Putting Boards Down In Attic

Maneuvering heavy 4 x 8 sheets of plywood or osb oriented strand board up to an unfinished attic is sometimes like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.

Putting boards down in attic.

Wear long sleeves and pants since. Put on work gloves safety glasses and a dust mask before entering the attic. Place a 2 inch by 3 inch board. Line up 2x4 inch 5 08x10 16 cm thick boards on each end of the grid and screw them into the existing boards that you laid.

Once you have boards screwed into the entirety of the floor the attic should look like a grid. If you keep these close together you will not have to worry about any gaps. While you can nail the flooring into place a screwdriver will countersink screws and create a squeak free finish. Walk to one end of the attic by carefully stepping only on the wooden ceiling joists.

Another way to add attic flooring is to secure plywood sheets to the floor. If plywood or particleboard is slightly warped it may pull loose if you nail it down. There are several different types of attic flooring you can use. Lay a full board next to the first one and then mark or measure if it needs to be cut see step three.

Using a nail gun is no guarantee that boards won t pop up. How to lay attic flooring on top of fiberglass insulation 1. To make the job easier use a circular saw to cut the plywood sheet first into 2 2 8 strips which will be much easier to handle. Now that you have boards lined up across the trusses you can cap off each end of the subfloor with boards on each end.

For an easy attic flooring start with a simple laying down of wood planks.