The higher the knee wall the greater the amount of useful wall space you create in your finished attic.
Building a knee wall in attic.
Draw a line across that angle.
Use a template to determine the angle on each of those six pieces of 2x4.
Install insulation without misalignments compressions gaps or voids in all knee wall cavities.
Access the attic using a stepladder at the attic access panel or the attic stairs.
Snap a chalk line.
Support and follow me.
Determine the location and line of.
A knee wall is a short vertical wall roughly two or three feet high that blocks in that useless triangular space.
Cut six lengths of 2x4 each 2 1 2 feet long.
Install a continuous air barrier on the exterior side of the attic knee wall framing with a rigid air.
Framing basics for attic knee walls along the sides of your loft or attic space.
Instructions the knee wall will be built on the floor of the attic and then tipped into place against the rafters.
How to construct knee walls in attics 1.
Use a miter.
One of your 2x4s.