Relocating A Pull Down Attic Ladder

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Relocating A Pull Down Attic Ladder - Moving Attic Stairs

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Жыл бұрын

In this video, I change where my pull down attic ladder is located. I am totally gutting my third bedroom so I decided that I didn't want to have the pull down ladder in that room any more. So I decide to move the ladder to the hallway to have better access.
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@katieallen3927 Жыл бұрын

Moving this out of the bedroom to the hallway makes perfect sense to me. You won’t have to move any furniture to use the attic steps.

@bradleythomas5445 Жыл бұрын

Been watching your videos for awhile now. I love how you show each project step-by-step. Genius how you moved the ladder assembly to the new opening, by sliding it in from above. Work smarter not harder. Great job!

@coppertopjohnson9782 Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 Your bloopers!!!! Priceless!!!! The positioning was perfect. And you do have a lot of room to maneuver stuff up or down. Thanks for sharing.

@DiamondDustAndVerdigris Жыл бұрын

"One sticky sticky..." LOL Just as entertaining as it is informative, as usual. 🙂

@bearing_aficionado Жыл бұрын

I'm still impressed that you are able to do these projects without using sentence enhancers!!!

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

Well… just because they weren’t in the video doesn’t mean they didnt happen haha

@bearing_aficionado Жыл бұрын

Oh I bet! No way can you do any project without saying a few sentence enhancers!

@nepa_cat_wrangler Жыл бұрын

For the pads under the steps, I started to use a Velcro pad situation. I nail or glue to the wood then Velcro the pad that makes contact with the floor to it.

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

Great idea!

@Sapnek Жыл бұрын

U actually went thru the trouble of planning and executing something based on a comment someone made online.. no doubts it was a good comment that got u thinking. But I respect that alot.. kuddos

@docdoctme Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your videos. Even though I will never do this kind of job, it’s intriguing to see your thought process in each step of the project.

@anthonybecker24 7 ай бұрын

Good work! Kind of thought i was watching a long form ryoby commercial briefly, thanks for the lesson ive got the same project on my need to do list. Thanks again Tony

@ca6177 Жыл бұрын

You amaze me at what you are willing to do by yourself! Glad you didn't get hurt, awesome job!

@kap319 Жыл бұрын

This is great timing for us. I’ve been wanting to change our attic access from a bedroom to our hall too. This is a great how-to for us.

@turtuhl Жыл бұрын

man that was a close one at the end!! good save!

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

Yeah if it happened above the bedroom it would have hurt. I somehow stepped on a top plate and avoided nails into my foot. Probably would have gone down hard if it was over the bedroom. Great for an outtake though haha. Thanks for watching!

@chris_hertford Жыл бұрын

I've had a loft ladder kit wating in my loft since I moved to the house 6 years ago. The hatch needs total reframing for it to fit, I'll get to it one day lol!

@lynnwalsh1392 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Also the video angles were really creative. I loved the camera position when you moved the stair unit across the attic.

@pattihamilton0925 Жыл бұрын

Way more convenient in the hall.

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

Agreed!!

@jarjar0653 Жыл бұрын

Wow. The attention to detail is really something. Great job ❤

@AutoFixYT Жыл бұрын

37:15 As soon as I saw you step, I knew exactly why this clip was at the end of the video... Scared me for a second lol (probably nowhere near as much as it scared you haha) Also, awesome content as always, I learned something for sure!

@dannydahlke1845 Жыл бұрын

Haha your Clark Griswold blooper at the end make me pee a little bit 😆😆 great content as always! Looking forward to your LED flush mount lighting video!

@danielleb5514 Жыл бұрын

Awesome job

@vickigreen2981 Жыл бұрын

So much carpentry knowledge ! Wonderful. Change the rope to an eye hook and place a dowel with a hook in the hall closet. Nothing hanging from the ceiling

@sumar207 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant relocation of the pull-down stairs!

@davidwostrel Жыл бұрын

haha... I watched you say 11 1/4 and mark 11 and 3/4 and was like oh no... then you caught it :)

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

Measure twice, cut once haha

@davidwostrel Жыл бұрын

@@TheFixerHomeRepair Nice job not falling through the roof, I had a piece break on me the other day, and popped the ceiling in my closet.... adding to the drywall work that I need to do!

@mrm4155 Жыл бұрын

great job. Ryobi for the win. They should sponsor you!

@raycarter4030 Жыл бұрын

to be fair, this was pure genius.

@jessicad83 Жыл бұрын

22:22 when you cut and folded back that vapour barrier, that turned on my OCD so bad! Lol 😜

@lynelalonde2827 Жыл бұрын

Great choice! Great job!

@kimberlyakers5923 Жыл бұрын

wow that was a process. great job.

@m_lopez8272 Жыл бұрын

Perfect spot

@nolongeramused8135 Жыл бұрын

I was expecting this. Attic ladders usually end up located in a hallway just for the convenience of it, though one in a large master bedroom has possibilities.

@maryjanedavidson2804 Жыл бұрын

That last clip of you almost falling through the ceiling, funny! I have a hole in my kitchen ceiling from this same thing, husband checking a leak and making an accidental sky light lol!

@_Noirscape Жыл бұрын

I think the way you moved the ladder over was very smart and creative! I’m not the DIY type (budget and time too limited, mostly) but I like watching your videos to see how it’s done.

@TheOne610 Жыл бұрын

Dude, I love watching your videos! They are so intriguing to me and may help me when I eventually build my own house one day! You know what would be cool? When you get finished with all your big projects on your house, if you took all your timelapses and strung them together in one long video, so we get one long video of you continuously fixing up your house!

@arifnoor8358 Жыл бұрын

I found your channel today and I am already addicted. I must say your channel is very underrated. But I am sure you will have millions of views once people find it. Great job. I am learning so much.

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

Hey! Thanks so much for the comment and the support. I really do appreciate it! 😃

@t11kr1 Жыл бұрын

You don't know how pleased I was, when you folded that vapour barrier plastic

@jimwhite5964 Жыл бұрын

Another fine job done! Thanks, Fixer!

@kajem575 Жыл бұрын

Nicely done. 🙂✌️❤

@julio3421 Жыл бұрын

Can't wait for u to rent that house and start new projects

@tonyathomas66 Жыл бұрын

Great video as always. I too love how you show us step by step. ❤❤

@agray8109 Жыл бұрын

I keep a small rubber backed bathroom rug that gets pulled out when ever my stairs are down to not scar my flooring. Attic stairs leak energy like a sieve(hot and cold). I built a a 'chimney cap' using Owens Corning FOAMULAR 150 2 in. x 4 ft. x 8 ft. R-10 Unfaced Squared Edge Insulation Sheathing/silver foil tape jointed that fits over the 2"x2" edging on the attic decking. Light weight, easy to lift and lay to the side.

@donhartfield 10 ай бұрын

This was the first major thing I did almost 13 years to my old home. We had a 2 1/2' x 2 1/2' square opening with just a piece of sheetrock as the "cover" being held up by trim as the attic access (was an old 1951 home in South Mississippi). Luckily the beams were positioned to align right down the long part of the hallway and perfect so that when I added bracing and put support in, the ladder aligned perfectly in the middle of the hallway using one of the long attic braces as the side-support. I was able to break up that sheetrock square to fill in the missing gaps on the side too without having to purchase anything more. Once mud and trim were done, you couldn't even tell it wasn't always there. Super easy fix.

@carolyncarlson3825 Жыл бұрын

You make me nervous...I'm glad you are ok....good move and great placement...hugs

@lindaroyal8161 Жыл бұрын

Yes it makes so much more sense to have the attic access in the hallway. I'm so impressed with your work and skill level of figuring out all the kinks in the projects as they arise. I wish I could find someone local to my area with your skills to assist with projects I have. If you ever want to do a "get away" to the Tampa area, I certainly can provide you with some projects for filming. Nicely done!

@bayani3 Жыл бұрын

Great Idea moving the stairs! Awesome video as always glad you didn’t fall through the ceiling 😂😂

@Pallidus_Rider 10 ай бұрын

The Fixer 👍

@martymaddox7828 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful job…..as usual…….you made the job look easy……Thanks for sharing……❣️😊❣️😊❣️

@shoyrushoyru Жыл бұрын

i can hear those sleighbells ring when you were cutting the ceiling drywall. and lmao i did the same thing with the felt pads on my attic stairs....it was too late though, there was already huge gashes from the guys who built the house constantly going up into the attic. i used a felt pad and cut it to size so it covers the whole contact surface of the ladders foot instead of using the individual little circles

@robingillespie4467 Жыл бұрын

O lord I have to install one of these to. Thanks for the video, my ceilings are 12 feet!

@tommycho9068 Жыл бұрын

Hard work pays off. Great job. Thanks.

@flaviuskern225 Жыл бұрын

Install an illuminated switch, nobody will miss that when you open the attic door.

@reaperrt1019 Жыл бұрын

Good move! If you’d ever sell it won’t be an eye sore for the buyer.

@oscarqp Жыл бұрын

Nice job

@radwimp7484 Жыл бұрын

Perfect timing, I need to move my attic hatch from a small closet that is super awkward to use! God knows why it was put there instead of the bigger pantry or hallway. Anyway, thanks and great video as usual.

@border304 Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I want to move hatch from hallway into cupboard and make the door look like a bookcase. Just leave the stairs down. Secret attic space ftw.

@82gamerprincess31 Жыл бұрын

A little tip for the bottom of the ladder. Get the wooden chair feet sliders that nail in. The nylon will protect the floor and they won’t fall off.

@jsaysyay Жыл бұрын

honestly perfect location to put it, and glad it's out of that room, like here it's between my sister and i'd rooms at the end of the hallway, just a nice spot to have it. like when i was super young and we were moving we didn't look much at one house because it had an attic door like that in a bedroom and my sister and i were too terrified of it lol. great vid as always

@dannyr9703 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! I like the way you lay out your process.

@WonkyStud Жыл бұрын

You are an inspiration for American houses, in Europe we use concrete ceilings for newer houses

@WonkyStud 8 ай бұрын

@@phillipbanes5484 bro serious? I think like 90 % in europe is bricks, probably also the reason tha usa has zero medieval history

@michaelplays2449 Жыл бұрын

very enjoyable video .......thank you !!!!!

@iamwhoiamd7056 Жыл бұрын

I thoroughly love your videos. I learn so much from you.

@Yellowjacket1977 Жыл бұрын

I'm about to do one of these, too! Thanks for the info!!

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

You are welcome. I hope the video helps! Good luck!

@jimk5307 10 ай бұрын

Man, I was worried we wouldn’t see any use of Timberloks but you came through!

@johnlerario8068 Жыл бұрын

smart idea

@Walterz930 Жыл бұрын

In the uk all of the attic hatches are at the top of the stairs in the hallway and I have never seen any in the bedrooms unless the attic gets made into bedroom and then they used a storage closet to make new stairs into the attic

@lcook0825 Жыл бұрын

Great job accomplished.

@Samibz Жыл бұрын

Hi, like your vids. Tip on the push in connectors, they are removable, just pull and twist at the same time. Stranded wires are about the only ones that wont come out of them. Keep up the good work.

@BrandonSmith-714 Жыл бұрын

Hey there I have watched every single one of your videos I've commented several times and I just finished watching your video on moving the attic access.... WOW what an amazing video and idea!!!! It looks so much better this way and I believe it is way more functional than it being in the spare bedroom!! You have really made your house into a beautiful home so far and I'll watch your videos until the day I die or you stop making videos so yeah man keep up the great work!!!!! Oh yeah and can you give your dog Koda lots of pets for me please

@charlesmcadory8286 Жыл бұрын

For clean drywall cutting use Dremel MM435 Drywall Jab Saw.

@dannydahlke1845 Жыл бұрын

You must have Popeye forearms. Power tools FTW!

@johnrazor8720 Жыл бұрын

Great relo. Really enjoy your channel. Thanks

@riffdex Жыл бұрын

Great video. Have you ever designed a full staircase? I would like to add one to my house for attic access and would love a video on the topic..

@antonius138 Жыл бұрын

Them poor guitars though...lol. Just kidding love the series...

@manganvbg90 Жыл бұрын

I hate those kind of attic ladders, always feels like you gonna faceplant the floor when carrying stuff 😅

@obryanstudio 3 ай бұрын

Thx

@wcsd9577 Жыл бұрын

Yeah the hallway is a much more appropriate place for the ladder. Painted it should blend in nice also. If it were me I'd swap the rope pull-down for a metal loop and use a hook to pull it down.

@judithcatlett8518 Жыл бұрын

This was a good one.

@michealtaylor1228 Жыл бұрын

0:54 He means fine with Mrs. Fixer. 😁😁

@MaverickandStuff Жыл бұрын

When cutting that drywall, you could have just scored both sides with a knife and the section would have just popped out. That would have saved you from making all that dust.

@garyfrench6350 Жыл бұрын

Great video 👍

@shereemorgan1430 Жыл бұрын

Is this a new home you are doing renovations on? The other home you completed was beautiful!

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

This is the same house. Just a different room. And thank you!

@Littleanimalsarecute Жыл бұрын

I want one of these so bad!!

@robertschmidt6383 Жыл бұрын

It's a good thing you have the skills to do this. We're you or are you in the building trades?

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

I was in the trades beforehand! 😃

@gregmize01 Жыл бұрын

Knowing me, I'd forget to rotate it and put it in backwards!😔

@arlenem9697 Жыл бұрын

This was a great video, I like the way you explain everything. My only suggestion to you is to get some knee pads and save your knees.👍

@Yellowjacket1977 Жыл бұрын

Do you also have a video on upgrading an old electrical fuse panel to a new breaker panel?

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

Hey, Steven. That is one thing I don't think I will attempt. I leave panel work to electricians. Thanks for watching!

@1964amora Жыл бұрын

U might need to paint the attic ladder door to match your ceiling

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

Yup! It’s in the plan! 😁😁

@daveharris6279 Жыл бұрын

Am I the only one to catch the Bill O’Reilly “We’ll do it live” reference?

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

😁👊

@John-cb6wn 10 ай бұрын

You should have considered a Bessler attic stairs it one piece ladder

@godfathermas 9 ай бұрын

How come you put a double 2x6 on one side but only a single 2x6 on the other side of the opening? Another question I have is that the opening that was made for my attic was used without joist hangers (someone used deck screws to connect pieces of wood) would this cause a recurring crack in the ceiling drywall (even after repair with self adhesive tape and spackle) any help from anyone would be greatly appreciated Thank you!

@davidpark905 Жыл бұрын

I have a bungalow house from 1928. Not sure it's safe to walk or stand up there.. any tips?

@linusmalm2092 Жыл бұрын

King

@brettchilders5581 Жыл бұрын

Great work as always brother. I just have one question, why didn’t you install attic stairs that are insulated. You will loose a lot of heat without them. I’m in Georgia, inspectors make us install insulated ones here.

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

Great question. I saw the insulated ones before I moved these and did think about it but didn’t want these ones to go to waste. I am planning on making one of those insulated boxes to put over the stairs when they are not in use.

@pitsnipe5559 Жыл бұрын

I jept wondering if you were going to leave that in the bedroom. Goad you’re moving it.

@SeeEdRun Жыл бұрын

When you were screwing into the framing through the drywall, if you countersink the screw almost the entire depth of the drywall, what actually are those screws doing? @24:46

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

Hey! I was attaching that block to the framing. Not the drywall to the block. The drywall was just in my way really, that is why I drilled a hole through it. Hope this makes sense. Thanks for watching!

@SeeEdRun Жыл бұрын

@@TheFixerHomeRepair Okay, I must've missed that. Thanks for the explanation. Love your videos!

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

@edward3179 Thanks!!

@tinyt6330 Жыл бұрын

I need to do this to my house except I don't even have stairs to get to my attic but the hole to get up there is in the closet of my bedroom... poor planning on who ever built that!

@shoyrushoyru Жыл бұрын

my childhood home was the same way. there was a framed hole in my bedroom closet ceiling with a chunk of drywall you had to push up and then bring a ladder to get up. in our case we didnt have hallway space for a hallway attic access door. our hallway was only a couple feet long and had a handful of lights in it that would all be in the way

@dbw825 Жыл бұрын

My attic access is in my garage.

@HoakTheRandom Жыл бұрын

Are u gonna add more lights or a game room or a manage in the attic

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

Hey! It is not in the plan… it is only framed for light storage. Thanks for watching!

@tazman1937 Жыл бұрын

Those joists are in tension to prevent the rafters from spreading, I thought you could only put attic stairs between joists for that reason. Is that true or is it fine if you head it off like you’ve done here?

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

Hey Jake! Every situation is different... That is the case with most houses that the joists tie into the rafters to prevent the walls from bowing out. In my last video I showed how mine were not tied in at all (when I sister up the joists, they will be). so I was not worried about cutting one out since it has stood strong since 1946. On the other side of the house they are tied into the beam that is in place in between two roofs holding it there. Kind of hard to explain but typically as long as you are not cutting out a bunch of joists and you tie everything back together with the proper framing and with joist hangers, you should not have a problem. Again, every house is different, this video was just to show how I did it. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching!

@tazman1937 Жыл бұрын

Cool!! Thanks for clarifying that… I’ll have to check how my house is constructed before I try this, on my (long) list of things to do

@sdlconsulting7372 Жыл бұрын

How would you solve the problem if the Staircase Legs were too short instead of too long?

@TheFixerHomeRepair Жыл бұрын

Aha! Good question! I would probably just cut the proper angles on a few pieces of 3/4 and through bolt them to the existing legs... just as an extension of the ladder. Thanks for watching!

@joha7484 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤👌👌👌👌👌

@elizete2776 Жыл бұрын

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@fintan3563 9 ай бұрын

Didn’t you already move those stairs? 🧐🧐🧐

@TheFixerHomeRepair 9 ай бұрын

Sure did! 😂 I moved them from the living room to an office area but then when I was remodeling/ building the office into a third bedroom, I decided to change it again because I it didn't want them in my twins room.

@waynepennington2769 10 ай бұрын

You nail gun happy ain't ya lol. What's wrong with screws. Smh.

@TheFixerHomeRepair 10 ай бұрын

Quicker, easier, cheaper. Thanks for watching! 😃

@waynepennington2769 10 ай бұрын

I mean like if your attic is very huge there is no sense in doing what you are doing. An from what I see your attic is very small. So my hole in the closet ceiling is the place to put the excess