Diy Attic Flooring For Storage

We show you how to lay out tongue and groove loft boards in your loft supporting them on joists for a secure storage floor.

Diy attic flooring for storage. Installing attic dek panels to create flooring in an attic is a great way to add storage space in a home for a beginning diyer. Attic space offers many options for building storage or living space especially if you already have a well built basic flooring in place. Lan to use 2x4x36 upright screwed to ceciing joist every 24 to hold 2x6x12 s up above duct work. That creates a problem in support for storage floor and only using support walls below.

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. Flooring in the loft or attic how to lay tongue and groove board panel loft flooring. The below photos shows what my unfinished attic looked liked before the attic dek panels were installed. The best way to lay a floor in your loft for storage is to lay floor board panels.

It s possible to create a solid floor without investing a lot of money. You can for instance use recycled materials.