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attic access hole size MiamiCuse 06-24-2007
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Posted by hallerb@aol.com on June 25, 2007, 10:59 pm

> Expensive to add after the fact, but not a big or expensive deal in the
> rough framing phase.
>
> aem sends....--


my mom had just downsized from a large home to a small one, the
basement was JAMMED till I added the attic access/ storage

a few neighbors saw it and did the same thing


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Posted by Norminn on June 24, 2007, 8:01 am
MiamiCuse wrote:

> I have noticed that older houses typically have smaller access holes. My
> 1992 house the access to the attic opening is about 26"x26", and my 1972
> house have five access holes to the attic and each one is only about
> 16"x16". This is too small for many people to get through - electricians,
> pest control etc...
>
> Does this mean in general the population is getting bigger over the years?
>
> MC
>
>
Have you been off the planet for a while? Haven't heard all the
distress about obesity? Back in 1908, average life expectancy for men
was 45 yrs, average height about 5'8'. In another 20 years, the access
opening will be 60x60, with reinforced beams :o)

Posted by mm on June 24, 2007, 2:27 pm
wrote:

>MiamiCuse wrote:
>
>> I have noticed that older houses typically have smaller access holes. My
>> 1992 house the access to the attic opening is about 26"x26", and my 1972
>> house have five access holes to the attic and each one is only about
>> 16"x16". This is too small for many people to get through - electricians,
>> pest control etc...
>>
>> Does this mean in general the population is getting bigger over the years?
>>
>> MC
>>
>>
>Have you been off the planet for a while? Haven't heard all the
>distress about obesity? Back in 1908, average life expectancy for men
>was 45 yrs, average height about 5'8'. In another 20 years, the access
>opening will be 60x60, with reinforced beams :o)

Do you remember the episode where Carrie Heffernan describes Doug as
wearing his house as a belt?

She has to come up from the outside to feed him while he waits for his
friend in the fire department to free him. Ray Romano (I forget his
character's last name) is in that one too.

This is "King of Queens", btw, on a par with the I Love Lucy and Mary
Tyler Moore shows.

Posted by Bob on June 24, 2007, 12:15 pm
MiamiCuse wrote:
> I have noticed that older houses typically have smaller access holes. My
> 1992 house the access to the attic opening is about 26"x26", and my 1972
> house have five access holes to the attic and each one is only about
> 16"x16". This is too small for many people to get through - electricians,
> pest control etc...

I had a '50s vintage house where I had to enlarge the attic opening to
accommodate new HVAC equipment in the attic. After all was done the
building inspector measured the opening and found it too small only
because of the molding trim. I don't know if there was a minimum code
requirement or whether he was just ensuring that the furnace could be
removed without building modification.

Posted by Robert Allison on June 24, 2007, 1:32 pm
MiamiCuse wrote:

> I have noticed that older houses typically have smaller access holes. My
> 1992 house the access to the attic opening is about 26"x26", and my 1972
> house have five access holes to the attic and each one is only about
> 16"x16". This is too small for many people to get through - electricians,
> pest control etc...
>
> Does this mean in general the population is getting bigger over the years?
>
> MC
>
>

No. In older homes, HVAC and water heaters went into a closet
size opening down below. Most attics were no longer used for
storage unless designed for it and access to the storage
attics was by a stairway. Attic access was provided for the
off chance that an inspection was required.

Now you have HVAC attic units, water heaters in the attic, and
all manner of devices which have to be accessed (junction
boxes, cable wiring, telephone wiring, network wiring, etc.).
The attic access is now controlled by code. Back then, it
wasn't even required.



--
Robert Allison        
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX

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