Attic Door String Broke

One of mine broke after 37 years.

Attic door string broke.

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. The pull down robe on my attic drop down latter broke off. It s one thing to have the string in a little used area of the house but here in the guest quarters the string hangs down in the middle of the room. Okay here s the deal.

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. 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. First get the hardware needed an eye hook and and a regular hook. It s similar to the one shown.

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I have a drop down attic door the kind that stairs unfold from when it is open. It s hidden away and no more ugly cord. Now i cannot get it open. The string design to pull the door down seems very resistant to change from whenever they started adding attic access this way as if someone is watching just waiting for the rope to break so the door snaps back and all the bits of leftover christmas that had settled under the point where the ladder attaches explode into your upturned face.

My 6 2 husband is the only one in the house that can reach it. I also use the dowel to push the attic door back up to the ceiling. I store the dowel pull in the bathroom closet so it s easy to find when i need it. 90 3 30 in 46 90 46 90.

What is the best way to open it up so i can replace the rope. I figure i should replace both of them and. 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. There are 3 hooks so the spring can be pulled to the best one.

I despise those strings for the attic stairs. Capacity item 1255125 model 869718. With the pull system kit in pewter from attic ease you can replace existing ugly dangling attic cords with this complete system. Unfortunately the string broke that was used to pull it down and open it.

And so here is how you get rid of that thing. The pull string on our attic stairs is just in my reach if i stand on tiptoes and practically dislocate my shoulder.