Rethinking Attic Access

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@dennisaustin8145 10 ай бұрын

After watching your video with Matt Risinger re: Vented vs Unvented Attics, I'm convinced that a well-designed vented attic is the way to go. Assuming you may be looking at two feet of blown-in insulation, though, I'd like to see some details of the perimeter of the attic void space, i.e. where the sloping roof comes down to meet the exterior walls. I'm really liking the way you build!!

@euphioquestion420 10 ай бұрын

raised heel trusses

@sam_fujiyama 10 ай бұрын

Great idea having the double door with the chase, keeping the interior door tidy and simple.

@brothershaun780 10 ай бұрын

Great job

@CMCraftsman 8 ай бұрын

Jake, this was really helpful. I just blew in my cellulose a couple days ago and I have the same situation with a piece of drywall sitting on some weather stripping stuck onto a frame in the closet ceiling and a chase above. I’ve been thinking about how to make this not so much the worst part of the house as Steve would say and after watching, although I was going to build my hatch the same, I’ll definitely be using those lunchbox style latches on my hatch when I build it to keep it pulled down. Thanks for the content, super valuable.

@jake.bruton.aarow.building 8 ай бұрын

A little thought and a little planning is all it take, right.

@halglenn9102 10 ай бұрын

Man. This is great as I have been thinking about this problem a bit and the 'submarine hatch' was my only viable idea. I never considered access via outside the envelope. Great idea. Any chance you would take on how to make a garage door air tight for an energy efficient shop next? THAT is a real problem!

@jake.bruton.aarow.building 10 ай бұрын

Maybe, they make a track that helps with air sealing but a garage is only going to be so good with a garage door anyway.

@thenexthobby 4 күн бұрын

Hi, Jake. Finally! A video that states the obvious: Stop treating attics as "free rooms" when instead, the main floor should have been made a little larger -- or smarter -- to handle the mechanical.

@luke9822 3 ай бұрын

4:23 Is there a video on how to to build an attic access like this one in location #3?

@cxsey8587 4 ай бұрын

How do you make sure bugs aren’t living up in your attic? I get that it’s not directly connected to your living space, but i can’t imagine bugs not migrating inside your house with big holes to the roof.

@jake.bruton.aarow.building 4 ай бұрын

The soffit has a very small aperture (less than an 1/8”) and the ridge vent has the same. These isn’t actually a space for bugs to find their way in. Also, no water, food, and high or low temps. In our experience they simply don’t want to live up there.

@cxsey8587 4 ай бұрын

@@jake.bruton.aarow.building fair enough, thanks!

@willtrapp6188 9 ай бұрын

Love the outside gable access. My only concern is water. How did you waterproof it?

@jake.bruton.aarow.building 9 ай бұрын

We used Zip tape and it is covered by a rain screen still. It also has a roll of Zip tape inside the opening for the next guy. However, looking back now, that tape will be cooked to death by the time someone opens it up.

@zachjohnson79 6 ай бұрын

Hey jake- im designing a 1.5 bedroom 700 sf single story ADU - raised heel truss - vented attic in colorado. dont do a lot of attics and im wondering how to design access - this gives me some ideas, thanks! how much rigid insl on other side of that sub hatch?- my (main) question is related to running ERV ductwork - potentially burried in blown in insulation up there? its slab on grade construction so no crawl access, and im tight on space - dont love the idea of penetrating the air barrier (clg) - with ERV ductwork but also dont want to drop the ceiling ...any thoughts? also - should i install erv up there - looks like there are some insulated ERV units on the market and would eliminate 2 penetrations - plus could vent and intake direct out gable end vs through conditioned ext. wall... - thanks for sharing over the years, apprciate ya!

@jake.bruton.aarow.building 6 ай бұрын

Zach, all good questions. Head over to the link below to see how we have handled this type situation recently. We have simply ordered the trusses with a step in the bottom to allow the ductwork to be inside the envelope and then it makes life so much easier. buildshownetwork.com/contents/trying-new-things-ceiling-air-barrier

@Nttt739 7 ай бұрын

You obviously never serviced electrical wires, hvac pipes, or whatever. You are making amountain out of the envelope. You could simply properly seal the attic hatch. Another builder thinking of himself. Btw, you the builder can go ahead and install catwalks in the attic

@jake.bruton.aarow.building 7 ай бұрын

Well, we dont put HVAC in out attics, no duct work, no units nothing, so we attempt to make it so there is as little up there to service as possible. The last thing we want is someone walking around up there. There is 2+ feet of insulation up there in our homes there is rarely room left over for anyone to go walking around without messing up the insulation. Building catwalks isnt an option in most cases due to space, not always, but most. But, if you dont put things up there that need service, you wont have to waste time, money, and materials up there servicing things in the attice. As to the wires that need to be serviced, I not sure what you mean. I’ve never had to ‘service’ a wire. I’ve conducted renovations in which wires had to be relocated or removed but that is a completely different conversation. I’ve never had a wire that needed to be tended to during its regular lifespan. If we did we could bury them inside walls and floors as well.

@Nttt739 7 ай бұрын

Nobody services wires. A simple misplaced word. I don't like attics anyway. In older homes, your idea is a nightmare. However, with your homes, it may be a good idea. If you are running wires in the attic, that may be the only problem when the home is old. You could build it with wires below attic. A sub ceiling . A dedicated wire space. For some reason I wasn't grasping the home being built correctly. I'm so use to fixing all the other builders failures. Keep up the good work.

@jake.bruton.aarow.building 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for commenting!

@lindsayvaughn9889 5 ай бұрын

@@jake.bruton.aarow.buildingI'm in a situation where the bathroom vent exhaust fans needs to be fixed and we have no attic access...so sometimes things do need to be serviced

@jake.bruton.aarow.building 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely, there are times where builders do put things up there. We try our best to not do that. Even the bathroom vent fans in our homes are the models that can be services from below (for the motors) and the piping is hard pipe taped and screwed together and mounted in place with straping so that it should never need to be seen again. Going into the attic is not a fun job and we should design around having to do so because it doesn’t take much effort.