Removing Old Attic Ladder

If you want to close off the opening to the attic in your ceiling you must first remove the stairs.

Removing old attic ladder.

Removing pull down attic stairs with just one person. Where do you start. The door usually is counterbalanced to the ceiling with folding steel arms and two heavy duty springs. Once it was free of the old spray foam insulation and out of the rough opening i then lowered it through the rough opening.

I pushed the old ladder up into the attic figuring that trying to pull it down would be more problematic. In this video ask this old house general contractor tom silva removes an old attic staircase and replaces it with a new one. An attic stair which is actually more of a ladder is a fairly simple apparatus consisting of a folding series of steps attached to a door. If nail heads are inaccessible cut the nails with a reciprocating saw by slipping the blade in.

See below for a shopping list tools and ste. How to remove attic ladder stairs. All costs include removing old attic stairs and installation of new attic stair stairs. The left support arm broke making the old stairs functional but dangerously wobbly.

Ask this old house general contractor tom silva removes an old attic staircase and replaces it with a new one. After cleaning up a bit from removing the old ladder i put the new ladder in place and it s working great. We are here to provide every element of outstanding attic stairs for your needs. Remove all screws or nails connecting the frame of the ladder to the surrounding attic joists.

Additionally if your old attic stairs aren t functioning. Average cost of attic cleaning and insulation removal services unfortunately there s no easy way to calculate the average cost of a major attic cleanup. There are several different types of insulation so you should first identify the type you have in your attic. So you ve decided to tackle the project of removing your old insulation.

Remove the springs from the old attic staircase by bending the metal arms forward to release the tension. How to remove blown in insulation. Every project will have its own unique set of challenges making it very difficult to provide a ballpark estimate.