Reclaiming Attic Space for Storage - Save Money on Storage!

This video has a lot of 90's vibes.

Might be a good idea to put a protective plate over the notch you cut for the electrical cable, otherwise you may drive a screw right through that wire, since you can't see it through the subfloor.

Personal opinion. Use furring strips (1” x 2”) strips and lay down on top to protect the electrical. Don’t need to notch then. Also do not use MDF flooring. While it is cheap, it’s very heavy (many roof joists are not made to support lots of extra weight and helps) and MDF does not stand up to any moisture that may come in contact. I personally hate MDF. Instead use plywood boards (at least 1/2” thick) for flooring. Usually sold in 4’ x 8’ sheets which you can cut in half to make a 2’ x 8’ sheets if getting through a garage access. It’s a little more money, but will be better quality.

Missed opportunity to shove some nice thick insulation in there.

I find a drywall T-square to be very useful when making cutting lines on large boards.

I used to love watching this show - glad to see it has been archived to YouTube 👍

Prepare you attic for storage by notching out the rafters. Fucking brilliant!

She's strong! Look at those arms! Nice work!

Nice video... and for those worried about cuts in the beams for wires, "notching" the joist is fine as long as notches don't exceed one-sixth the depth nor be located in the middle third of the span... I would be more worried about being able to remove those panels in case of an electrical repair or re-wire for some future need.

Nicely done!!!

Fantastic you are great and yes brave and strong . Very good tips.

My husband and I are looking at putting some floor boards in our attic for storage. I loved your video and how thoroughly you explained everything. Also, as a female who is now doing a lot of DIY around our home, I really rely on a lot of YouTube videos and I gotta say, love that a female was hosting this episode. My uncles and brother can all do this stuff but my sister and I were left to teach ourselves now that we're adults. Thank you for the video!

Thank you for this! My grandmother just passed away and I've inherited her entire Department 56 Christmas village. Easily 30+ bins and 4+ decades worth of pieces in this collection. I'd like to store it in our attic, but the attic doesn't have flooring. Husband doesn't want to hire and pay anyone to do it so I told him fine I'll do it myself. Your step by step instruction made it easy for me to understand. I'm lucky enough that our homebuilders put in a few large pieces of flooring because our A/C and heating unit are up there so they built a little flooring workspace around it for maintenance. So I don't think I'm going to have to worry about wires which was my primary concern. But even if I see a wire, now I know how to deal with it!

Missing one step; when you notched out the ceiling joist for the electrical wiring and before laying down the plywood, etc … typical building codes would require “Strike Plates” to be installed

Furring strips and cable plates for your beams. I would never cut my roof structure even if someone told me its ok.

Impressive idea. I didnt know thats how fast is it if only you know the technique😀

Please don't encourage notching or cutting ceiling joists! I'm a girl too and even I know thats a big no no, here in the UK it is anyway. Raise the floor by using 3"x2" C16's as cross beams at right angles to the ceiling joists. Screw them down using steel corner brackets to each joist alternating which side they are screwed in. The cross beams can be notched for wires and pipes. Double brace at the joining points of the cross beams for added strength. Why do you not have any loft insulation either? Your heating bills must be astronomical!

Not going to lie, that almost look like my attack and with this vid I can now add more storage to mine , and the notching for the wires is the question i got answered. now i can with confidence get space in the attack. thank you and please keep on keeping on.

Excellent...

Thankyou so much for your video. I was able to add 170 sq foot of attic flooring and add 22 shelves 4’ wide,2’ deep. You are very inspirational. Cleared out my garage. Thanks