Check Whether Your Attic Stairway Is Recalled

Stop using a potentially affected Louisville, Featherlite, Lite, or Century attic stairway until its status is verified and, if recalled, the free repair kit is fitted. The recall covers certain folding attic stairways with gas struts and 1/4-inch chrome-colored spreader bolts; a model-number match alone is not enough. Do not climb, unfold, or deploy the ladder merely to inspect it.

The model number is printed on a label inside the attic door. If that label or the mechanism cannot be seen without using the stairway, leave it out of service and contact the recall administrator. The CPSC recall notice directs consumers to stop using recalled ladders immediately.

Enter every detail you can verify safely; the checker separates confirmed models, verification leads, and configurations that require the official portal.

Model Numbers Confirmed By Health Canada

The following ten models appear in the official Health Canada attic-stairway recall notice. Nine carry the Louisville name, while AA2210R5FL is Featherlite-branded.

Health Canada limits the affected products to the listed models with gas struts and 1/4-inch chrome-colored spreader bolts, manufactured on or before June 22, 2026. A label reading AA2510, for example, is not sufficient by itself. The mechanism, manufacture date, and spreader bolts must also match.

This is an official Canadian model table, not proof that the complete U.S. list is identical. The CPSC notice names Louisville, Featherlite, Lite, and Century products but does not display a complete model-number table in its page text.

Absence from the Canadian table therefore does not rule out U.S. coverage. U.S. and Canadian owners can submit the exact brand, model, country, and installation address through the official attic-stairway recall checker.

Six Additional Models Need Official U.S. Verification

Six additional Louisville model numbers appear in a third-party reproduction of the recall information. Because that source is not a government notice or the recall administrator, these are potentially affected leads rather than models confirmed to the same standard as the table above.

If one of these numbers appears on an installed stairway, stop using it and enter the exact information in the official U.S. checker. Do not merge these six entries into the government-confirmed list or treat absence from both tables as proof that a U.S. product is unaffected.

Find The Model Number Without Using The Ladder

The brand and model number are printed on a label on the inside of the attic door. Record the identifier exactly, including every letter, number, hyphen, and suffix. AL2240LG-R5, for example, should not be treated as equivalent to AL2240MG-R5C.

Do not stand on, unfold, deploy, or climb a potentially affected stairway solely to read that label. If it is missing, painted over, damaged, unreadable, or inaccessible without using the ladder, contact the recall administrator instead of guessing.

Frame size, ceiling range, material, retailer, price, UPC, and general appearance do not independently identify an affected unit. Products in the recall were offered in 22.5-, 25.5-, and 30-inch frame widths, 54- and 60-inch lengths, and ratings for ceilings from 7 feet 8 inches through 12 feet, but those dimensions cannot replace the exact model and configuration check.

Do not derive a manufacture date from an unexplained serial or lot number. The government notices do not publish a date-code guide, and purchase or installation dates are not substitutes for the manufacture date.

Four Conditions Determine Whether The Description Matches

The Brand And Exact Model Must Be Recorded

The named brands are Louisville, Featherlite, Lite, and Century. Preserve suffixes such as F, R5, R5C, R10, and FT when entering a model.

A model in the Health Canada table still has to pass the mechanism, date, and bolt checks. A model in the lower-confidence table requires official U.S. verification. A Lite, Century, or other named-brand model absent from both tables should also be submitted because the public CPSC page does not enumerate every U.S. model.

The Stairway Must Use Gas Struts

This action concerns folding attic stairways equipped with gas struts. A different operating mechanism does not match the configuration described in the recall notices.

Do not deploy or dismantle the stairway to identify the mechanism. If it cannot already be identified safely, keep the unit out of use while the administrator determines how to proceed.

Manufacture Must Be On Or Before June 22, 2026

The affected-product description uses a manufacture cutoff of June 22, 2026. A receipt establishes when a product was sold, not when it was manufactured, and an approximate renovation date does not establish production date.

The CPSC reports that affected products were sold from November 2012 through July 2026. Health Canada reports Canadian sales from June 2015 through July 2026. These periods describe product sales across each market; they do not replace the manufacture-date criterion for an individual stairway.

The Relevant Bolts Must Match The Recalled Configuration

The affected configuration has 1/4-inch chrome-colored bolts in the spreader assembly. Silver hardware elsewhere on the stairway is not enough to establish a match.

The official portal says yellow-colored spreader bolts indicate that the unit has already been corrected for this specific defect. That does not certify the overall condition of the ladder or rule out unrelated wear, damage, installation faults, or maintenance needs.

Do not estimate bolt diameter from a distant view or climb to inspect inaccessible hardware. Unknown hardware should remain unknown until the administrator provides a safe identification method.

The Spreader Bolts Can Break During Use

The recalled 1/4-inch chrome-colored spreader bolts may not meet Louisville Ladder’s design specifications. If a bolt breaks while the stairway is carrying a person, the failure creates a fall hazard and a risk of serious injury or death.

The CPSC published recall 26-661 on August 6, 2026. As of July 24, 2026, Health Canada summarized company-provided totals of 11 U.S. incident reports, including one head, neck, and back injury, plus one Canadian incident report with no reported Canadian injury. Those totals are a dated snapshot.

The notices reported approximately 1,770,000 affected units in the United States and 13,054 in Canada. The quantity shows the scale of the action but cannot establish whether a particular installed ladder is included.

Retailer is also not decisive. Affected ladders were sold through Home Depot, Lowe’s, Do it Best, Orgill, and Amazon, but buying from one of those sellers does not prove a match, and buying elsewhere does not safely exclude a product without an official determination.

The Free Kit Replaces The Spreader Hardware

For an eligible unit, the recall portal provides a free kit containing two replacement 1/4-inch spreader bolts, washers, lock nuts, and installation instructions. The portal states that the replacement bolts meet Louisville Ladder’s Grade 5 design specifications.

The kit replaces the specified spreader-assembly bolts and their associated fastening hardware. Do not substitute generic 1/4-inch bolts merely because the nominal diameter is the same. The remedy calls for the supplied components and the installation procedure included with them.

Before registration, gather only information available without using the stairway:

1. Exact brand and complete model number;
2. Country and address where the ladder is installed;
3. Safely visible information about the gas-strut mechanism;
4. Safely visible spreader-bolt color and size information; and
5. Manufacture information interpreted under official guidance.

If the checker identifies the product as affected, provide the requested shipping address. Keep the stairway out of use while waiting for the kit and until the supplied repair has been completed according to its instructions. Direct missing-parts or installation questions to the recall administrator rather than improvising a repair.

Lite And Century Models Are Not Listed Publicly

The CPSC notice and official portal name Lite and Century among the affected brands, but the public page text does not provide model-level lists for either brand. No specific Lite or Century model numbers can be confirmed from the displayed government table.

That omission does not mean every Lite or Century unit is unaffected. It also does not mean every attic stairway carrying either name is recalled. Record the exact model if it can be read safely, then use the official checker for the product-specific decision.

The same geographic limitation applies to Featherlite and Louisville products: the Canadian table should not automatically be treated as the complete U.S. list.

For Canadian owners, Health Canada states that recalled consumer products cannot be redistributed, sold, or given away in Canada. An affected stairway should go through the recall remedy rather than being transferred to another person.

A Matching Number Is Only The First Test

A model-number match does not automatically qualify a ladder for the repair kit. The official determination also depends on the gas-strut mechanism, manufacture cutoff, and spreader-bolt configuration.

A yellow-colored spreader bolt indicates correction of this specific recalled defect. A chrome-colored bolt may match the recalled configuration, but only the official checker can make the product-specific determination.

If the label, date, mechanism, or bolts cannot be identified without climbing or deploying the stairway, stop at that point. Leave the unit unused and ask the recall administrator how to identify it safely.