Make sure that there is enough head room to move things in and out.
Make my own trapdoor attic stairs.
Start by taking off the existing trim from the trapdoor.
Call it a scuttle trap door or attic hatch every attic needs an entrance and often it s merely a square opening in the ceiling.
Up in the attic slide the joist hangers onto the rods one at a time placing them at a 45 degree angle to span the frame corners.
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.
Take the correct measurement from floor to ceiling because the stairs do come in different sizes.
It also allows us to make the frame length much longer bringing the bottom of the trapdoor closer to the ground making unfolding the bottom section of ladder.
In days long gone such openings.
The size of the opening you ll need to make will be in the wooden stairs kit.
Building an attic trap door.
If there is already a rough opening the hole may need to be adjusted to fit the stairs.
Then thread the nuts down but don t fully tighten them image 1.
To install the stairs use two people to hold the staircase in the frame of the trapdoor and have another person go in the attic to attach the stairs.