The use of a portable staircase of the last century leaves, giving way to mobile and practical attic staircases. Owners of private houses carefully set up the stairs, because you must carefully choose the design and securely mount it. How to install a ladder to the attic yourself?
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Stairs leading to the attic
For country houses and cottages equipped with an attic space, the presence of a staircase to the attic is a vital necessity.
The modern staircase leading to the attic is no longer a cumbersome stationary structure, but a completely new mobile and practical model. Therefore, there will not be a conversation about the stationary ladder to the attic.
The most interesting are mobile structures.
Stairs to the attic compacts, are functional, do not require significant installation costs, and what is most interesting, these stairs can be made by hand.
Recall that the attic stairs can be of the following design:
• Folding
• screw
• scissor
• Sliding
• Automatic.
When using ladders, two ways of unfolding are possible: manually and automatically. By the location of the staircase, the stairs are external and internal.
How to choose the type of stairs of attic
The main criterion for choosing the type of attic stairs is the correspondence to the required height of the installation. The size and height of the stairs are determined from the floor of the room to the ceiling. For the installation and installation of any type of attic staircase, the dimensions of the opening are determined. This will be the dimensions of the opening directly in the ceiling. The attic ladder can be installed in concrete and wooden openings.
Construction of attic stairs from the manufacturer
Manufacturers of stairs offer a wide range of attic stairs. It can be a ladder to the attic folding or pull-out. In any case, the installation and assembly of the ladder will depend on the material of manufacture and the design features of the product proposed by the manufacturer.
What are attractive attic stairs ready?
These are the following characteristics, of which it is impossible not to say:
• a wide range of models and the availability of various sizes
• decorating metal or wooden steps with notches and corrugations
• Typical connection of folding ladder guides.
Of course, installing a finished staircase will greatly facilitate its installation. The attic stairs from the manufacturer are produced complete with a hatch. Therefore, the installation of the finished staircase leading to the attic will consist in securing the hatch in the prepared ceiling opening. So, for example, a folding ladder, consisting of 3 sections, will be fixed by the upper part to the hatch cover. Structurally it is an easy small-sized ladder that occupies a minimum of space in the folded state, but in working condition it is suitable for raising to a height of up to 3 m.
Sliding or telescopic ladder consists of 2 sections. The projected height is achieved through manual control and guides. We must give credit to the fact that the products of brands of attic stairs are thought through to the smallest detail. The models of the stairs are folded and extended to the required size, using a special control rod. Probably, therefore, manipulations to prepare stairs attic to the working state deliver the owners maximum enjoyment.
In addition to attractive sliding stairs to the attic, there are no less interesting stationary interior staircases. Such staircases are successfully used to visit the second floor of the exploited attic rooms. Stationary interior staircases are manufactured according to the same rules as folding or sliding ladders.
Self-assembly of the finished folding ladder will help you with this video.
However, none of the most stylish design will replace a one made with love with your own hands.
Making an attic with your own hands
For the manufacture of the attic stairs, the most simple and affordable design is chosen, for example a 2-section folding ladder.
The manufacture of the attic stairs start with measurements. To do this, measure the height of the room, as well as the expected angle of the stairs. Recall that the angle of inclination of the ladder is reached empirically. In a secret, we add, as practice shows, this angle reaches 30 degrees.
The height of the room for the stairs, and this is the height of the ceilings is 2.5 m. Thus, simple mathematical calculations give the value of the length of the ladder 3.0 m. Carefully draw the drawings of the stairs to the attic. For the manufacture of stairs, it is recommended to use logs for oblique, bar along the width of the stair for fastening, overhead door hinges, as well as boards for treads or steps.
In addition, it is necessary to purchase folding suspensions, which will fix the hatch cover. Having prepared the necessary material, we begin to create a ladder. When working, it is necessary to take into account the height and width of the ladder, as well as the number of steps. The steps are fixed in a traditional way on both sides. This can be the use of the method of fastening the "spike-groove" or the use of screws and glue. It is recommended to fill or glue the anti-slip lining on the step. The installation of the attic stair begins with the fastening under the ceiling opening. Two bars, equal in width to the stairs, we connect with each other by loops.
We assemble individual elements using furniture fittings.
The operability and opening of the hinges must be checked before final fastening of the fasteners. This construction of the attic stairs can be considered a simple one, so there will be no problems with the device.
Another version of the attic staircase is possible.
For this it is necessary to make two or three short stairs of the same size. Then these stairs will be connected using a fixing steel mechanism into one construction.
In this case, the attic staircase will be located directly on the hatch, and be expanded to the size of a large ladder by hand. The main in calculating and drawing up the drawings of this design will be the calculation of the mass of the attic ladder and the selection of fixing elements for fixing the end elements of the stairs.
Silent movie, about how to make a ladder to the attic, will simply show the entire technological process of installation and assembly.
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