Attic Walkway Plywood

A 4 foot long plywood strip will need at least 8 screws on it.

Attic walkway plywood.

The surface itself just has to be strong enough to handle your weight along with tools and gear. Apply construction adhesive on one side and place it on the horizontal chord. An attic walkway doesn t have to be pretty or expensive. The intent is to lay down the boards and the ends should attach to a ceiling rafter.

The thinner plywood is acceptable when the joist spacing is 16 inches. No matter what the spacing is on your ceiling joists 3 4 inch plywood should be used if you plan on walking on it. Once you re done laying down all of the plywood your attic floor is finished. After that screw it in place using the 2 inch deck screws.

We normally recommend that you place plywood over the top of the rafters creating a walkway to the a c and in that area only lay in one or two layers of unfaced fiberglass blanket on top of the plywood walkway and around the ac unit itself. Ensure that the end of the first plywood sheet lands on a piece of 2x leaving enough room to position the. If you plan on placing the plywood around the perimeter of the opening or door and using it only to store light boxes or materials 1 2 inch thick plywood should suffice. Continue the process until the flooring is finished.

Place the first plywood sheet on top of the 2x structure starting by the attic entrance. The previous homeowner may have simply covered the joists with plywood to use the space for storage. Attics with existing flooring alternatively your attic may already have some sort of floor but this doesn t necessarily mean you can build rooms. We used leftover plywood scraps to build ours an attic walkway also needs enough support.

The first plank is placed at the entrance of the attic walkway on the first horizontal chord. Once the boards are in place place more screws placed 16 inches 40 64 cm apart to hold the plywood to the subfloor frame.