My House Has No Attic Access

My company has come across this scenario on the past.

My house has no attic access.

I d hire a separate inspector for the roof. They are likely 2ft apart. Which makes access a breeze. How i would love not to have to crawl around my attic adding insulation repairing ducts or dealing with the equipment up there.

Here s our list of five possible reasons why you cannot find an attic access in the house. The front half of the house has vaulted ceilings where the back does not so there is an attic up there however there is no attic access. A critical part of the property is not accessible so do not go forward with the transaction until it is. And of course as noted above some homes have a.

Cool air in hot air out. Saturday june 30 2018. Ensuring your home has the proper attic ventilation according to these guidelines however can save yourself the stress and hassle of an emergency roof repair. If it s a vault or there is no attic access in a standard attic space.

There are homes designed without attics and there are homeowners who wish to raise their ceilings but there are energy efficiency concerns with having no attic. The inspector did like this as there is no way to know what is up there which makes sense. Occasionally especially in ranch homes the attached garage might have a door on the upper common wall with the house leading to the attic space. Plus it folds up and seals the attic flat when you don t need access.

We like the rest of the home but the issue with not having attic access concerns us. 1 attics that are small less than 30 square feet of area or under a low slope roof that does not have a minimum of 30 inches of clear opening height between the top and bottom structural members are not required to have an attic hatch by the building code. No you don t necessarily need an attic if you can fill the space with other stuff. If you have a big enough closet considee putting in an attic hatch which has an inregrated ladder stair.

On the other hand you could design a raised ceiling to incorporate the attic into the regular living space a.