Cutting Joists For Attic Access

Use a drill and suitable drill bit to create enough holes in one of the corners to allow you to insert a saw and cut along the lines that you have marked out.

Cutting joists for attic access.

In this video i show how i cut my my joists make packer plates get the joists from the garden up int. Position a stepladder directly under the desired area for the attic access hole. You potentially compromise too many of the rafter cross ties by doing that. This is part 2 in my series of loft conversion videos.

Step 2 cut joist support boards. Install the two main replacement support joists the ones that run parallel to existing joists before you cut the. With your access hole created follow the below instructions to create your loft hatch. Locate an area centered between the two joists and cut a 6 to 8 inch diameter hole using a keyhole saw.

Using a pencil mark the edges of any joists on the ceiling this will then create your access hole. Werner s easy access attic ladder 5 cut ceiling joists step 1 mark. Bridging involves cutting new wood members and installing them perpendicularly between the existing joists. Head off the truss to the others with double 2x10 as normally done for the floor load and sheeth the floor.

To transfer the weight that the now cut ceiling joist would need to carry i needed to add a header to either end of the now cut 2 x 6. How to cut a hole in the ceiling for attic access 1. This way you only need to cut one of them to make the room for the rough framing opening. If the room has no ceiling.

It may be necessary to add. Lay a 4x8 3 4 sheet of plywood on each end of the truss on the bottom chord spanning to the two trusses on each side of the one to be cut. Building code often requires stairway access to the attic if the space is to be used. I needed to cut one of those 2 x 6 s out to make our attic access larger.

Cut 2 joist sized boards long enough to span two joists on each side of your chosen. Our ceiling joists are 2 x 6 s. This is done to hold the bottom chord from pushing the wall out. If the room has a ceiling and you have cut the required hole go to step 2.

Locate the joists behind the drywall.