Laying Attic Flooring

Attic flooring consists of materials as basic as sheets of plywood as well as more elaborate interlocking floor systems.

Laying attic flooring.

Mike embarks on a project to lay a floor in the attic loft space. Flooring in the loft or attic how to lay tongue and groove board panel loft flooring. There are several different types of attic flooring you can use. You can for instance use recycled materials.

How to lay attic flooring on top of fiberglass insulation. Attic space offers many options for building storage or living space especially if you already have a well built basic flooring in place. You ll have to construct a wooden frame or sub floor with boards 16 inches apart to provide extra support for the floor. A raised platform of lumber in dimensions of 2 4 or 2 6 with insulation placed between joists and covered up with a 12 inch plywood helps build the right flooring.

Sistering is the process of adding a new joist next to each existing joist. For an easy attic flooring start with a simple laying down of wood planks. If the attic joists are not adequate one way to strengthen the floor for live loads is to sister the old joists. 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.

The solid base. Installing flooring material over the attic doesn t quite leave room for the recommended insulation space needed to provide efficient home energy. 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 boards. To floor an attic you ll need to install a sub floor for support before laying your plywood floor.

We show you how to lay out tongue and groove loft boards in your loft supporting them on joists for a secure storage floor. First you ll need to measure the area you want to floor so you can calculate how much wood you ll require. Mike embarks on a project to lay a floor in the attic loft space. Attic dek flooring is an easy to install floor option that provides additional storage space supporting up to 250 lbs.

If you keep these close together you will not have to worry about any gaps. The best way to lay a floor in your loft for storage is to lay floor board panels.