How To Put Decking In Attic

Screw the frame to the joists to.

How to put decking in attic.

The attic panel panels we installed before the universal panels were available were designed to work with 16 inch on center joist spacing. Walk to one end of the attic by carefully stepping only on the wooden ceiling joists. Place a 2 inch by 3 inch board directly on top of the joist nearest to the edge of the attic with its largest. 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.

Here s how to go about it. You simply screw the panels into your attic s joists. You simply screw the panels into your attic s joists. Lay the boards in rows starting along one edge of the attic.

The plywood should be laying on top of the subfloor with no overhang. While you can nail the flooring into place a screwdriver will countersink screws and create a squeak free finish. The joists in my home s attic are 16 inches apart generally so we got the 16 inch square panels. Once the boards are in place place more screws placed 16 inches 40 64 cm apart to hold the plywood to the subfloor frame.

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. Cut 2 thick lumber to length for the frame. Step 4 nail the boards into place with 2 inch shank nails using a hammer. 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.

Place four screws into each corner of the plywood making sure to line it up with the boards on the subfloor. Using a nail gun is no guarantee that boards won t pop up. Use an electric screwdriver to install the flooring base. Build a frame on 16 centers perpendicular to the attic floor joists.

If plywood or particleboard is slightly warped it may pull loose if you nail it down. Attach metal covers to electrical junction boxes and move any electrical wires out of the way or notch the frame to fit. The size you use depends on how the joists in your attic are spaced. Screw the plywood into the subfloor.