Mark each joist location with a pencil.
Moving attic access.
When your household gets big enough to require a little more living space you ve got several options.
Move a stud finder across your ceiling to locate the joists.
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.
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 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.
Knee wall door hidden but accessible behind attic closet hanging sections.
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.
The new attic access is barely noticeable.
I m planning on some extensive attic projects so i d like to move the access point to a politically favorable location.
Install an attic ladder.
It s so much better than the black hole we had before.
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.
Attic with child s wardrobe closet recessed into the knee wall.
Make sure not to block access to the space behind the knee wall.
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.
1973 house in san diego.