How To Install An Attic Door
Decide whether your door will have attached stairs or not.
How to install an attic door. Now install the top three stair treads. Step 9 mount cable holders. Measure 54 inches and tap the second nail next to the same joist image 1. A few older homes have attic access through a door on an exterior wall.
We ll show you how to cut out frame the opening then install a fo. Using a carpenter s square line it up from the point of the nail and draw out 22 1 2 inches. Except in some of the older homes attic doors are push up panels in the ceiling. Whether you already have an existing cavity in your roof or need to create a new one t.
Make the most of all of that space in your roof with an attic ladder. Grab the top of the stringers and squeeze them in until the slide bars on the header guide frame slip into the channel grooves on the outside of the stringers. Installing a pull down attic ladder is essential for safer easier access to your attic. Do this on both sides image 3.
How to install an attic access door. In the winter cold air will enter and warm air will escape. In the summer conditioned air will escape through any air leaks in your home including the ones in your attic. Snap a chalk line between the two nails image 2.
Slide the steel door guide frame onto the staircase then attach it to the door panel with six 1 inch long screws.