We have a pull down attic wood ladder with heavy duty springs on each side.
Pull down attic door stuck.
Grab your dowel and your screw hook.
In the house the only evidence of the stairs is a string dangling down.
Because of this a set of pull down attic stairs is the best way to reach the attic.
In order to get the door to close we have to bend the arm back in as much as we can and hook the spring back over the bracket at the top.
You may have to use a drill to make your hole slightly bigger if your eye bolt won t fit.
Can t take the hinges off as these are also above the door.
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.
Now it s time to make a handle to access your new eye hook.
Wherever the piece of paper gets stuck is the problem area.
However sometimes things just don t go as expected.
Has anyone please got any suggestions on how to deal with this except drilling a large hole through the door.
The arm on that side looks like it s bent out.
I also use the dowel to push the attic door back up to the ceiling.
Run a piece of heavy stock paper around the closed door.
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Shut the attic door once you and your partner are in the attic.
On one side the spring always comes off its bracket when the door opens.
To open my loft hatch i normally just push it up with the end of the pole and the spring releases the door.
There are however problems that could arise with attic stairs.
The paper should glide smoothly around most of the door.
I can use the dowel to pull down the attic door from its new hook instead of having that dirty string hanging there all the time.
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Inspect the brackets at the door hinge where the springs attach to the attic door frame.
If they are loose tighten them up as much as possible using either a wrench or screwdriver depending on your attic ladder model s attachment type.
I store the dowel pull in the bathroom closet so it s easy to find when i need it.
It s hidden away and no more ugly cord.
It is not opening and i can t get into the loft to see what is wrong.