Lightweight Attic Flooring

If you don t need additional storage think of flooring an area less than the entire attic such as a small section around the attic door opening.

Lightweight attic flooring.

These are lightweight interlocking panels that are secured to the attic joists by screws. 1 x 6 3 spruce is a step up from pallet quality wood but makes a fine usable floor in an unfinished attic space. Made from recycled materials these panels are already cut to either 16 or 24 inch widths depending on the space between your trusses. You ll have to construct a wooden frame or sub floor with boards 16 inches apart to provide extra support for the floor.

If your attic joists won t bear the weight necessary to finish out a living space but the engineer cleared them to support floor decking for. First you ll need to measure the area you want to floor so you can calculate how much wood you ll require. To floor an attic you ll need to install a sub floor for support before laying your plywood floor. Even if you have 2 x 10 or 2 x 12 joists spaced 16 inches on center oc it is a good idea to limit the amount of weight the attic floor will bear.

It s possible to create a solid floor without investing a lot of money. You can for instance use recycled materials. Installing attic flooring for light storage only.