Test out how your insulation sealing fix behaves once the attic access door area is put under normal use.
How to seal your attic door.
If your hatch rests directly on the moldings add 2 1 2 inch wide stops around the opening.
To see if the insulation solution moves or falls out in any way.
If your hatch rests directly on the moldings like ours did add 2 1 2 in wide stops around the.
Better yet there are high quality products such as the attic gator designed to both seal and insulate attic access doors and scuttle holes.
Use a hammer to drive nails through the material and attach it to the attic door frame.
This way it will create a seal when the door is closed.
Pull down the attic access stairs walk around near the opening etc.
Scuttle hole covers and pull down attic stairs loosely fit into the attic access hole they are covering.
How to seal an attic access door.
Then finish up by sealing the access hatch with self sticking foam weatherstrip photos 10 and 11.
If you haven t inspected your attic insulation in a while learn how to inspect and seal your attic before moving on to your attic hatch.
The stops provide a wider surface for attaching the weatherstrip and a space to mount hook and eye fasteners.
Learn more below about how to insulate your attic door.
Sealing the attic hatch or door.
The gaps between the edges of the access doors and the.
Unroll the insulation over the door.
Treat your attic door as if it was a door leading to the outdoors.
Measure the size of the attic access door and cut a piece of insulation slightly larger than that.
Step 2 insulate the door.