BS 2037:1994 specifies requirements for materials, details of construction and performance for portable aluminium ladders, steps, trestles and stagings of the following types:
a) single-section ladders, including shelf ladders
b) extending ladders
c) standing step ladders, including swing back steps, folding platform steps and ladder backed steps
d) folding trestles
e) lightweight stagings
f) combination ladders.
The principal changes from the previous edition are the following:
a) deletion of requirements for chemical and mechanical properties of certain aluminium alloys permitted for longitudinally welded tube
b) explanation of the effect on this standard of the publication and implementation by the UK of the European Standard for ladders
c) addition of requirements for combination ladders.
This standard does not apply to ladders for special professional use such as fire brigade ladders, or to mobile ladders which require mechanical aids for erection.