Purchase some 2 4 interior door jamb stock from your local building supply centre or any shop that supplies doors for homes.
How to buid a angled attic door.
These low walls add an interesting architectural feature to.
We had to build an angled door for his doorway so it could open into the room and allow for more natural light.
Begin with a baseline and snap a center line perpendicular to it.
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We didn t want the door to open into the hallway because it would block the hallway window.
Then add the 2 4 side walls and the roof slope using a square.
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Supplies needed to build an angled door.
Clamp a straight edge such as a piece of scrap 1 by 4 board to the door to use as a guide for the saw.
This generally comes in 7 lengths and you will need three pieces of it for a standard sized attic access hatch.
1 standard slab door ours is 30 wide circular saw to cut the angle in the door.
Eliminate guesswork make a full size drawing of the gable wall on the floor of your garage or attic.
Use the 3 4 5 triangle method to make the 90 degree angle.
The short walls that meet the slope of an attic ceiling are usually referred to as knee walls.
How to use the sloped space in an attic.