Our goal was to build a ladder with a comfortable angle, level flat steps, and rails that extended into the loft for safer handholds. A good way to get rail angles and step layouts is to measure a step ladder with a similar height to the loft floor.We used kiln-dried framing material and some newel post mounting hardware to make the nice new loft ladder for this project. Step by Step.fter cutting the first rail to length with the right angle at the floor and a birdâs mouth notch to the loft trim, we used it as a template to make the other rail. With one of the rails in place, we determined our step intervals using a step ladder as a model.
Habitat. African lions live in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Tanzania, the Central African Republic, South Sudan and other parts of sub-Saharan Africa. They wander a territory of 100 square miles (259 square kilometers), according to National Geographic. This territory consists of scrub, grasslands or open woodlands.
They prefer areas with dense undergrowth and cover, and will leave an area if they perceive a threat. Found in deserts, humid coast forests, arid hillsides, scrub and oak woodlands, lions can live from sea level to snow-covered mountain peaks. A ten year lifespan is considered old age for a mountain lion in the wild. Lions in captivity have been known to live twice that long. In areas where mountain lions are hunted for sport, only a small percentage make it past five years old. Mountain lions are solitary unless mating or parenting and maintain territories that average 100 square miles in size.