Build Attic Access

Buildings with combustible ceiling or roof construction shall have an attic access opening to attic areas that have a vertical height of 30 inches 762 mm or greater over an area of not less than 30 square feet 2 8 m 2.

Build attic access.

Select a closet ceiling or hallway ceiling with good floor space underneath since you will need to use a ladder to access your attic. Purchase some 2 4 interior door jamb stock from your local building supply centre or any shop that supplies doors for homes. Here is a roundup of the items we used to create our attic access. 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. Move a stud finder across your ceiling to locate the joists. We build install attic stairs straight stairs cable railing spiral stairs and more. Building an attic access ladder allows you an even easier and less complicated way to access the space.

Not sure why we did this probably because we knew that creating the small attic access door was easy. This generally comes in 7 lengths and you will need three pieces of it for a standard sized attic access hatch. Step 1 decide where you want your assess ladder. This is wide enough for a panel.

Your joists should be 16 to 24 inches on center. We had the contractors just drywall over the original attic access panel. Anyways since we had to create the small attic access panel again i thought to take photos of the process so i could share the process with you.