders of all heights and slopes with different types of wood and a choice of finishes like stains or paint. Contact us to discuss materials—including your preferred wood and hardware style—and we will provide a quote for the price of the ladder plus shipping.

Muskoka ladder with wood handrails

  • The Muskoka loft ladders start at $1495.00 CAD.

    The price of your ladder depends on the materials you would like the ladder to be made out of, how tall you want it to be, the finish you want on the ladder and the hardware you select. We handcraft the ladder in our workshop using high-quality hardware and premium wood.

    Shipping isn’t included in this starting price. Contact us with your location and we will give you the shipping price.

  • We use a variety of different woods and hardware for our ladders. Our base price includes an 8’ maple ladder. Every ladder is completely custom and when you contact us with your vision we will design your ladder with you, then handcraft it in our Calgary workshop

    You can choose:

    Your desired wood (e.g. white oak, walnut, ash or fir).

    Hardware that fits your style and provides the functionality you require (e.g. top hooks, stationary loft mounts or rolling wheels).

    Finishes like stain, varnish or paint.

    Practical additions like handrails, easier to climb angle or a small bookshelf above the top step.

    Creative design details such as rounded over or square corner edges, routered traction grooves on each step, double bevelled step front corners.

  • Once you contact us with your vision we will design your ladder with you.

    When we send you a quotation we will include the shipping cost to your home or business.