Thermally Sealing Attic Door

How to air seal an attic door.

Thermally sealing attic door.

The stops provide a wider surface for attaching the weatherstrip and a space to mount hook and eye fasteners. Final review of sealing and insulating your attic access. Here s one good method. This improves energy efficiency and results in lowered heating and cooling costs for homeowners.

Install a latch that will pull the door tight to the frame and the weather stripping. Affix foam insulation to the attic side of the door. Insulate the attic side of the door by gluing rigid foam to it or attaching batt insulation with screws and wire. If your hatch rests directly on the moldings add 2 1 2 inch wide stops around the opening.

Add foam insulation tape around the edges to seal the perimeter where it rests in the access hole. Install weather stripping along the inside door frame and threshold. When the attic access is sealed and insulated heat transfer between conditioned and unconditioned parts of the home is further prevented. Sealing the attic hatch or door.

Finish up by sealing the access hatch with self sticking weather stripping. The hatchway attic stairwell insulation cover is made up of our highly reflective arma foil radiant barrier bonded to a polyester fiber insulation making this attic access insulation light thin and effective. Do not undercut the door. Staple long pieces of duct tape sticky side up onto the attic scuttle door.