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Up You Go: Attic Redesigning Tips

Wednesday, November 9th, 2016

Century Furniture Living Room One Seat Cushion 42555C: The attic can be the perfect additional bedroom in your home.

Century Furniture Living Room One Seat Cushion 42555C: The attic can be the perfect additional sitting room in your home.

If you are searching for space for a master suite or a new bedroom, don’t bother looking elsewhere. What you need to do is to just look up. What you need to determine is whether your attic is a feasible candidate for redesigning. Remember that the attic is an existing square footage in your house and that means a lot of things.

Attic renovation is a smart way to make a difference in your home. Before you do so, make sure that the renovation project will be a safe and efficient one.

Know the Codes and Safety

Code enforcement varies but the codes state, at the very least, that 50% of finished attics should be 7 feet high. Its width should be 7 feet by 70 square feet. Be sure to ask an engineer to conduct a house inspection more specifically the framing and foundation that will carry the load.

Install a Ceiling Fan

Use this appliance to control the temperature in the room. Install it if you have headroom. This will make the warmer months more bearable as the fan will bring cool breeze into the room. Just flip the reverse switch during winter and warmer air will stay indoors.

Beef Up the Floors

Attic renovation will bring about attic activity. The thicker the floor joists, the quieter things will be. Insulation will not just help in climate control but also in keeping noise to a bare minimum.

Plan According to Room Placement

If you plan on installing a new bathroom right where the attic now is, make sure that a bathroom or a kitchen is below this room. This is so there’s already an existing plumbing. This should reduce additional plumbing installation and would also limit damages on the wall. Tie new pipes with the old ones. Run the water supply to the renovated attic all the way down to the basement. This is also to make sure that sewer gases won’t vent into the wrong pipes.

Install Ample Storage

Have enough cabinets, perimeter drawers, and cubbies installed. Even those awkward nooks and crannies, and those niches along the pipe chases and chimneys are opportunities to install shelves.

How to Build the Attic

Figure out how you will be able to get up and down the finished attic. Remember that enlarging a stairway or having a new one added will affect any space below. A straight stairway will eat up about 10-14 feet of space.

Take a peek inside the attic before you begin the project. Be sure to measure for headroom. If an A-shape rafter is able to spread out beneath the attic’s roof then this room is a potential candidate for remodeling.

Cynthia Rowley for Hooker Furniture Bedroom Cornelia King Bed Complete is the focal point to your newly-renovated attic-to-bedroom.

Cynthia Rowley for Hooker Furniture Bedroom Cornelia King Bed Complete is the focal point to your newly-renovated attic-to-bedroom.

Attic to Bedroom

An attic renovated into a bedroom will make good use of a space that was once devoted to old books and other unused items. Reclaim that space under the roof and convert it into an additional bedroom or a guest room.

Attic conversion costs approximately $65,000 and it would help retain 61-percent of its value should you decide to put the house up for sale. While this is quite pricey, a lot of homeowners still undertake this conversion project. They also don’t show any regrets once they take on the project. Most are even happy or satisfied with the remodeling plans that they take on.

Just be mindful of building codes, access, electrical system, support structures, HVAC and plumbing systems when changing the attic to a bedroom. Hire a licensed electrician, plumber, and an HVAC specialist to help you with this upcoming endeavor.

As soon as the attic is turned into a beautiful bedroom, make sure that it has ample lighting. Use recessed LED lighting fixtures. Do not generate any unwanted heat by making sure that the lights are tucked completely into the ceiling.

After the lighting fixtures are installed, bring in the furnishings and accessories and you’re done.

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