Cleaning Out Your Attic Tips

We recommend utilizing your driveway garage or deck for this.

Cleaning out your attic tips.

Perform a general cleaning by removing loose dust and dirt. Large debris and fiberglass batt insulation is bagged by hand. Turn on each light or bring up a lamp or two to illuminate your workspace. Use gloves to protect your hands from protruding nails or loose insulation while cleaning out your attic.

As the area of your home with typically the least amount of space it s best to remove all of the items in your attic and place them elsewhere in your home so you have more space to sort through and organize everything. Here are 3 tips to help you clean out your attic and make it ready to insulate. Because entering the attic is the most dangerous part of an attic cleanout it s important to think ahead. To ensure you don t succumb to any ill effects thanks to your cleaning efforts at the very least get your hands on a dust mask.

Mold looks ugly is a health concern and can lead to rot in wood and other materials. As you are going through all of the items from your attic place them into three piles keep trash donate. In case some of the items are too large or too heavy you can put them in a corner. Clear out your belongings adding insulation to your attic means covering a great portion of its surface area in a thick fibrous material to help keep your home at a reasonable indoor temperature.

For example you can remove all of the boxes furniture and all the other items from your attic. The attic should be adequately lit when you work. For more tips on how to keep your attic free of clutter see the links on the following page. Bring additional lighting if your space is dark.

Bring what you need the first time you go up to the attic to minimize your trips up and down. Keep your hands free with a headlamp or a clamp on light that you can attach to your attic beams. Organizing tool kit when you head to the attic to organize be sure to bring the following items. Get that sorted out before you pack everything back and close the attic up till next year.

Remaining loose debris and insulation is vacuumed to our waste containers outside your home.