Attic Door String Broke

Be careful not to let your attic stairs close or it will be very difficult to open them at this point.

Attic door string broke.

When were you inspired to create the attic ease. Our house is just over 3 years old and we don t access the attic very much so there wasn t that much wear and tear on this before it failed. Using the new eye bolt push it through the same hole the cord was in and tighten the bolt firmly on the inside of the stairs. Problem is it s tightest from the inside i e.

Get rid of the old dirty attic cord and replace it with a cheap and easy hook and pull system. No accessible attic window that won t force the creation of another please help thread most likely describing me unimpressively hanging upside down from a rather impressive spruce with no way down. The kit contains a pewter fashion pull ring to replace the attic cord a custom solid oak reach hook to pull down the ladder and a pewter fashion storage hook to store the reach hook instantly improving the look of. Tie a heavy rock or something unbreakable to the end of a rope throw it around the ladder and pull the ladder down.

There are 3 hooks so the spring can be pulled to the best one. Pull down the attic staircase and use a screwdriver and an adjustable wrench to remove the bolts that hold the swivel brackets for the lower section of the staircase. Before yesterday i never really realized how flimsy that pull down cord was. Drill a new hole and put.

Repairing an attic ladder spring is simple. One of mine broke after 37 years. The spring is 9 1 2 not counting the loops which are 3 4 each the diameter is 3 4 and there are 72 coils. Tried the oil route.

It s similar to the one shown. Figure out how your cord is attached and cut it off. I figure i should replace both of them and. If the stringers of the middle.

Login to reply the answers. If the springs are worn rusted loose or broken the integrity of the entire device is seriously compromised and an immediate repair is necessary. Over the years many of our homes contained what we affectionately called ugly dangling attic cords hanging from the recessed attic doors that were located in our hallways closets rooms and garages. With the pull system kit in pewter from attic ease you can replace existing ugly dangling attic cords with this complete system.

An attic stair which is actually more of a ladder is a fairly simple apparatus consisting of a folding series of steps attached to a door. The side nearest the attic floor as opposed to the 2nd floor ceiling. My wife kay and i have always enjoyed our beautiful homes. Really it s not much thicker than a piece of string or a window blind cord.