How To Support Attic Floor

Mike embarks on a project to lay a floor in the attic loft space.

How to support attic floor.

Plan to pull up the flooring and layer new insulation on top of the old. Measure the space where you want to lay the floor. Cut 2 thick lumber to length for the frame. Preparing your attic 1.

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Attach metal covers to electrical junction boxes and move any electrical wires out of the way or notch the frame to fit. Build a frame on 16 centers perpendicular to the attic floor joists. If you keep these close together you will not have to worry about any gaps. You must make sure that your ceiling trusses will.

Call professionals to determine if your ceiling can carry the load. Installing attic flooring for light storage only if your attic joists won t bear the weight necessary to finish out a living space but the engineer cleared them to support floor decking for light. How to floor your attic without wrecking your roof first rule of attic floor installs. There are several different types of attic flooring you can use.

But if the floor is covered in plywood you can t stuff enough insulation beneath it to do the job sufficiently not even in warm climates. Attic floors are made with floor joists or with truss members. How to reinforce an attic floor with sister joists clear the joist spaces pull out all insulation and any debris from all of the joist spaces so you can see the full. Mike embarks on a project to lay a floor in the attic loft space.

Measure the space around. Another way to add attic flooring is to secure plywood sheets to the floor. Place a 2 inch by 3 inch board directly on top of the joist nearest to the edge of the attic with its largest. For an easy attic flooring start with a simple laying down of wood planks.

If you have a rafter framed attic the floor joists may or may not be large enough for living space and may need to be reinforced or replaced. If you have attic trusses not conventional trusses the members will be sized to support living space. Use a tape measure to measure the length and width of where you. Walk to one end of the attic by carefully stepping only on the wooden ceiling joists.