[Greenbuilding] Best attic stairs?

[Bill Christensen]

Thanks!  I was asking about East Coast primarily because that's the only
one that I'd seen that looked *really* tight.

I'm based in Texas, so if y'all know something closer and of similar
quality, that'd be great.

Meantime, I'll look into the one you cited.

On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 11:05 PM, David via Greenbuilding <
greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org> wrote:

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> Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 21:04:04 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Best attic stairs?
> East coast company:
> http://conservationtechnology.com/building_ladder.html
>
> R-10, airtight, self trimming flange, install when house is ready to show,
> takes two people 20 minutes making no mess, avoids damage by trades
> accessing the attic.
> Increase R-value of attic by a few points to balance total required.
>
>
>
> David Wentling
>
> > On Feb 21, 2016, at 8:08 PM, Bill Christensen <
> billc_lists at greenbuilder.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm looking for a really good insulated, sealed attic stair to replace
> the uninsulated, leaky el-cheapo variety currently in place.  I know I saw
> some *really* well made ones from a company on the east coast at a green
> building conference a fair while back - hope they're still in business -
> but I don't recall the name and my Google-Fu hasn't turned up any
> particularly stellar candidates.
> >
> > I don't want a box or tent over the existing stair, which is going to
> need replacing anyway.  I'd rather just get a stair that seals well in the
> first place.
> >
> > My understanding is that many jurisdictions now or will soon require
> R-30 attic stairs (or assemblies) for new construction.  So I'm guessing
> someone must actually make them.
> >
> > The only place I've found so far that's close had an R-38 stair on their
> website as "Coming Soon" - but emailing them put 'soon' in the 'we don't
> know when' vaporware category.
> >
> > Any good leads?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
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