Attic Space Over Garage

The highest point it 5 foot 8 inches so my youngest 2 and i can stand but the others in our family can t.

Attic space over garage.

Step 3 create a storage space. The attic space is 17 feet by 21 feet. You can see the garage window below. Don t cut any rafters for an opening yet.

So if the distance from the roof ridge to the floor joists isn t at least 9 feet you probably won t be able to meet. Then one day while working in the garage it dawned on me that there was a huge unused space right above me. Building codes typically require that a finished space have a ceiling height of 7 feet 6 inches over at least half of the available floor space. Let s start the tour of the finished space.

In 2014 this attic looked just like any other attic anywhere in the world. When you have finished installing the attic ladder and hatch you will be easily able to walk up and down the ladder to complete the storage space creation. Only cover the areas where you wish to store items. The insulation will keep the naturally hot or cold air in the garage and the artificially warmed or cooled air in the room above it.

Take the floorboards and place them over the floor joists in the attic. The opening for the floor window. The reveal of the garage attic makeover. If you re using your garage enough to warrant installing a heater and or air conditioner by all means you should insulate the ceiling between the garage and an unfinished attic space above.

Make sure the structure is up to snuff before the house was expanded to include a garage addition. Break the drywall or plastic ceiling with a hammer to gain a view of what the space looks like. The garage is 82 years old. Tap into the attic space over the garage using a tall a shaped ladder.

Create an access opening or install a pull down stair unit if you don t have one. You can see the old bits of just added insulation inside for example and the occ. This is where dreams of adding new living space in an attic are often abandoned. For visual symmetry she centered double windows over the garage door and a gable end window over the window below.

A garage attic also should be insulated is if there is an air conditioned room above the garage.