Recent content by trpltongue

Chris, That's what I was thinking as well. I do remember seeing a fire rating on the drop-down door inside the house though. The more I think about it, the more I'd love to be able to do some sort of access from the media room instead. I just don't think it's possible because of the weird...

Readhead, Yes, the house and roof is stick framed. As of now the attic access has only a hole cut with a piece of drywall that sits in place over the hole. I *could* drywall and firetape the adjoining wall, but I think it would be much easier to use a fire-rated door or some other sort of...

Makman, That looks like exactly what I want to do. A nice "oversized" width and sturdy lightweight ladder. I belive that the attic roof is an 8/12 but not sure. Ken, Those Bessler stairs look incredible! The only potential problem I see is that I have 12' ceilings and there are only a...

Tim, Very good points. To clarify, the pic is facing the exterior wall. On the adjoining bedroom wall there is sheathing and proper fire blocking. All construction was done by the builder and properly inspected. None of this work has been done by me. Makman, There is indeed a huge...

I would like to be able to access the attic while the vehicles are in the garage preferably. I don't mind tearing down the Sheetrock in the area and replacing if it means that I can get a proper attic access :)

Okay, I've attached a pic of the floorplan below. The upstairs media room overlaps with the 2 car garage. The left side of the media room is basically on the left edge of the 2-car portion of the garage. We park the expy in the 3rd bay and my car in the first bay. Second bay is open for now...

The orange tubes are conduit so that I can run additional wire later if I need to. I'll see if I can figure out a way to run it parallel to the joists but there just isn't a good place to put the access running parallel. Steve, that is about where my current access hole is. The problem is...

Sorry for the slow reply. Yes there is living space above the other 2 bays and unfortunately there is no way to add a door from the living space to the attic. Also, you are right that I meant the ceiling joists not rafters :) the only reason I want to move the access is because the current...

Hello all, I've been recently introduced to the forum and have been blown away! I hate to just jump in with a problem, but I could really use some help from the brilliant folks here. I have a 3 car side by side with attic access above the 3rd bay. As of now I only have an access hole, no...