Diy Insulated Attic Hatch

Carefully pull down the finish trim.

Diy insulated attic hatch.

I glued the foil board to the door hatch and used screws to hold it in place. Pray that the installer used finish nails and not say ring shank nails. Air seal the trim the first step is air sealing the finish trim and enclosure around the attic hatch. I used 1 board which has an r 6 5 insulating value.

Stack insulation batts on top of the duct tape so they extend about 1 in. If you have an attic access panel in your ceiling and are concerned about heat loss don t despair. This creates an insulated attic access door. We also added foam weather stripping along the perimeter where the access panel touched the ceiling trim.

Here s a real quick solution. This ible is about how to build an insulated attic hatch for cheap i am currently renovating an old building to turn it into a multi flat rental property. Several layers should be applied. Then secure the pillow with the duct tape.

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. Multiple layers can be added to this hatch to increase the r value. You ll notice in the photo below that interior door jamb stock does not have any kind of weather stripping in.

Before closing the hatch i overlapped 8 insulation.