Framing An Attic Closet

In this video we frame up a closet using a standard stick framing technique.

Framing an attic closet. Attic conversion has fit the bill for countless homeowners over the years. The homewyse wall framing calculator uses industry. Follow these basic steps for framing and finishing an attic closet. A garage basement or a closet can cost thousands less than a new home.

Construct the braces with 2 by 4 vertical studs nailed at 24 inches on center to a top and bottom plate. Get fair costs for your specific project requirements. Unlike many basements attics are dry and being free of major appliances e g the furnace they are also quiet. See professionally prepared estimates for wall framing work.

These closet doors are not available as prehung units. Modify them to your own attic as needed. It s just a matter of framing the knee wall the short part of the wall and the slanted ceiling. The cost to frame a wall starts at 2 33 4 20 per square foot but can vary significantly with site conditions and options.

Be sure to leave an access door to each side of the attic. Nail a sheet of plywood to the existing floor joists so the short sides align with the joists and the long side is perpendicular to the joists. Wearing safety glasses cut the tops of the 2 by 4 s to match the angle of the roof with a miter saw. Buildings with combustible ceiling or roof construction shall have an attic access opening to attic areas that have a vertical height of 30 inches 762 mm or greater over an area of not less than 30 square feet 2 8 m 2 the vertical height shall be measured from the top of the ceiling framing members to the underside of the roof framing members.

A 6 foot wide closet opening is most common but you can install closet doors in an opening of just about any width. Often times with sloped ceilings you need to think outside the box when it comes to a storage closet. The term framing here refers to installing the jambs into a rough opening for bypass or bifold doors. See typical tasks and time to frame a wall along with per unit costs and material requirements.

Use a single bottom plate and a single top plate. Tilt up these temporary walls to support the ceiling joists. However it can range anywhere between 1 400 and 5 917 depending on the type and size of the project. We worked from 8am until 4 15 and got the bulk of the closet built.

It will cost on average 3 473 for rough carpentry framing. A slanted wall closet while not ideal is better than no closet at all.