Moving Attic Access

Your joists should be 16 to 24 inches on center.

Moving attic access.

Attic with child s wardrobe closet recessed into the knee wall. Los angeles attic remodeling. Move a stud finder across your ceiling to locate the joists. Make sure not to block access to the space behind the knee wall.

Select a closet ceiling or hallway ceiling with good floor space underneath since you will need to use a ladder to access your attic. The new attic access is barely noticeable. You can move to a new place you can add on to your existing house or you can renovate a space in your current home that isn t being used to its fullest. The attic door s handle is easily reached with a pole which came included with the telescopic ladder to pull the door open and pull the ladder down.

If your attic room is very small recess some of the storage components into the knee wall to keep as much of the floor space open as possible. When not in use the pole is stored in the closet at the end of the hallway. It s so much better than the black hole we had before. Mark each joist location with a pencil.

Install an attic ladder. You ll get ease of access through the larger hole and you won t have to drag a stepladder into the house to store and retrieve your stuff from the attic. I m planning on some extensive attic projects so i d like to move the access point to a politically favorable location. This is wide enough for a panel.

Currently the only attic access a framed opening with a loose fit piece of drywall is inside my wife s walk in closet.