Pull Down Attic Door Stuck

We have a pull down attic wood ladder with heavy duty springs on each side.

Pull down attic door stuck.

Because of this a set of pull down attic stairs is the best way to reach the attic. Now it s time to make a handle to access your new eye hook. It is not opening and i can t get into the loft to see what is wrong. The paper should glide smoothly around most of the door.

This is very useful if you can t determine where the door is sticking by physically examining it. In order to get the door to close we have to bend the arm back in as much as we can and hook the spring back over the bracket at the top. In this video i show how a 15 mins hardw. Using the new eye bolt push it through the same hole the cord was in and tighten the bolt firmly on the inside of the stairs.

Can t take the hinges off as these are also above the door. The arm on that side looks like it s bent out. Has anyone please got any suggestions on how to deal with this except drilling a large hole through the door. If they are loose tighten them up as much as possible using either a wrench or screwdriver depending on your attic ladder model s attachment type.

From loose jambs gaps in the ceiling squeaky springs and cheap hardware to problems with the ladder itself a number of things might need to be constantly maintained. Grab your dowel and your screw hook. However sometimes things just don t go as expected. There are however problems that could arise with attic stairs.

Run a piece of heavy stock paper around the closed door. I store the dowel pull in the bathroom closet so it s easy to find when i need it. November 29 2017 diy repairs can be fun and cost effective. Inspect the brackets at the door hinge where the springs attach to the attic door frame.

It s hidden away and no more ugly cord. When built correctly the stairs are concealed within the attic itself. I also use the dowel to push the attic door back up to the ceiling. Wherever the piece of paper gets stuck is the problem area.

In the house the only evidence of the stairs is a string dangling down. To open my loft hatch i normally just push it up with the end of the pole and the spring releases the door. I can use the dowel to pull down the attic door from its new hook instead of having that dirty string hanging there all the time.