Safely Walking Through Attic Walk On The Beams

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Safely walking through attic walk on the beams.

View all posts by the bug doctor this entry was posted in safety and tagged falling through an attic how do i walk through an attic how to inspect an attic how to safely crawl in an attic pest control. If you are not going to remove the insulation you. The idea is to save you time so you re not going up and down the stairs for tools. If you try to stand on the ceiling you could poke a hole in the drywall and fall right through.

Picture of my attic. The safest way to move around an unfinished attic is to create a catwalk or walking platform by attaching some 1x6 or 1x8 boards or strips of 3 4 plywood to the joists with screws don t use nails because the hammering might disturb the drywall or plaster ceiling below. If your attic doesn t have a floor you can gingerly walk on the edges of the wood ceiling rafters the ones that support the ceiling of the rooms underneath your feet or you can lay a couple of pieces of sturdy plywood. Not only will you save time by making fewer trips but you ll have less of a chance of falling through the joists.

That seem far away and 2 x4 s never seemed that strong to me to begin with. It is held in place by the ceiling joists which inside the attic become the floor joists. Same goes for your boxes. 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.

However i noticed my joists in the picture the horizontal joists are hidden by the insulation but you can see the cracks where they are are only 2 x4 spaced by 24. Robert from winnipeg manitoba asks about the safety of walking around in his attic first let s be sure not to fall into the room below. If you were to remove all the insulation you would see the drywall or plaster of the ceiling below nothing more.