Attic Knee Wall Closet

Not only is this a neat little closet but it is also a great idea for creating a bedroom where once there was none.

Attic knee wall closet.

Attic rooms with sloped ceilings often include a knee wall on two sides a knee wall is a short wall approximately three feet in height used to support the rafters in timber roof construction. For those who have a relatively high knee wall at least 42 inches you can install closet sections with clothing rods and other storage against. They are great for storage craft rooms man caves and more. Screw two support braces to the attic floor right behind the knee wall.

Knee wall door hidden but accessible behind attic closet hanging sections. The higher the knee wall the greater the amount of useful wall space you create in your finished attic. Build the supports out of 2x4s making sure they re flush with the sill of the cutout. If your attic room is very small recess some of the storage components into the knee wall to keep as much of the floor space open as possible.

Our 16 and 24 wide cabinets are designed to fit between standard. Step 9 insert dresser photo by. Make sure not to block access to the space behind the knee wall. Step 8 install supports photo by geoffrey gross.

Sloped ceiling closets turn it sideways. Wasted space behind your walls. Our angled top cabinets are designed to fit under a standard 45 roof frame. Attic with child s wardrobe closet recessed into the knee wall.

But you do so at the expense of floor space. Mar 10 2017 looking for closet storage in an attic bedroom. So the headboard serves as a knee wall for this space and provides privacy for the sleeper. These types of walls are common in older one and a half story homes with vaulted ceilings.

A knee wall is a short vertical wall roughly two or three feet high that blocks in that useless triangular space. Use a hammer to remove any knee wall studs from the opening. Our knee wall cabinets allow you to take advantage of the. A knee wall is a short knee height plumb wall that separates the living space from the attic behind it.

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