— R.McC. via email. Answer: You are right to be concerned. Years of inspecting houses taught me that it is not always easy to find an access to the attic. A pull-down attic stairway is great ...

For some unknown reason, attic access doors in older homes are usually through a small "scuttle hole" cut in the ceiling. Often the access is in an out-of-the-way place, like a closet.

There is a common misconception that it’s impossible to have a furnace — a major component to an HVAC system — installed in the attic due to tight space and minimal access. This is not the ...

When contractor Rodolfo Cabrera, 41, sees empty spaces, he sees potential. In three weeks, he turned his unfinished and unused attic into a 270 square-foot walk-in closet for his wife.

The home has four closets, an attic and a garage — not unusual for a 1,400-square-foot, three-bedroom Seattle cottage. But apparently it’s not roomy enough to comfortably house all of my ...

Q. I just moved into a new house and I went up into the attic to store some holiday decorations. There was no insulation on the access cover or seals around it. Shouldn’t the cover be insulated ...

Q: Henry asks: My remodeling contractor didn't insulate the closet space to the attic addition. I assume he wanted to cut costs, and he figured the air in the closet ...