Cockloft Vs Attic

Brannigan sfpe fellow a reader asked the difference between a cockloft and an attic.

Cockloft vs attic.

Mike dugan bill gustin and the rest of the panel are joined by special guest dave walsh to consider some aspects of attic and cockloft fires. As with previous topics they will begin by relating their most memorable attic cockloft fire. Is there a better way to fight attic fires. Is that attic is the space often unfinished and with sloped walls directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building generally used for storage or habitation while cockloft is a small attic or garret.

A cockloft is a small space created when the roof is raised above the level of the flat beams to provide a pitch to drain rain and a vented air space to reduce top floor temperatures. Learn more about the great things going on with the national fallen firefighters foundation s everyone goes home program. A cockloft is a small space created when the roof is raised above the level. Fire engineering in this week s humpday hangout join mike dugan bill gustin and the group.