How To Seal Your Attic Door

Better yet there are high quality products such as the attic gator designed to both seal and insulate attic access doors and scuttle holes.

How to seal your attic door.

Treat your attic door as if it was a door leading to the outdoors. The stops provide a wider surface for attaching the weatherstrip and a space to mount hook and eye fasteners. When you re done sealing your attic bypasses push the insulation back into place with an old broom handle or stick as you back out of the attic. This way it will create a seal when the door is closed.

Then finish up by sealing the access hatch with self sticking foam weatherstrip photos 10 and 11. Unroll the insulation over the door. Learn more below about how to insulate your attic door. To properly seal your attic hatch also known as an attic door or scuttle hole at a minimum you should apply weather stripping and ensure the attic side of the attic door is insulated.

If your hatch rests directly on the moldings like ours did add 2 1 2 in wide stops around the. To see if the insulation solution moves or falls out in any way. Scuttle hole covers and pull down attic stairs loosely fit into the attic access hole they are covering. Sealing the attic hatch or door.

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. Use a hammer to drive nails through the material and attach it to the attic door frame. Step 2 insulate the door. If your hatch rests directly on the moldings add 2 1 2 inch wide stops around the opening.

The gaps between the edges of the access doors and the. Pull down the attic access stairs walk around near the opening etc. How to seal an attic access door.