Thanks guys.
Yes, well, Ive had a set of B+Q's for about 6 years now. 3.4m and I usually have to go up 11 rungs to a first floor window (I must have OCD I count every bloody time I come down the d**n thing

) it has blue feet, whatever that means, domestic-lightweight-trash-ladder probably

The feet wear, no doubt that happens with any ladder, but I have to say, although Im only a sprightly 11 stone I'm beginning to think I need a better quality ladder, the one I have at the mo I can keep in the back garden for home DIY etc, though Ive never noticed it bending at all.
Im thinking of a trade ladder, something strudier undoubtedly. I hired a far longer ladder a while ago for a high job I had lined up, a good number of gutter and barge-board cleans I picked up in a road, and felt really safe on that even at height as it was that much stronger and just seemed so much more stable.
Thanks for the tips guys
Dave, regarding articulated feet, are they that much better? It seems odd to have something that can move at the bottom of a ladder, maybe Ive got it wrong, but it seems to go against the grain so far as ladder work is concerned???
Matt