Use a straight edge knife to cut any drywall paper that.
How to make an attic hatch.
Using a stud finder mark your joists.
Since the weather is getting colder by the day up here in the northern hemisphere i had to qu.
Line the rim on top of the trim pieces with weatherstripping at minimum.
Using drywall knife start cutting the ceiling out along your line.
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Purchase some 2 4 interior door jamb stock from your local building supply centre or any shop that supplies.
Attic access panel determine where your joists are.
The kitchen remodel is going to require a bunch of attic work.
It s a long hot cramped filthy head banging slog from the garage hatch.
Luckily this gable vent is right above the west kitchen wall.
You ll notice in the pictures below that now you.
2 thick foam board 4 8 sheet with an r value of 10 orgreater you might need two sheets for larger hatches or to make it thicker 8 20 foamweather stripping the wider the better 1 can great stuff foam or similar 1 tube liquid nail or other construction adhesive.
Use a pencil and draw a box within the joists.
You ll notice in the photo below that interior door jamb stock does not have any kind of weather stripping in.
How to make an attic hatch from a vent.
I absolutely dread the hands and knees crawl through our attic.