Attic Door Spring Drum

The spring needs to be attached to the attic floor first so pull the latter fully down and lay the spring along the line of the steps.

Attic door spring drum. Free delivery with 45 order. 8 1 2 11 and 13 1 2. The door usually is counterbalanced to the ceiling with folding steel arms and two heavy duty springs. 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. Right to your door. If the springs are worn rusted loose or broken the integrity of the entire device is seriously compromised and an immediate repair is necessary. Amazon second chance pass it on trade it in.

Amazon renewed like new products you can trust. Pull down attic stairs have coil springs attached to the power arms at each side of the unit that keep the door closed and even with the ceiling. Angle brackets attach the staircase to the door panel that hides the staircase once it is folded back up into the ceiling. Set your store to see local availability add to cart.

Use the same procedure to connect the cable from the drum on the other side of the stair. Some manufacturers use drums on both the door panels and the headers so that the mechanism closes easily. Pull the cable across the small pulley and down to the cable holder mounted to the door. Vertical lift cable drums come in three outer diameters.

New attic ladder spring 04200080 fits century attic ladders only oal 11 1 2 5 0 out of 5 stars 13. Zinc plated extension spring 2 pack model 15608 4 30 4 30. Over time the springs lose tension and the stairs. The spring should be fully extended and reach down such that you can fold and unfold the ladder.

As the door opens the cable wraps up on the drum and comes closer to the shaft see how vertical lift and high lift garage doors work. Repairing an attic ladder spring is simple. Werner 56 1 attic ladder spring replacement kit only for w2200 w2500 wh2200 wh2500 werner access ladders by werner. Reach up to one of the spring drums grab the cable closest to the header and carefully pull it out.

Hook the cable end onto the holder. The door panel may have a chain or a a rope pull depending on the manufacturer. Werner spring kit for wood attic ladders pair model 56 1. Measure where the spring will need to be fixed to the opening.