Air Sealing Details For Attic Hatch
Weatherstrip the attic access hatch or door.
Air sealing details for attic hatch. Gaskets are generally more durable and produce a tighter seal. This can also be beefed up to a sealing gasket like the one on your refrigerator door. Instead of crunching the numbers as he did one just needs to walk by one in a hallway during the middle of summer to know it isn t insulated. If your hatch rests directly on the moldings add 2 1 2 inch wide stops around the opening.
Sealing the attic hatch or door finish up by sealing the access hatch with self sticking weather stripping. Cut 1 3 boards to fit the perimeter of the opening and nail them on with 6d finish nails. In our ongoing series on air sealing we are going to focus on the dreaded attic hatch or as allison baile s of energy vanguard so eloquently calls it a mind blowing hole in your building envelope. Apply self adhesive foam weatherstrip tape to the top edge of the stop.
Air seal the hatch perimeter the plywood hatch rests on a small wood strip lip.