Attic Wall Outside Of Wall Below

If your wall conforms to the situation shown you can be sure it s load bearing.

Attic wall outside of wall below.

You can also run a dehumidifier to quickly remove excess moisture from the air. An attic wall needs to be located near the joists and studs so it can be held in place properly. It will be next to impossible to drill downward under the portion of the roof that slopes to the attic floor without a right angle drill. Your attic wall will not be a supporting wall.

The fans cool the attic equalizing the temperature between the attic and outside of the home. The proper roof to wall retrofit depends on the wall construction. If it s 95 f outside it could be up to 130 f in the attic. The knee wall forms the wall of the attic room and it also creates an enclosed space under the eaves behind the wall.

Walls that are stacked may be load bearing. If you find plywood or osb sheathing on the outside of the wall studs you are in pretty good shape for improving the anchorage of the roof to the walls if you have trusses a simpson h10 bracket or a usp rt16 bracket would be a good choice. This prevents snow from melting on your roof and freezing when it hits the cold gutter. Unlike other kinds of knee walls this kind of wall extends all the way to the rafters but because of the slope of the roof.

In the photo above the kneewall is the short wall with the door in it. Basically this configuration results in a wall that doesn t perform as well as it could a duct that doesn t perform as well as it could and the possibility of rot mold and indoor air quality problems. Now an attic kneewall has to perform better than an exterior wall in summer because there s a bigger temperature difference across it than there is across an exterior wall. When working from an attic space it will be significantly easier to access a wall space on the floor below by working either an interior wall or the exterior wall that is on the gable end of the structure.

Use caulk or a similar sealant. Seal off any entrances or exits into the area of the wall where the wasp nest is located. Look for these from the attic. This will not only prevent wasps from escaping a pesticide application only to return later but it will also keep the wasps from exiting the nest by another hole to attack or to flee into other parts of the home garage and attic while the treatment is being applied.

Ceiling or floor joists that are spliced over the wall or end at the wall mean the wall is bearing. An attic knee wall is a short wall that extends from the floor of an attic room to the roof rafters. The photo below which i took at a gut rehab in progress in atlanta a couple of years ago shows what it looks like inside the wall. Carefully measure where each of the new wall studs will go and mark the locations with perpendicular lines across the plates.

Some bearing walls are easy to spot see the central wall in figure b.