Your joists should be 16 to 24 inches on center.
Build attic access.
Install an attic ladder.
You ll get ease of access through the larger hole and you won t have to drag a stepladder into the house to store and retrieve your stuff from the attic.
Buildings with combustible ceiling or roof construction shall have an attic access opening to attic areas that have a vertical height of 30 inches 762 mm or greater over an area of not less than 30 square feet 2 8 m 2.
Anyways since we had to create the small attic access panel again i thought to take photos of the process so i could share the process with you.
We had the contractors just drywall over the original attic access panel.
Purchase some 2 4 interior door jamb stock from your local building supply centre or any shop that supplies doors for homes.
Here is a roundup of the items we used to create our attic access.
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Mark each joist location with a pencil.
This is wide enough for a panel.
Move a stud finder across your ceiling to locate the joists.
Not sure why we did this probably because we knew that creating the small attic access door was easy.
We build install attic stairs straight stairs cable railing spiral stairs and more.
Building an attic access ladder allows you an even easier and less complicated way to access the space.
Pick the type of attic access ladder you need or want based on where you decide to place the ladder.