Soffits are typically installed just above the kitchen cabinets bridging the gap between the cabinets and the ceiling above them.
How to access attic above kitchen.
I agree adding stairs inside the kitchen may take up a lot of room.
After the remodel the attic itself was smaller plus access to space above the bedrooms and bathrooms was nonexistent the new ceiling cut off access to the attic space above the bedrooms and bathrooms.
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Over the following week we worked on the rest of the soffit well in the u shape of the kitchen we still have the soffit above the fridge and stove at this point.
When we started renovating the kitchen we had asbestos removal and drywall installed.
Paneling was very popular 50 years ago and when it fell out of favor people removed it or covered it up.
I have a floored attic room over my kitchen.
An attic bedroom without a same level bathroom can be a tough sell both for current occupants and for potential buyers.
So anyways we had an attic access panel when we moved in.
Depending on the look you re after paneling over an ugly ceiling is still a viable option.
At the moment there s an attic ladder which folds down into the kitchen explore projects.
Over the window we knew there was electrical so we opened the front of the soffit first to spot the electrical and then worked around it.
How can i make stairs to it.
Be sure to take into account the weight of the paneling.
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Not sure why we did this probably because we knew that creating the small attic access door was easy.
Before the remodel the entire attic was accessible via a pull down door in the garage on the opposite side of the house.
The difficulty of removing soffit in a kitchen.
We had the contractors just drywall over the original attic access panel.
One feature that makes an attic bedroom so valuable for homeowner use and for eventual resale is a bathroom.
We hung a thin rope from our access hatch so we can easily pull the stairs down when we want to use it.