Call professionals to determine if your ceiling can carry the load.
How to move around attic.
Remember protect yourself properly because gravity doesn t care.
You have to be able to see.
If you displace insulation in order to move around in the attic don t forget to put it back as you leave.
Then get yourself a scrap piece of plywood you can set down in areas where you need a work surface or somewhere to kneel.
Preparing your attic 1.
Here are a few tricks of the trade.
Measure the space where you want to lay the floor.
Having multiple anchor points around your attic lets you move about safely.
Exposed floor joists can cause condensation on the inside of the ceiling peeling paint and nail rusting.
Find a suitable set of wooden walking boards planks.
Tied a plastic bag increase the surface area of pull to the nylon line in the attic and shoved it in the hole at the attic.
Use a tape measure to measure the length and width of where you.
The vacuum sucked it very quickly through to the basement and then i pulled the rg6 cable up through the conduit i used 50 ft.
Measure the space around.
Attis are usually full of insulation and it is hard to navigate without causing damage.
Do it slowly as there may be wiring strung across in any direction.
The steps you need to take here are as follows.
Get a shrub rake with plastic tines and just rake the insulation out of the way until you can see the tops of the beams where you need to walk.
You must make sure that your ceiling trusses will.
In general many folks like to use 2x6 inch planks.
While i m sure there s a manual out there somewhere on the subject in my 28 years i haven t found one.
Now there are two things you can do.
The trail you leave in the attic can easily end up tracing a path on the ceiling below.