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Default Fixing clothes rail into sloping attic wall / ceiling


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My new house has an attic room with a fairly steeply sloping ceiling
down one side of the room. It's far enough into the room for the floor
area underneath it to not be much use as is. My thinking is that the
best bet would be to put in a rail and use the area as a wardrobe. The
problem is that a) the wall / ceiling will most likely be some sort of
plasterboard.


Rather than a fxed rail, have you thought of getting a couple of 'shop
type' clothes rails on casters. This can be pushed close up to the wall
when not in use, but pulled towards the centre of the room (where there's
more headroom) when you are using it.

examples
http://search.ebay.co.uk/clothes-rail


The roof slopes way too much for that. I'll measure up tomorrow when I go
up there.


OK, you may not be able to get it right up to the wall; but I'd have thought
that you need a certain amount of headroom to comfortably use a fixed rail,
whereas a moveable rail will give you all the headroom you need when you
need it without taking up too much space when you don't.