How To Make An Attic Hatch
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.
How to make an attic hatch. Purchase some 2 4 interior door jamb stock from your local building supply centre or any shop that supplies. How to make an attic hatch from a vent. How to make a scuttle attic a k a. For this attic hatch you need.
A better plan is to mount a piece of foam insulation to the top side of the door construction. You ll notice in the photo below that interior door jamb stock does not have any kind of weather stripping in. Use a straight edge knife to cut any drywall paper that. It s a long hot cramped filthy head banging slog from the garage hatch.
The kitchen remodel is going to require a bunch of attic work. Use a pencil and draw a box within the joists. Line the rim on top of the trim pieces with weatherstripping at minimum. Luckily this gable vent is right above the west kitchen wall.
You ll notice in the pictures below that now you. Attic access panel determine where your joists are. Using drywall knife start cutting the ceiling out along your line. 2 thick foam board 4 8 sheet with an r value of 10 orgreater you might need two sheets for larger hatches or to make it thicker 8 20 foamweather stripping the wider the better 1 can great stuff foam or similar 1 tube liquid nail or other construction adhesive.