That's what I was thinking. But even at that; the bolts showing in the emergency access panel is a dead giveaway. If it was really concealed, it could be used as a safe room as long as you have a way to lock the stairs up so that they cannot be manually lowered.
@@scotttovey (as they lower due to gravity - all it takes is a locking pin (or 2) to stop it lowering (or some rope to tie it up - when you are in the (hopefully) bullet proof attic. - unlikely.)
@@scotttovey I'm curious, what makes folks who watch this channel so interested in safe rooms? If someone is rich and famous and at risk of being specifically targeted for kidnapping, I get it, but what's the draw for everyone else? I've always seen it as a way to waste money for the 99.99%.
WOW I love how you find honest contractors, builders and skilled people who will straight up tell you their pricing! that's good business right there :)
I did residential hvac ten years ago.. my last day before moving up to big commercial/industrial I was coming down a pull down and the tread snapped… fell 5’ onto hardwood floor. Stairs like that would have paid for itself
Nice system, the adjustable feet need rubber to prevent those hard metal feet from denting your wooden floors. It's nice your attic is a storage space but you need to be strategic in where you place whatever you want to store up there. If anything breaks you are going to be playing Tetris moving boxes or whatever so your mechanics or you can access your systems.
I am very much struggling with medical debt - I had to sell all my stuff, and my house. But - I don't begrudge you for having all this cool stuff. You have a great channel. Keep up the great content! Best to you!
How much space did you loose in the attic? But with the aging population, this would be very beneficial to an older couple. Maybe that is why they are out of fl :) nice video always enjoy the new content.
A great product, if you have the room for it. I don't have the length needed for this to come all the way down in my home. This is the downside to having it come down at a 45.
I did the same thing with drop ceiling panels, you can't tell it's there. My house in Waco will have 3+ hidden doors as well; I love me some hidden features.
My job has something just like that for a hidden mechanical room. The motor broke while it was closed and there was no emergency access and zero access to the room. They were forced to cut through a concrete wall to get in and fix it.
3K for something you use once a year is a little high Maybe if it was something you used all the time but for anyone who has a basement this is really not something worth it. Very neat but way out of most people's budgets
If you have a big attic that isn’t finished and you would like to use it for a ton of extra storage this is cheaper than building a staircase and finishing the attic
If you'd staggered the planking to begin with you have enough room there when the hatch swings down to have a staggered 'edge' to the planking covering the hatch so you _could_ have made it _more_ concealed, _maybe_ totally if you did an excellent job, but as it is it's actually pretty obvious imo. Very, very cool but it's obvious it's there and I'm not saying it just for the sake of criticizing it - it's a great job in any case but a burglar would notice it immediately Matt so don't convince yourself otherwise. Who _wouldn't_ run a complete length of planking down that hallway given the rest of the ceiling? Whereas, if it were all staggered then you could use that to your advantage and really blend in that break line.
Very expensive stairs. $4000 for stairs (10' ceiling), $400 crate fee, $900 shipping, and then the add-ons. This does not include installation. I was considering it until I saw the cost. $300 rickety model is good for me.
I really don't get why you would use this for a new house. Just install a permanent set of stairs, unless space is a factor but it doesn't look like that's the case here.
@@DK-lz7kg If you're not going to practically use it often, why have an attic? If the space is worth having, it's worth making accessible if you ask me :)
@@DK-lz7kg it's less convenient than regular stairs and it blocks the hallway when it's down. I would either install a proper permanent set of stairs, or design the house in such a way that you don't have an attic
Yeah this definitely is a waste of time and money. How many times do you go into the attic? Maybe once or twice every few years? The pull down or fold out stairs are plenty.
@@ColHunterGathers Thats a great point! I was speaking from a midwest centric mindset where all of our HVAC is typically in basements, and normally our attics are unconditioned vented space.
Long time watcher and sub.. Why not make the whole panel with clips, so you dont have a seam? Anyways love the science behind your videos.. And those stairs are boss!
"Do you hate your children? would you like to quarantine them to only one part of the house? then get our 45 degree angle hallway blocking attic! it's perfect for pesky children who ask too many questions while you're busy trying to manage your divorce settlement with your ex-wife. Questions such as "why is the sky blue" just extend your ladder! call now."
I’m more of a fan of permanent stairs but as a retro fit option it’s cool. That Lift though…I like it. Need one that’s rated for 1200 LB and use it as a basement lift.
Given the conditioned attic space, what is the advantage of this unit vs putting in the kind of permanent attic staircase that older homes used to have? It seems like the cost (4000-6000$ after installation) is comparable to paying your framers to build another non-load bearing wall and a low cost contractor grade staircase?
Space. Stairs take up a huge chunk of real estate, which you would lose on the main floor, just to have a permanent access to a rarely used storage room.
@@W78thIS my previous home had a 24" wide, quite steep attic staircase tucked into the space of a 6' wide closet. I wouldn't qualify it as taking up any significant amount of space, and it was incredibly handy for making the attic into part of the home. Is that kind of staircase no longer allowed? I could imagine that code might get involved with a permanent staircase while ignoring rickety fold down stairs...
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I’d love to see you do an episode on residential elevators. I’m not a home owner yet but that’s one feature I would like because most people want to be able to grow old in their own home. Also some people with chronic diseases have mobility issues too. Even if I only have the elevator shaft, I know I could install one later if I want but I know there are a lot of considerations. Most of the houses where an elevator is added after construction, it looks out of place.
Have loved watching your RUclips channel, I was wondering if you are doing any home energy projects with your new home. For example solar panels, Span Smart Panel or home energy monitors like Sense. I did see the one about the backup natural gas generator, just wondering if you'll be doing anything else like that. Blessings.
It’s a big piece to maneuver up in the attic. It would be helpful to know the space requirements for the stairs to stow them and the headroom needed for them to swing up and then into the operating position.
You've got them nicely installed up in the 'conceiling'
Looks great. First heard of this access door from obsessed garage channel.
holy crap Matt that looks so COOL and pricey, but a lifetime product.
Absolutely the best attic access I have seen
Hi Matt,that is very cool!! You find the most unique systems that can be incorporated into a house.
Nicely done. As for cost, it certainly is comparable to what it would cost if I tried to design and fabricate an equivalent system myself.
How much are they asking?
This is impressive. Steve did a great job. Love from Myanmar.
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If you want to conceal it you need to do staggered scarf cuts...
That's what I was thinking.
But even at that; the bolts showing in the emergency access panel is a dead giveaway.
If it was really concealed, it could be used as a safe room as long as you have a way to lock the stairs up so that they cannot be manually lowered.
@@scotttovey (as they lower due to gravity - all it takes is a locking pin (or 2) to stop it lowering (or some rope to tie it up - when you are in the (hopefully) bullet proof attic. - unlikely.)
@@scotttovey I'm curious, what makes folks who watch this channel so interested in safe rooms? If someone is rich and famous and at risk of being specifically targeted for kidnapping, I get it, but what's the draw for everyone else? I've always seen it as a way to waste money for the 99.99%.
Pretty awesome...thanks for showing it!
WOW I love how you find honest contractors, builders and skilled people who will straight up tell you their pricing! that's good business right there :)
Good product = less headaches
Windsor One. I'm sure Richard of Finish Carpentry TV is proud!
Super impressive lift at the end!
I am not disappointed with this video
Definitely got the idea from Obsessed Garage!
I did residential hvac ten years ago.. my last day before moving up to big commercial/industrial I was coming down a pull down and the tread snapped… fell 5’ onto hardwood floor. Stairs like that would have paid for itself
We’re you ok after that fall? I always have 3 points of contact on a ladder and never both feet on the same step.
Approaching 900K Subs!
Saw these both on the Obsessed Garage channel. I'd love to have one in my garage some day.
Nice system, the adjustable feet need rubber to prevent those hard metal feet from denting your wooden floors. It's nice your attic is a storage space but you need to be strategic in where you place whatever you want to store up there. If anything breaks you are going to be playing Tetris moving boxes or whatever so your mechanics or you can access your systems.
I vote a pair of tennis balls! lol
That is AWESOME.
It's fine if you have a huge attic to fit the ladder in & a even a bigger pocket book to afford it.
This is a very interesting product. How many cycles does it average before it needs a service and/or overhaul?
When it breaks
Man I need that yesterday
great product!
I am very much struggling with medical debt - I had to sell all my stuff, and my house. But - I don't begrudge you for having all this cool stuff. You have a great channel. Keep up the great content! Best to you!
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I like it I want the lift in my garage, my attic is 1980's Arizona cluster of bad ideas but over the garages its good
Awesome!
How much space did you loose in the attic? But with the aging population, this would be very beneficial to an older couple. Maybe that is why they are out of fl :) nice video always enjoy the new content.
Is it possible to get these in wood or wood like stairs?
What’s the link to the elevator video you have where you put them in that flat and lift them to the attic
Same link. Majic stairs
Godzilla,the Mac Daddy of attic stairs...killer.!!!
I would get a manual one personally and use it as a safe room/storage
Cool but are they fire rated? Up here in the Northwest no attic stairs in the dwelling that don't meet fire code.
Do these stairs meet code for stairs if your article is finished?
That's very reasonable
It’s not hidden when you reveal it to the world
Also what would happen if the power shuts off?
A great product, if you have the room for it. I don't have the length needed for this to come all the way down in my home. This is the downside to having it come down at a 45.
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I need something like this but not from a ceiling but from a high wall
Is it possible?
What is the companies contact information to order?
I did the same thing with drop ceiling panels, you can't tell it's there. My house in Waco will have 3+ hidden doors as well; I love me some hidden features.
Easily spotted, what's hidden about it?
That very oddly looks like how my stairs look like, except mine aren't automated and I think are from the 70s
1 question can you fit an air handler through it?
Not insulated?
My job has something just like that for a hidden mechanical room. The motor broke while it was closed and there was no emergency access and zero access to the room. They were forced to cut through a concrete wall to get in and fix it.
He mentions this has a manual mode at 5:00
Oh man - thanks so much for the warning
It didn't look like the door was flush with the ceiling.
3K for something you use once a year is a little high
Maybe if it was something you used all the time but for anyone who has a basement this is really not something worth it. Very neat but way out of most people's budgets
If you have a big attic that isn’t finished and you would like to use it for a ton of extra storage this is cheaper than building a staircase and finishing the attic
I am a little worried that the garage attic lift might come crashing down.
That thing is crap. Only 2 cables instead of 4. Way to easy to throw out of balance.
Can’t find the source of this remix anywhere….
I don't get what's so great about the lift option, when you could have attic stairs and be able to access the whole space above the garage.
It is a very cool stair… but I hate the cable across the front.
I wonder why it couldn’t be designed with the lift at the top instead of the bottom…
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"Florida Man installs hidden stairs in Texas home"
nice stairs, pretty far from hidden, tho.
It must be really hard to pull down a stair case
cool stairs but not so hidden
Doesn't look very flush when closed.
Very cool looking, but it takes up way to much valuable attic space.
wheres your catch phase for signing off. "ON THE BUILD SHOW"
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Well, I guess Matt isn't a golfer...not sure why you would use that lift for a set of golf clubs ever! lol
Panic room anyone?
Take the remote up with you and have gun holes in the ceiling.
Not so hidden now, everyone knows about them
If you'd staggered the planking to begin with you have enough room there when the hatch swings down to have a staggered 'edge' to the planking covering the hatch so you _could_ have made it _more_ concealed, _maybe_ totally if you did an excellent job, but as it is it's actually pretty obvious imo. Very, very cool but it's obvious it's there and I'm not saying it just for the sake of criticizing it - it's a great job in any case but a burglar would notice it immediately Matt so don't convince yourself otherwise. Who _wouldn't_ run a complete length of planking down that hallway given the rest of the ceiling? Whereas, if it were all staggered then you could use that to your advantage and really blend in that break line.
Very expensive stairs. $4000 for stairs (10' ceiling), $400 crate fee, $900 shipping, and then the add-ons. This does not include installation. I was considering it until I saw the cost. $300 rickety model is good for me.
Seriously? Cool I guess, but an incredible waste of space. I saw a steel one that unfolds automatically. Now that is cool.
I really don't get why you would use this for a new house. Just install a permanent set of stairs, unless space is a factor but it doesn't look like that's the case here.
Why would you install stairs into a hallway for an attic?
@@DK-lz7kg If you're not going to practically use it often, why have an attic? If the space is worth having, it's worth making accessible if you ask me :)
@@WoLpH that’s literally the point of these stairs... it makes an attic much easier to access and you can hide unwanted stairs
@@DK-lz7kg it's less convenient than regular stairs and it blocks the hallway when it's down. I would either install a proper permanent set of stairs, or design the house in such a way that you don't have an attic
Wood ceilings? yuck no thanks! not to mention the fire risk.
Sorry it is not very hidden I saw it right away and I am drunk too
But maybe I spotted it because I am a handyman with an eye of detail where I spotted it
Nice but no insulation, major heat loss.
Conditioned attic.
Is it just me, or is this really not that well hidden?
what a waste of time and mat, and a waste of my time.
Yeah this definitely is a waste of time and money. How many times do you go into the attic? Maybe once or twice every few years? The pull down or fold out stairs are plenty.
If you have your HVAC and other systems up there it makes sense. You’ll be up there maybe once a month to change filters.
And your comment is a waste... His HVAC is up there
The pull down fold out is pure crap
@@ColHunterGathers Thats a great point! I was speaking from a midwest centric mindset where all of our HVAC is typically in basements, and normally our attics are unconditioned vented space.
Long time watcher and sub.. Why not make the whole panel with clips, so you dont have a seam? Anyways love the science behind your videos..
And those stairs are boss!
"Do you hate your children? would you like to quarantine them to only one part of the house? then get our 45 degree angle hallway blocking attic! it's perfect for pesky children who ask too many questions while you're busy trying to manage your divorce settlement with your ex-wife. Questions such as "why is the sky blue" just extend your ladder! call now."
The sky is blue because god loves the Infantry
I’m more of a fan of permanent stairs but as a retro fit option it’s cool.
That Lift though…I like it. Need one that’s rated for 1200 LB and use it as a basement lift.
If you got the cash and space i think thats amazing and the concelling is an art work..
They are amazing. I bought this and had a local guy install it. It's fantastic, I even can take a dresser into my attic now
Came for “hey Arnold” comments and was unfortunately disappointed. 🤷♂️
"Came all the way from Florida" means spendy.
WHat a stupid ladder design. Takes up way too much space when it is stored. Not realistic.
Nice, but not here in Canada. No way to insulate around this.
That is amazing and what a wonderful an innovative product.
Well worth the cost.
Given the conditioned attic space, what is the advantage of this unit vs putting in the kind of permanent attic staircase that older homes used to have? It seems like the cost (4000-6000$ after installation) is comparable to paying your framers to build another non-load bearing wall and a low cost contractor grade staircase?
Space savings. The permanent stairs always take up space, while the shown steps go away when not in use
Space. Stairs take up a huge chunk of real estate, which you would lose on the main floor, just to have a permanent access to a rarely used storage room.
@@W78thIS fair point, although if the space had a permanent staircase that didn't block a hallway, maybe it would be used more often?
@@kschleic9053 At which point, there's not any cost savings, because now your unfinished attic needs to be a finished space for more use.
@@W78thIS my previous home had a 24" wide, quite steep attic staircase tucked into the space of a 6' wide closet. I wouldn't qualify it as taking up any significant amount of space, and it was incredibly handy for making the attic into part of the home. Is that kind of staircase no longer allowed? I could imagine that code might get involved with a permanent staircase while ignoring rickety fold down stairs...
Does it work in a power outage?
There should be better ways
What was the price?
Magic!
Idea of hidden stairs is different and amazing. I'll try to use in my project.
That elevator at the end was very uplifting!
Hey brother !!!! , here we go with more things to add to my dream home , so far i have gone 180k more to the initial proyection, but I love it , I need 2 of those ......lol great work bro , ... from houston and now serving midland Tx
EAGLE HOME SERVICES...
Usually don’t seal very well, but this a conditioned attic so it doesn’t matter that much.
I was wondering the same. But it would not matter with a conditioned attic.
@@germankiss if you had a conditioned attic with the stairs coming down into an unconditioned garage a good insulated seal would be important
I’d love to see you do an episode on residential elevators. I’m not a home owner yet but that’s one feature I would like because most people want to be able to grow old in their own home. Also some people with chronic diseases have mobility issues too. Even if I only have the elevator shaft, I know I could install one later if I want but I know there are a lot of considerations. Most of the houses where an elevator is added after construction, it looks out of place.
Have loved watching your RUclips channel, I was wondering if you are doing any home energy projects with your new home. For example solar panels, Span Smart Panel or home energy monitors like Sense.
I did see the one about the backup natural gas generator, just wondering if you'll be doing anything else like that.
Blessings.
Yeah that uneven section of the boards on the ceiling doesn't look odd at all. Pretty obvious it's a staircase or ladder
It’s a big piece to maneuver up in the attic. It would be helpful to know the space requirements for the stairs to stow them and the headroom needed for them to swing up and then into the operating position.
I think I would be fine with an all manual one if that's possible. It's not like I go up in the attic every day.
Never had a problem with a standard attic stair. If you have to go up there that much then there is a issue