A knee wall is a short vertical wall roughly two or three feet high that blocks in that useless triangular space.
Building a knee wall in attic.
Use a template to determine the angle on each of those six pieces of 2x4.
Cut six lengths of 2x4 each 2 1 2 feet long.
Framing basics for attic knee walls along the sides of your loft or attic space.
One of your 2x4s.
How to construct knee walls in attics 1.
Install insulation without misalignments compressions gaps or voids in all knee wall cavities.
Draw a line across that angle.
Install a continuous air barrier on the exterior side of the attic knee wall framing with a rigid air.
Snap a chalk line.
Determine the length of the knee wall from end to end and double this to determine the lineal footage of the.
Determine the location and line of.
Scope install a top and bottom plate or blocking at the top and bottom of all knee wall cavities.
Instructions the knee wall will be built on the floor of the attic and then tipped into place against the rafters.
Use a miter.
Access the attic using a stepladder at the attic access panel or the attic stairs.