Diy Insulated Attic Hatch

Purchase some 2 4 interior door jamb stock from your local building supply centre or any shop that supplies.

Diy insulated attic hatch.

Before closing the hatch i overlapped 8 insulation. Multiple layers can be added to this hatch to increase the r value. 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. I used 1 board which has an r 6 5 insulating value.

Attach foil insulation board to the back of the attic hatch panel. You ll notice in the pictures below that now you. Air seal the trim the first step is air sealing the finish trim and enclosure around the attic hatch. I glued the foil board to the door hatch and used screws to hold it in place.

How to insulate and air seal an attic access hatch. Stack insulation batts on top of the duct tape so they extend about 1 in. Pray that the installer used finish nails and not say ring shank nails. Several layers should be applied.

This creates an insulated attic access door. You ll notice in the photo below that interior door jamb stock does not have any kind of weather stripping in. Here s a real quick solution. Then secure the pillow with the duct tape.

We also added foam weather stripping along the perimeter where the access panel touched the ceiling trim.