Every household needs a step ladder. If you don’t own one, you probably stand on a chair regularly to grab hard-to-reach items in your home. This is inefficient as well as unsafe. Step ladders are ...

If you can touch your ceiling, your home is either too small or you’re too tall — perhaps both. At 5-foot 9-inches, I’m about average height and there are still cabinets in my home that are beyond my ...

Dear James: I need to get some tools for my new home and I think a ladder would be a good place to start. What are my options for ladders and are different ones better for different tasks? -- Brian Y.

A ladder is an essential tool. Whether you're installing a light bulb in your apartment or patching up the roof of your house, using a ladder offers an efficient way to reach locations that would be ...