Staple long pieces of duct tape sticky side up onto the attic scuttle door.
How to insulate attic door cover.
Cut a piece of 3 8 inch or 3 4 inch plywood about 1 4 inch smaller in width and length than the dimensions of the opening.
From inside the attic check for any openings holes or fenestrations into the knee wall surrounding area.
You can check for air leaks with a lit incense stick or a thin.
Apply weather stripping to the door to create a seal.
Inspect the weatherstripping gaskets around the attic hatch opening.
Trim four pieces of 1 by 2 lumber with a circular saw to.
To insulate an attic hatch you need weather stripping rigid foam board and fiberglass batt insulation.
Here s one good method.
Measure the opening for the attic access hole which is often referred to as a scuttle hole.
Then add insulation batting to form a pillow and wrap it up like a birthday present as shown.
Measure the cover to make sure it fits the opening with the cover overlapping the molding lip so the weather stripping seals well.
Cut out two pieces of rigid foam board that are 1 4 inch smaller than the hatch so homeowners can slide the attic access panel open easily.
Add fiberglass or rigid foam.
The simplest fix is to attach insulation to the top of the cover and weather stripping underneath where it rests on the lip of the opening.
First install foam weather stripping on the inside of the trim or directly onto the hatch.
There are different ways to accomplish this.