[Greenbuilding] Best attic stairs?

Aaron Stavert aaron at openpractice.ca
Tue Feb 23 09:37:06 CST 2016


Here's a great article on insulating attic hatches!

http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/guest-blogs/how-insulate-and-
air-seal-pull-down-attic-stairs

Cheers,
Aaron.


Aaron Stavert, MRAIC
Open Practice Inc. - Collaborative Architecture
63 Pownal St.  Charlottetown, PE
C1A 3W2

902 370-2086 p
902 370-2087 f


aaron at openpractice.ca
openpractice.ca



On 16-02-23 11:18 AM, "Greenbuilding on behalf of RT"
<greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org on behalf of
ArchiLogic at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 23:08:58 -0500, Bill Christensen
> <billc_lists at greenbuilder.com> wrote:
>> 
>>  I'm looking for a really good insulated, sealed attic stair
> 
> 
> S'Up, Wild Bill-Bob.
> 
> Many moons ago (like in the 70's of the previous millennium) I made a few
> super-insulated, sealed attic stairs using store-bought lumber and
> hardware from the local small-town (Paris Ontario)building supply (ie
> before Big Box outlets like Home Despot existed) ... plywood skinned box
> filled with XPS foam w/ HD piano hinge... ladders made with 2x4s, rungs
> glued/screwed into dadoes cut into the rails , ladder sections connected
> with HD strap hinges, shutting against compression bulb air seals and the
> whole schmozzle counterbalanced with a steel pail filled with steel chain
> suspended by a steel cable (vinyl-covered clothesline) & pulleys.
> 
> Thinking a bit about it this morning, in these days when people seem to
> have more money than time to f at art around making stuff themselves, I
> wondered if the (heavy) 2x4 folding stairs might be easily replaced by a
> store-bought extension ladder, chopped up into pieces and reconfigured to
> suit the situation ?
> 
> But the best solution would be to get rid of the interior access to the
> attic and move it outdoors to a gable end (or such like) and use the
> homeowner's general purpose ladder propped up against the wall on those
> occasions when access to the attic is needed (assuming that it's not a
> habitable space, of course.)
> 
> 
> -- 
> === * ===
> Rob Tom  .  .  . T60BOM
> Kanata, Ontario, Canada
> 
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