Laying A Floor In The Attic

We need at least 33 inches to get above all duct work in attic.

Laying a floor in the attic.

Mike embarks on a project to lay a floor in the attic loft space. 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 storage you can install inch plywood or. Attic dek flooring is an easy to install floor option that provides additional storage space supporting up to 250 lbs. The best way to lay a floor in your loft for storage is to lay floor board panels.

We show you how to lay out tongue and groove loft boards in your loft supporting them on joists for a secure storage floor. House is a open floor plan so not a lot of support walls below. Another way to add attic flooring is to secure plywood sheets to the floor. Lan to use 2x4x36 upright screwed to ceciing joist every 24 to hold 2x6x12 s up above duct work.

There are several different types of attic flooring you can use. The solid base. That creates a problem in support for storage floor and only using support walls below. You ll have to construct a wooden frame or sub floor with boards 16 inches apart to provide extra support for the floor.

If you keep these close together you will not have to worry about any gaps. First you ll need to measure the area you want to floor so you can calculate how much wood you ll require. How to lay attic flooring on top of fiberglass insulation. You also need to ensure that the joist spacing is adequate.

To floor an attic you ll need to install a sub floor for support before laying your plywood floor. Attic joists that are made from 2x8s may be acceptable for building your attic floor but because every room is variable there are no absolutes. Attic flooring consists of materials as basic as sheets of plywood as well as more elaborate interlocking floor systems. Attic joists for live loads.

Raise ceiling joists also if the attic insulation is thicker than your ceiling joists you can raise the height of the joists to above the insulation by attaching 2 3 s to their top edge before you attach the attic floor. Flooring in the loft or attic how to lay tongue and groove board panel loft flooring.