How To Make An Attic Entrance Box

Lay boards across the attic framing to hold small boxes for storage.

How to make an attic entrance box.

You can construct these out of cardboard and staple the cardboard to the joists and to the 2 by 6 inch boards you installed. Then run it through the pulley attached to the attic beam. Use a straight edge knife to cut any drywall paper that wasn t taken care of with the drywall knife. Install fiberglass batt insulation on top of the foam board.

Position the newly constructed box over the attic stair opening. Screw the unattached side of the piano hinge to the framing member. Use a pencil and draw a box within the joists. The rope will now start at the eye hook it is tied to run down to the free pulley on the floor below back up to the pulley on the attic beam and then back down to the floor below.

If the attic is large enough lay a plywood floor and run lighting. The attic access door is often the name used to describe push up type access panels knee wall doors or any type of entry point into the attic space. Consider adding insulation dams to retain loose fiberglass insulation at the sides of the opening unless you are adding a partial floor landing inside the attic. With the hinge secured gently open and close the.

Cut the r 19 insulation to the dimensions. Attach the two layers of foam board together and apply them to the hatch. Most attic ladders are made to fit between joists set at 24 inches on center. Run the rope through the pulley that was not attached to the eye hook.

Cut out two pieces of rigid foam board that are 1 4 inch smaller than the hatch so homeowners can slide the attic access panel open easily. The edges of the box should be flush with the. If you re lucky and this is the case squaring of the opening is simply a matter of nailing a couple of blocks between. Having searched online for a simple design in the past i knew that there was literally not a single good article or resource on constructing a truly airtight attic hatch.

Decorate and finish the entrance as desired.