Quiet Glide Rolling Ladder - Ladder & Rail Assembly and Installation

This video shows the assembly and installation process for a quiet glide rolling ladder from Custom Service Hardware. The length of the unit requires two rails so this video also shows how to join two rails together as well how to install rail end stops. I used two 6’ rails and cut the same amount off of each rail to achieve my desired overall length. This put the splice in the middle of the unit. I made my overall rail length 5” shorter than the length of the wall. The ball rail end stops are 2” so this left me with about 1/2” on each end after the ball stops were installed. The unit this was installed on is 9’ tall. I used the 8’ long x 16” wide ladder with brake wheels. Since I used the 8’ ladder the rail height has to be centered at 91”. I used the horizontal mounting brackets. It is 7/8” from the top of the bracket to the centerline of the bracket so I set my laser level to 91-7/8” and referenced the top edge of the mounting bracket when installing the brackets. I did predrill before attaching the brackets. This made the installation much easier. The brackets should be no more than 32” apart and because of the splice kit you can’t have a bracket where the two rails are joined together. When I designed the cabinet I made sure there would be plywood behind the face frame where the screws were installed to attach the bracket since the screws provided are longer than 3/4”. You could buy shorter screws but the ones they provide match the color of the brackets. I used the standard roller which means the ladder has to be placed on the rail prior to installing since the rail was installed between two walls. The floor was off about 3/8” but this did not affect the function of the ladder. In the center of the unit the rail was centered at 91” off the floor and at the sides it ended up 91-3/8”’off the floor. There are 1” thick columns on the unit. The mounting brackets were installed on the face frames and the ladder just slides past the columns when it is in the climbing position. In the stored position it does not clear the columns. If there were no columns on the unit clearance would not be an issue in either position.
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