Expanding Closet Into Attic

While molly envisioned its 450 square foot attic as a walk in closet joel thought it fit for seasonal storage and college memorabilia.

Expanding closet into attic.

It helps hold up the drywall while screwing it in place. For instance a master bedroom. Adjust figures according to the measurements of your attic. Turning it into a closet is just one of them.

Stand the first bookcase at a right angle out from the edge of the closet. Place the finished edges to face each other at the corner. On the other hand attic remodeling is on average about a 53 000 project. In l a traditional additions can easily run 90 000 and often cost more.

A master bedroom with a closet gives you extra space to relax. Drywall is heavy and you may want to use a board jack image 1. If there is space left you can turn it into something else. Use 1 1 4 drywall screws.

Pry off the baseboard at the wall or walls that will move to enlarge the closet with the nail bar. 80 square feet of 6 by 16 inch insulation. 48 liner feet of closet shelf. These systems are small and powerful enough that you can cool off your whole house and still free up your attic space for other uses.

400 square feet of 3 by 16 inch insulation. Place the drywall where the old closet wall used to be. There are just so many things you can try on your attic. If the joists are the same for the closet and the attic space all you would have to do is put in a subfloor and move the condensate drain.

Place the metal corner bead on the edge of the closet. In 2009 joel darby and molly parrish purchased their first home an 1 800 square foot atlanta bungalow built in 1925. If you have different lumber for both areas you woulx need to reinforce the joists. Set the second shelving system at a right angle from the first.

This works especially well if you have little closet needs a large attic or both. 14 sheets of beadboard. 50 linear feet of baseboard. Use the straight end of the bar to pry up the inner edges of the closet shelf where it attaches.