Diy Insulated Attic Hatch

You ll notice in the pictures below that now you.

Diy insulated attic hatch.

Purchase some 2 4 interior door jamb stock from your local building supply centre or any shop that supplies. Since the weather is getting colder by the day up here in the northern hemisphere i had to qu. Attach foil insulation board to the back of the attic hatch panel. Air seal the trim the first step is air sealing the finish trim and enclosure around the attic hatch.

Pray that the installer used finish nails and not say ring shank nails. How to insulate and air seal an attic access hatch. I used 1 board which has an r 6 5 insulating value. This creates an insulated attic access door.

We also added foam weather stripping along the perimeter where the access panel touched the ceiling trim. Several layers should be applied. Multiple layers can be added to this hatch to increase the r value. Stack insulation batts on top of the duct tape so they extend about 1 in.

Before closing the hatch i overlapped 8 insulation. If you have an attic access panel in your ceiling and are concerned about heat loss don t despair. Here s a real quick solution. I glued the foil board to the door hatch and used screws to hold it in place.

You ll notice in the photo below that interior door jamb stock does not have any kind of weather stripping in.