Attic Hatch Material In Garage

Access doors and panels offers you ceiling and attic access panels fire rated upward opening fire rated downward opening with or without drywall flange.

Attic hatch material in garage.

Missing or opened covers should be called out as should covers made from flammable materials such as thin plywood. It is for this reason that for safety and durability fire rated access door ceiling application requires an insulated product. In days long gone such openings were well concealed. Air seal the hatch perimeter the plywood hatch rests on a small wood strip lip.

In garages that have access to the attic a hatch cover made from an approved fire rated material should protect this access at all times. Apply a bead of caulk on the inside and outside edges of the trim and then reattach it. An insulated fire rated door carries a temperature rise rating that uninsulated ones don t have. Call it a scuttle trap door or attic hatch every attic needs an entrance and often it s merely a square opening in the ceiling.