How to open up access into your attic space for inspection and or insulation.
Attic that you enter through a trapdoor.
Make the strips an inch or two wider than the stairs extend above the attic floor.
How to insulate and air seal an attic access hatch.
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An attic access door is a large break in your home s thermal envelope meaning you will loose heat or cool air through it unless you insulate it further.
If the door doesn t have these weather strip it to provide a tight seal and make sure the latch pulls tightly against the frame.
Air seal the trim the first step is air sealing the finish trim and enclosure around the attic hatch.
Cut a piece of fiberglass or rigid foam board insulation the same size as the attic hatch and nail or glue it to the back of the hatch.
You can buy knee wall doors that have built in insulation and weather stripping.
The rough framed opening.
The simple attic hatch also called a scuttle hole is quite common in homes.
Weatherstrip the edges and put a piece of rigid foam board insulation on the back of the door.
A bead of caulking can be applied as well to form a better seal.
To access the attic the homeowner simply has to push up on this ceiling cut out and move it to the side.
Line the rim on top of the trim pieces.
The 2012 international residential code requires an attic access opening for attics with an area greater than 30 square feet and a vertical height in excess of 30 inches.
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If you have pull down attic stairs or an attic door these should be sealed in a similar manner.
Weight capacity designed to fit ceiling heights from 8 ft.
Finish the cuts by bending the piece and cutting from the other side.
Carefully pull down the finish trim.
Attach the stairs to install the stairs use two people to hold the staircase in the frame of the trapdoor and have another person go in the attic to attach the stairs.
Pray that the installer used finish nails and not say ring shank nails.
Up in the attic slide the joist hangers onto the rods one at a time placing them at a 45 degree angle to span the frame corners.
Attach the rigid foam insulation to the attic side of the door.