How To Put Decking In Attic

The joists in my home s attic are 16 inches apart generally so we got the 16 inch square panels.

How to put decking in attic.

Walk to one end of the attic by carefully stepping only on the wooden ceiling joists. Screw the frame to the joists to. No tools or cutting are required to install the panels. The size you use depends on how the joists in your attic are spaced.

Build a frame on 16 centers perpendicular to the attic floor joists. Screw the plywood into the subfloor. Cut the final board in the row with a table saw to fit and use the remaining portion of the board to start the next row of boards so that you stagger the joints between adjacent rows. Place a 2 inch by 3 inch board directly on top of the joist nearest to the edge of the attic with its largest.

Cut 2 thick lumber to length for the frame. Raise ceiling joists also if the attic insulation is thicker than your ceiling joists you can raise the height of the joists to above the insulation by attaching 2 3 s to their top edge before you attach the attic floor. 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. While you can nail the flooring into place a screwdriver will countersink screws and create a squeak free finish.

Step 4 nail the boards into place with 2 inch shank nails using a hammer. Using a nail gun is no guarantee that boards won t pop up. You simply screw the panels into your attic s joists. Here s how to go about it.

Attach metal covers to electrical junction boxes and move any electrical wires out of the way or notch the frame to fit. Attic dek flooring is an easy to install floor option that provides additional storage space supporting up to 250 lbs. Place four screws into each corner of the plywood making sure to line it up with the boards on the subfloor. If plywood or particleboard is slightly warped it may pull loose if you nail it down.

You simply screw the panels into your attic s joists. The attic panel panels we installed before the universal panels were available were designed to work with 16 inch on center joist spacing. Once the boards are in place place more screws placed 16 inches 40 64 cm apart to hold the plywood to the subfloor frame. The plywood should be laying on top of the subfloor with no overhang.