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My attic is a maze of wires, air ducts and PVC water pipes. I went just one room over from the attic entrance and it took me a solid 30 minutes just to go there and back. Would it be unreasonable to add some sort of pathway up there to make it easier to get around? And what do you recommend. My main concern is to reduce how much time I (or anyone) has to spend up there working. I live in Florida and the attic gets super hot. My second concern is about accidentally breaking pressurized PVC water lines that are all over the place.
It's a wood truss roof. There's lots of ridges/valleys and differences in ceiling height. So in the attic you will run into a 'wall' where the ceiling on the room below is much higher than the one next to it. It seems like almost all of the floor places that would be good to walk are obstructed with wires/ducts. There's a lot of space above that high in the air.
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My attic is a maze of wires, air ducts and PVC water pipes. I went just one room over from the attic entrance and it took me a solid 30 minutes just to go there and back. Would it be unreasonable to add some sort of pathway up there to make it easier to get around? And what do you recommend. My main concern is to reduce how much time I (or anyone) has to spend up there working. I live in Florida and the attic gets super hot. My second concern is about accidentally breaking pressurized PVC water lines that are all over the place.
It's a wood truss roof. There's lots of ridges/valleys and differences in ceiling height. So in the attic you will run into a 'wall' where the ceiling on the room below is much higher than the one next to it. It seems like almost all of the floor places that would be good to walk are obstructed with wires/ducts. There's a lot of space above that high in the air.
electrical plumbing insulation attic ducts
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Is it a truss roof? How about a picture or two? What kind of work do you anticipate needing to do that would benefit from this pathway?
– mike65535
9 hours ago
@mike65535, Yes it's wooden trusses. I edited my question to add that. Kind of work? Adding security cameras, adding fans to several bathrooms, updating ceiling fans. Adding a fan to a room with high ceiling.
– HenryM
8 hours ago
1
Three 2X4X1/2" pieces of plywood. Put them over the trusses in the direction you want to go. You can get away with two, but I like having on permanently in at the trap-door. I had to drill a hole in them, rope, and pull them up through the attic window, as they would not fit through the trap-door.
– Wayfaring Stranger
6 hours ago
can you show a picture? from the entrance location, of course.
– Skaperen
47 mins ago
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My attic is a maze of wires, air ducts and PVC water pipes. I went just one room over from the attic entrance and it took me a solid 30 minutes just to go there and back. Would it be unreasonable to add some sort of pathway up there to make it easier to get around? And what do you recommend. My main concern is to reduce how much time I (or anyone) has to spend up there working. I live in Florida and the attic gets super hot. My second concern is about accidentally breaking pressurized PVC water lines that are all over the place.
It's a wood truss roof. There's lots of ridges/valleys and differences in ceiling height. So in the attic you will run into a 'wall' where the ceiling on the room below is much higher than the one next to it. It seems like almost all of the floor places that would be good to walk are obstructed with wires/ducts. There's a lot of space above that high in the air.
electrical plumbing insulation attic ducts
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My attic is a maze of wires, air ducts and PVC water pipes. I went just one room over from the attic entrance and it took me a solid 30 minutes just to go there and back. Would it be unreasonable to add some sort of pathway up there to make it easier to get around? And what do you recommend. My main concern is to reduce how much time I (or anyone) has to spend up there working. I live in Florida and the attic gets super hot. My second concern is about accidentally breaking pressurized PVC water lines that are all over the place.
It's a wood truss roof. There's lots of ridges/valleys and differences in ceiling height. So in the attic you will run into a 'wall' where the ceiling on the room below is much higher than the one next to it. It seems like almost all of the floor places that would be good to walk are obstructed with wires/ducts. There's a lot of space above that high in the air.
electrical plumbing insulation attic ducts
electrical plumbing insulation attic ducts
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Is it a truss roof? How about a picture or two? What kind of work do you anticipate needing to do that would benefit from this pathway?
– mike65535
9 hours ago
@mike65535, Yes it's wooden trusses. I edited my question to add that. Kind of work? Adding security cameras, adding fans to several bathrooms, updating ceiling fans. Adding a fan to a room with high ceiling.
– HenryM
8 hours ago
1
Three 2X4X1/2" pieces of plywood. Put them over the trusses in the direction you want to go. You can get away with two, but I like having on permanently in at the trap-door. I had to drill a hole in them, rope, and pull them up through the attic window, as they would not fit through the trap-door.
– Wayfaring Stranger
6 hours ago
can you show a picture? from the entrance location, of course.
– Skaperen
47 mins ago
add a comment |
2
Is it a truss roof? How about a picture or two? What kind of work do you anticipate needing to do that would benefit from this pathway?
– mike65535
9 hours ago
@mike65535, Yes it's wooden trusses. I edited my question to add that. Kind of work? Adding security cameras, adding fans to several bathrooms, updating ceiling fans. Adding a fan to a room with high ceiling.
– HenryM
8 hours ago
1
Three 2X4X1/2" pieces of plywood. Put them over the trusses in the direction you want to go. You can get away with two, but I like having on permanently in at the trap-door. I had to drill a hole in them, rope, and pull them up through the attic window, as they would not fit through the trap-door.
– Wayfaring Stranger
6 hours ago
can you show a picture? from the entrance location, of course.
– Skaperen
47 mins ago
2
2
Is it a truss roof? How about a picture or two? What kind of work do you anticipate needing to do that would benefit from this pathway?
– mike65535
9 hours ago
Is it a truss roof? How about a picture or two? What kind of work do you anticipate needing to do that would benefit from this pathway?
– mike65535
9 hours ago
@mike65535, Yes it's wooden trusses. I edited my question to add that. Kind of work? Adding security cameras, adding fans to several bathrooms, updating ceiling fans. Adding a fan to a room with high ceiling.
– HenryM
8 hours ago
@mike65535, Yes it's wooden trusses. I edited my question to add that. Kind of work? Adding security cameras, adding fans to several bathrooms, updating ceiling fans. Adding a fan to a room with high ceiling.
– HenryM
8 hours ago
1
1
Three 2X4X1/2" pieces of plywood. Put them over the trusses in the direction you want to go. You can get away with two, but I like having on permanently in at the trap-door. I had to drill a hole in them, rope, and pull them up through the attic window, as they would not fit through the trap-door.
– Wayfaring Stranger
6 hours ago
Three 2X4X1/2" pieces of plywood. Put them over the trusses in the direction you want to go. You can get away with two, but I like having on permanently in at the trap-door. I had to drill a hole in them, rope, and pull them up through the attic window, as they would not fit through the trap-door.
– Wayfaring Stranger
6 hours ago
can you show a picture? from the entrance location, of course.
– Skaperen
47 mins ago
can you show a picture? from the entrance location, of course.
– Skaperen
47 mins ago
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I live in Florida too so I know exactly what you mean about hot attics. I had the same problem except for the pvc water pipes. I put up a number of 2 by 8 feet of 3/4 inch plywood on the rafters. Where it was possible to move over some of the cables, I did it. where I couldn't move them, I took some 2x4's, notched them for the wires to go thru and put them over the rafters and then plywood on top, like a false floor. You do not want to notch your rafter. No matter what you do, your time will be limited just because of the heat. You have to make sure you don't get dehydrated. The last thing you want to happen is be back there working and start to get dizzy and then take 30 minutes to get out....been there, done that, not fun.
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I live in Florida too so I know exactly what you mean about hot attics. I had the same problem except for the pvc water pipes. I put up a number of 2 by 8 feet of 3/4 inch plywood on the rafters. Where it was possible to move over some of the cables, I did it. where I couldn't move them, I took some 2x4's, notched them for the wires to go thru and put them over the rafters and then plywood on top, like a false floor. You do not want to notch your rafter. No matter what you do, your time will be limited just because of the heat. You have to make sure you don't get dehydrated. The last thing you want to happen is be back there working and start to get dizzy and then take 30 minutes to get out....been there, done that, not fun.
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I live in Florida too so I know exactly what you mean about hot attics. I had the same problem except for the pvc water pipes. I put up a number of 2 by 8 feet of 3/4 inch plywood on the rafters. Where it was possible to move over some of the cables, I did it. where I couldn't move them, I took some 2x4's, notched them for the wires to go thru and put them over the rafters and then plywood on top, like a false floor. You do not want to notch your rafter. No matter what you do, your time will be limited just because of the heat. You have to make sure you don't get dehydrated. The last thing you want to happen is be back there working and start to get dizzy and then take 30 minutes to get out....been there, done that, not fun.
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I live in Florida too so I know exactly what you mean about hot attics. I had the same problem except for the pvc water pipes. I put up a number of 2 by 8 feet of 3/4 inch plywood on the rafters. Where it was possible to move over some of the cables, I did it. where I couldn't move them, I took some 2x4's, notched them for the wires to go thru and put them over the rafters and then plywood on top, like a false floor. You do not want to notch your rafter. No matter what you do, your time will be limited just because of the heat. You have to make sure you don't get dehydrated. The last thing you want to happen is be back there working and start to get dizzy and then take 30 minutes to get out....been there, done that, not fun.
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Is it a truss roof? How about a picture or two? What kind of work do you anticipate needing to do that would benefit from this pathway?
– mike65535
9 hours ago
@mike65535, Yes it's wooden trusses. I edited my question to add that. Kind of work? Adding security cameras, adding fans to several bathrooms, updating ceiling fans. Adding a fan to a room with high ceiling.
– HenryM
8 hours ago
1
Three 2X4X1/2" pieces of plywood. Put them over the trusses in the direction you want to go. You can get away with two, but I like having on permanently in at the trap-door. I had to drill a hole in them, rope, and pull them up through the attic window, as they would not fit through the trap-door.
– Wayfaring Stranger
6 hours ago
can you show a picture? from the entrance location, of course.
– Skaperen
47 mins ago