Hi everyone,been a long time between post.
I am having a problem with the ladder and the scaffold. I have a hot spot for placing the ladder, the ladder is taken from inventory the hotspot disappears and there is no indication from the ladder icon that it is active. The other icons in the game "glowed" when used.
Thanks for your help.

Let's review.

Earlier you should have looked up and saw the scaffolding overhead.
You clicked and know there's an active spot.
The you get the ladder that you can use here - the one that is in the stone building NOT the one that is in the unfinished dining room inside the house. That ladder is short and can only be used in the boiler room.

Once you know you need a ladder at the scaffolding and it is the right time to go up there - then you can place the ladder from the stone building on the scaffold. If not time yet, then you have to wait. The reason for this is that there are a lot of inventory items that can be picked up and used; so the game limits what can be picked up only for that chapter.
The game also tells you where you might need an item as a clue for later on.

[quote=MaG]Let's review.

Earlier you should have looked up and saw the scaffolding overhead.
You clicked and know there's an active spot.
The you get the ladder that you can use here - the one that is in the stone building NOT the one that is in the unfinished dining room inside the house. That ladder is short and can only be used in the boiler room.

I have the hot spot,when looking up at the scaffold, the gears icon appears. Perhaps I am misreading your explanation, would I have the hotspot with out being able to use the ladder? The rest of the icons/hotspots has responded as expected.

Thanks for the help.

Visagoth -- Please note that there are two ladders in your inventory - one is called a step ladder (that's the wrong one) MaG points out in her walkthrough that you use the ladder taken from the stone house. This one in inventory is just called "ladder". Hope this helps.

Edit: Sorry MaG - we crossed in the mail!

Glad to have the help, Laddy.

Vizagoth, What chapter are you in? I can't remember if that scaffold has an active spot or not outside the chapter it is supposed to be used.

After leaving and sorting out your review,it finally sunk in what you were saying.
Thanks to your help, I have made bread and am getting ready to open the bundle of cloth.
Thanks for the shove in the right direction

Glad that you're moving forward now.