Do you need a hatch to the attic in a house with an attic, or is it a waste of money
On our channel, we have repeatedly talked about the fact that our house has an attic floor. Our roof is quite steep, at an acute angle, so the sloped ceilings in the attic do not interfere at all. The appearance of an attic house, in contrast to a full-sized two-story house, is of course more compact and neat. Although there are no comrades in taste and color - everyone likes their own.
But, due to the fact that the roof is rather sharp, there is a rather high attic room above the second floor.
Important room
Attic house owners often forget that their house has a small but very important element of the house - the attic. And you must definitely provide yourself with access to this room. Indeed, from time to time, at least once a year, it is necessary to revise the roof, insulation and communications, for example, the exhaust system. It is necessary to check the chimney - if there is a fireplace, the fan pipe - if you have foreseen it. All these elements of the house seriously increase the level of comfort and need to be monitored. Only through constant, about once every six months, monitoring of the condition can we identify in a timely manner destructive problems for the house.
How to get to the attic attic
I have seen more than once that in houses they make windows in the attic, which open from the outside. That is, to get there, they put a ladder, open the window and calmly, from the street, penetrate under the roof. This is done by our friends.
For this, at the construction stage, we provided for a hatch, which is located in the ceiling of the 2nd floor corridor inside the house. It was through him that we supplied ecowool for insulation, and also we check those communications mentioned above.
We did not want to arrange a window from the outside for reasons of a harmonious appearance of the house, and even for the reason that we have a hip roof, so there is simply no place for a window on the facades of the house exists. A level 3 window is only possible with a gable roof.
Manhole device
When they arranged overlapping and insulation of the ceiling, the whole “layer cake” was arranged around a temporary frame, which they had put together for this hole. It was made of simple planks, flush with the inner surface of the drywall to keep it neat.
Then we ordered an insulated door according to our size, which opens inside the house. The door was made in the same company "Windows of the Veka", where we ordered the windows. It was installed by her husband, of course, himself. The door keeps heat very well, does not freeze and does not "cry" even in 40-degree frosts, there are no problems with it.
In the corridor, it does not spoil the view, but, of course, arouses the interest of everyone who rises to the second floor. Those who are building themselves are especially interested in this element. And, after listening to our arguments, they think about the same thing.
Of course, to say that we got it for free, or did not cost any effort, is a lie. But it is better to have such an exit to the attic than to climb up the high stairs from the outside, for which, of course, you need to provide a window.