How to open up an attic access step 1.
Opening up attic space.
Consider adding one or more dormers.
Remove ceiling materials keeping a large waste can nearby.
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Use every nook and cranny.
The rough framed opening.
Perimeter drawers cabinets and cubbies save space.
The 2012 international residential code requires an attic access opening for attics with an area greater than 30 square feet and a vertical height in excess of 30 inches.
Look for ways to work.
Put a tub under a sloping ceiling to make good use of limited headroom.
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It can enter through the opening.
Gently tap into plaster.
Use storage wisely recess it into knee walls.
Cut off the electricity and determine where wiring and plumbing pipes run in the area.
Even awkward niches alongside chimneys and pipe chases or near low walls offer an.
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Work from a stable a frame ladder and use a.
Delineate space with it.