It is for air flow.
Going into an attic 1st time in.
By zeco117 1 day ago.
Stepping into the attic for the first time hardstop lucas photo.
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It is to keep the heat of the sun beating on your roof from overly heating your house.
My parents have never been inside there either.
Ive been living in the house for 7 years now and i have never been in the attic.
In general stairs must be at least 3 feet wide and provide at least 6 feet 8 inches of headroom.
They also need a 3 foot landing space at the top and bottom.
By isaac wilson 18 hours ago.
Now for some reason i really want to go up in there.
If the inspector answers yes the attic is safe for a non professional to go in a professional knows how and where to walk in it to check for roof leaks an.
I want to go but i keep on thinking that there might be a cockroaches or other bugs in there.
So the assumption that you can in fact go into it may be an erroneous assumption.
Very few homes are built with code compliant stairs going into attics so even if you have existing access stairs leading to your attic chances are they will need to be rebuilt.
I move into this house with my parents when i was 6 years old.