How To Turn Your Attic Into A Room

Many older homes were built with steep pitched roofs and plenty of available height that makes attic conversion easy and inexpensive.

How to turn your attic into a room.

If most of your attic s ceiling is under 7 feet tall you can hire a professional to build a dormer to increase the height of the room. At least half of your attic space must be 7 feet high by 7 feet wide with a total of 70 square feet. The last idea we wanted to share is turning your attic space into a music studio. If your system can handle the additional demands running wires to the attic is relatively simple.

12 hacks to turn your unfinished attic into an organized haven transform your go to dumping ground into a clutter free zone. A bedroom dressing area and master bathroom. This attic was divided into three zones. Converting your attic into a room can be a fantastic way to fully utilize the space in your home.

Pull down stairs won t work for an attic room so you must add a permanent staircase. Put a pool table in a girls dress up room a kids arts and crafts space or an ice hockey table. Fortunately this is a fairly easy fix. You might open up your attic and find bare joists with fiberglass or cellulose insulation between the joists.

You can sister the joists by cutting 2 x8 boards the same length as the joists applying construction adhesive and affixing each to a joist with nails. Everything is already in place you just have to transform an empty space into your vision. Create an extra bedroom a master suite a media room a play room or anything you can imagine for much less than the cost of an addition. Another cool idea is to turn your attic into a game room for the kids.

No foundations or setbacks to worry about. To give the bathroom a spa like feel luxe features were added like a soaker tub a frameless shower enclosure a new toilet complete with heated seat and led lights marble and glass mosaic tiles and a crystal chandelier. Consult a licensed electrician to determine if your electric panel has room for additional breakers and can handle the increased load of an attic bedroom. By lauren smith mcdonough and caroline utz.

Turning an attic into a room can add value to your home and additional living space for your family. An attic is often the easiest place to add onto your house. Unlike other areas in your home there are unique tricks to finishing this space which provide a. Codes vary from place to place but the rule of 7 for using an attic as an actual room typically applies.