How To Cut Access Hole To Attic

Do not cut through a double beam in the attic since these are support beams for the entire house.

How to cut access hole to attic.

I need to have attic access in my bonus room. Using a nail gun nail that puppy in place. This will allow the piece of paneling cut in the previous step to rest on the frame. Cut your panel down to about 1 8 smaller than your hole in the ceiling.

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 space above the ceiling is very tight but there is inadequate insulation and i need to add support for a projector. Cut the drywall straight across between the two joists connecting the ends of the two cut lines on the far edge of the attic access hole. Be sure you leave enough board that it overlap the foam weatherstripping you installed on your frame in the ceiling.

Your goal is to cut a hole that is the correct size at the desired location in the ceiling. Measure one side and cut your board at 45 degrees on each end. Use long nails to nail an outline next to joists where ceiling material will need to be cut away. Now grab a sheet of 2 rigid foam insulation board.

Step 1 prepare the room prepare the room by moving furniture covering flooring with a drop cloth and moving children and pets to a safe distance. Because i was the only one in the attic this is a great two person job so the person holding the ladder steady can also fetch additional tools and cut the 2 x 6 for the new header to size when it gets to that step and the person in the attic isn t going up and down the ladder a billion times and using my new favorite tool isn t something to take lightly there are no action shots of this. I call it poor man s spray foam. The nails will show where the joists lie in the attic.

Repeat the cut on the. I will be crawling around up there as i m 6 tall. Step 2 prepare yourself. Remove the loose section of drywall.

The goal here is to end up with a frame opening that is a little bit smaller than the hole in the drywall. Cut one rafter with a handsaw to allow space for you to crawl up into the attic. How to open up access into your attic space for inspection and or insulation. Install an attic ladder.