How To Make Attic Stairs

This is a staircase that we built at our workplace very sturdy design only took a few hours to cons.

How to make attic stairs.

Measure the width of the attic frame piece to tap another nail by the same joist in the ceiling. Trim boards can give your stairs a little more class by covering up the ends of the risers and treads. Homemade attic ladder with 4 sections. Few manufactured attic stairs i ve seen look attractive or solid and that s why something entirely different caught my eye.

Earlier this year i discovered a reasonably priced innovative italian made attic stair system that looked strong attractive and flexible enough to fit into a variety of small spaces. Bear in mind that when you re making the square to hold the stairs you shouldn t cut through more than one joist with the approval of a structural engineer. You ll already have an access opening to your attic and you need to go up and see if this is suitable. The size of the opening you ll need to make will be in the wooden stairs kit.

Go up to the attic and with a hammer tap a nail through the ceiling by the joist as a starting place to cut your rough opening. Step 3 draw a chalk line from nail to nail.