Using the Attic for Storage: Attic Storage Lifts
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I finished the attic at the log cabin.
![It makes a nice room!](https://i0.wp.com/www.projectsmallhouse.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/attic-4.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1)
It started out as a play room, but worked out to be really useful storage.
![The stairs to the attic playroom are just inside the front door in the living room.](https://i0.wp.com/www.projectsmallhouse.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/attic-14.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1)
I took out the pull down ladder and replaced it with stairs. They are just wide enough to make it easy to carry Rubbermaid storage tubs and totes up and down.
![The attic - Pull-down Stairs for the Attic - Installing the Pull-Down Attic Ladder – Project Small House](https://i0.wp.com/www.projectsmallhouse.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/attic.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1)
I would like to use the attic at the new house for storage, too. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy. But there are a lot of things I don’t want to get rid of, but I don’t really need to be able to get at.
There is quite a bit of space in the attic. Plus there is all the space in the garage attic and the garage ceiling, above the cars.
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The only way into the attic is pull down stairs. I remember seeing instructions to make a pulley lift to get boxes up a ladder. I found it again. It is on Instructables.com.
DIY Attic Storage Assistance on Instructables.com >
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Elevators to Lift Things Into the Attic
But while I was looking for that, I found elevators. They make elevators to get your stuff up into an attic.
SpaceLift Attic Elevators on Amazon
Versa-Lift Attic Elevators on Amazon
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SpaceLift Attic Storage Lifts
This is the first one I found; SpaceLift SL 5222-S Attic Lift. It is on Amazon. Amazon also has SpaceLift SL 5228-S Attic Lift.
Why risk carrying storage up and down a scary ladder or steep stairs? Install a SpaceLift™ attic storage lift and see your attic in a whole new light.
SpaceLift has two models on their website. They are about the same, but one is 6” wider.
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SpaceLift Model 5222-S
- Entire Elevator 22” x 57.5”
- Lift Platform 18” x 41”
SpaceLift Model 5228-S
- Entire Elevator 28” x 57.5”
- Lift Platform 24” x 41”
Both are 7” thick, have a lift capacity of 200 pounds, lift at a speed of 3 inches per second and have a ceiling height range of 15 feet.
It has controls right on the motor housing and comes with a wall-mounted remote control, too.
SpaceLift SL 5222-S Attic Lift
SpaceLift SL 5228-S Attic Lift
Versa-Lift Attic Lift
Amazon also showed a different attic elevator by Versa-Lift.
Versa Lift also has two models. The larger model can lift up to 250 pounds.
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Versa Lift™ Model 24
- 200 lb. lifting capacity
- 75″ x 44” lifting platform size
Versa Lift™ Model 32
- 250 lb. lifting capacity
- 75″ x 56″ lifting platform size
They have floor to floor options. Standard the elevator will winch your things up to floors 8-feet to 11-feet apart. It can be ordered with cables to reach up to 20-feet.
There are also control options. It comes standard with a corded remote. You can order it with a wall mounted switch or a cordless remote.
Versa-Lift 32 Mounted 8-11
Versa-Lift 24 Wireless 17-20
Versa-Lift 24 Corded 11-14
Versa-Lift 24 Mounted 8-11
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Both SpaceLift and Versa-Lift come with a Ceiling Cover Door, a panel that covers the ceiling when they are up in the attic. The Versa-Lift Attic Lift has a Fire-Rated Ceiling Cover Door available. You can also get the Versa-Lift Attic Lift with Auto-Shutters. These close the ceiling when the lifting platform is lowered.
Attic Dek Flooring System and Attic Maxx Truss Storage
While I was looking, I also found these two products. Attic Dek Flooring System and Attic Maxx Truss Storage.
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Attic Dek Flooring System makes a quick and easy platform to turn the attic into storage.
Attic Dek Flooring System on Amazon
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Attic Maxx Truss Storage is pre-assembled shelves that fit between the trusses.
Attic Maxx Truss Storage System on Amazon
There are a lot of things available. And the prices are all over the place. Plywood is really expensive now, too…