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Home Converting An Attic to a Bedroom - West Tenth update
Making your attic a spare bedroom is the best way to make use of additional space in your home, since all it was going to be used for it collecting dust and old Christmas decorations. Especially with historic homes, it's pretty tough to add additional square footage so this can really be a lifesaver if your short a bedroom or just short space. One of the biggest starting points is ensuring the structure of the roof and the rafters are efficient for a room and for building. In addition to making sure everything is up to code for the rest of the house, it can be a challenge to create a bathroom up there as well, especially if this is going to be a master bedroom. As a living space, insulation should be moved to the roof line since it can no longer remain in the place insulation usually is. Turns out there are a lot of ins and outs to turning an attic into a bedroom, tune in to learn more!

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