[Greenbuilding] Greenbuilding Digest, Vol 66, Issue 7

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>   1. Re: Best attic stairs? (RT)
>   2. Re: Best attic stairs? (Aaron Stavert)
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> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 10:18:17 -0500
> From: RT <ArchiLogic at yahoo.ca>
> To: "Green Building" <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Best attic stairs?
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> On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 23:08:58 -0500, Bill Christensen  
> <billc_lists at greenbuilder.com> wrote:
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>> 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.)
> 
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> Rob Tom  .  .  . T60BOM
> Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 11:37:06 -0400
> From: Aaron Stavert <aaron at openpractice.ca>
> To: archilogic at chaffyahoo.ca,    Green Building
>    <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Best attic stairs?
> Message-ID: <D2F1F498.41630%aaron at openpractice.ca>
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> 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.
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> 
> Aaron Stavert, MRAIC
> Open Practice Inc. - Collaborative Architecture
> 63 Pownal St.  Charlottetown, PE
> C1A 3W2
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> 902 370-2086 p
> 902 370-2087 f
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> aaron at openpractice.ca
> openpractice.ca
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> 
> 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
>> 
>> A r c h i L o g i c  at  Y a h o o  dot C A
>> (manually winnow the chaff from my edress if you hit "reply")
>> 
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