Our courtyard villa was our second home in The Villages, so I knew I wanted pull-down aluminum stairs/ladder from M&M. However, the attic access in the garage was toward the rear of the garage, so the stairs would have to face the peak. Basically, the bottom of the stairs would be closest to the back wall of the garage, so I would not be able to haul anything long up the stairs. Solution: we had M&M cut a new access hole towards the front, just behind the garage door when it was open. That allowed the pull-down stairs to face the rear with adequate clearance in the attic. The drywall M&M cut out was used to cover the old access hole. M&M installed the aluminum stairs/ladder and we have straight access from the front door of the garage. We hired a separate drywall company to spackle and fix the old access hole cracks. Something you might want to consider.
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