Attic Door String Broke

And it snapped as i was lowering the stairs.

Attic door string broke.

First step remove the cord. Really it s not much thicker than a piece of string or a window blind cord. Login to reply the answers. One of mine broke after 37 years.

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. Drill a new hole and put. Before yesterday i never really realized how flimsy that pull down cord was. I figure i should replace both of them and.

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. Tried the oil route. 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 door usually is counterbalanced to the ceiling with folding steel arms and two heavy duty springs.

Get rid of the old dirty attic cord and replace it with a cheap and easy hook and pull system. 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. Repairing an attic ladder spring is simple. Problem is it s tightest from the inside i e.

My wife kay and i have always enjoyed our beautiful homes. 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. Be careful not to let your attic stairs close or it will be very difficult to open them at this point. The side nearest the attic floor as opposed to the 2nd floor ceiling.

If the springs are worn rusted loose or broken the integrity of the entire device is seriously compromised and an immediate repair is necessary. Tie a heavy rock or something unbreakable to the end of a rope throw it around the ladder and pull the ladder down. If the stringers of the middle. With the pull system kit in pewter from attic ease you can replace existing ugly dangling attic cords with this complete system.

There are 3 hooks so the spring can be pulled to the best one. Figure out how your cord is attached and cut it off. When were you inspired to create the attic ease. 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.