How To Crawl Through Attic Kneewall

Ventilating knee wall attics is challenging.

How to crawl through attic kneewall.

It is the goal of this site to inform you with his keen insights and safely guide you through your pest control treatment needs. In an ideal world we install soffit vents as intakes make sure the slopes can breathe with ventilation baffles and exhaust through a ridge vent. The trail you leave in the attic can easily end up tracing a path on the ceiling below. I could smell my neighbors woodsmoke in my house the other day.

While the house should be tight the attic should breathe to allow excess heat and moisture out of the house. Additionally a lightweight disposable coverall gloves and hat can keep itchy and irritating insulation off your skin. So now our kneewalls are leaky. Short of wearing boards strapped to my feet that are 36 long has anyone got any good tips on how to best walk through an attic.

There will be a large number of very sharp and rusty nails sticking through the roof deck and it is all too easy to get a puncture wound in the top of the head. Attic work in september 2016 how to how not to do things diy secrets life hack. So this hybrid attic crawl space seems like a bit of challenge. The traditional approach is to insulate the kneewall and the attic floor behind the kneewall.

There are two ways to insulate triangular attics behind kneewalls. Being totally new to attic work i was wondering what sort of safety tips i should observe other than the obvious don t step on the drywall ceilings. I m thinking i need to completely seal up the vents in the eaves that lead to the knee wall since there s nothing there to vent and use faced insulation faced toward roof. Since insulation is now so deep it makes it hard for me to hunt and peck not jerry my way for a good walk through the space.

View all posts by the bug doctor this entry was posted in safety and tagged falling through an attic how do i walk through an attic how to inspect an attic how to safely crawl in an attic pest control. The entire process of sealing your attic will be made easier if you take the time and effort to wear the right gear. Although i have quite a few inspections under my belt i still feel a little uneasy walking through attics. Thanks in advance for your help and support.

Check our ventilation page for more info. It looks like i am going to crawl through some pretty tight spaces and i want to be sure that the attic will hold me and i am doing it right. Once you have your footing solid don t forget to wear a thick hat if not a construction helmet. Wear knee pads to help prevent pain associated with crawling on attic joists.