Air Tight Attic Access

Certified airtight class 4 airtightness and pre insulated attic door providing homeowners and specifiers with the optimum level of thermal performance and airtightness.

Air tight attic access.

Airtight membrane and taping is complete and builder is slabbing the ceiling before d day blower door test scheduled for tuesday once this is complete i will need to add 2 access opening to the attic. Make your attic access energy efficient with the make your attic access energy efficient with the e z hatch deluxe r 42 attic access door. Certified and tested under extreme climate conditions equivalent to that required for external doors on buildings. There are hundreds of things to detail properly to achieve an airtight home but one of the most commonly overlooked in a typical new house is the attic access hatch.

Fakro lwf 22 5x54 fire rated wood attic ladder 7 95 ft to 10 08 ft. The kit includes a wood frame preinstalled trim and an insulating door. Capacity item 1255125 model 869718. The finish panel visible from below does not have to be airtight.

Unique design features also make them easier to install more reliable and more attractive than traditional attic ladders. We supply attic hatches that have been tested to stringent standards including passivhaus certification and offer the highest level of airtightness ensuring that your energy usage is not affected due to a poor fitting or draughty attic hatch. The e z hatch attic access door panel hatch system is an easy to install easy to use highly insulated door panel hatch system that installs in minutes and provides an air sealed professional high quality insulated access opening into the attic space. It provides an air tight high performance scuttle door that is more energy efficient than pull down ladders.

Tim healey the attic access provides a portal to the attic space while being integral to the red line air barrier. 22 5 in x 54 in folding wood attic ladder with 300 lbs. This is generally about a 22 by 30 hole in the ceiling of your house into unconditioned space so it certainly deserves some consideration. If not insulated and air sealed properly attic hatches can represent the single largest source of heat loss in a home.

Attic ladders and hatches our insulated airtight attic ladders provide convenient access to an attic without compromising a building s thermal performance. To achieve this the design creates an effective seal that has been tested against aging which is maintained by means of a pre stressed spring which. Triple gaskets provide an air tight seal.