How To Make Attic Stairs Insulation

Learn the right way to insulate your attic pulldown stairs for increased comfort and energy savings.

How to make attic stairs insulation.

Add insulation to the exterior of the plywood box. Will need to install a drop down ladder stairs. Cut the 10 foot long pieces of lumber into four pieces two pieces to the length previously measured and two pieces to the width previously measured. You can sister the joists by cutting 2 x8 boards the same length as the joists applying construction adhesive and affixing each to a joist with nails.

Will need to install a drop down ladder stairs. Looking to clean up my attic old insulation etc and convert into usable storage space. Fortunately this is a fairly easy fix. Measure the size and height of the stairs from the attic.

Hinge the lid to the box on one side with metallic tape. Position the box over the stair opening in the attic. You might open up your attic and find bare joists with fiberglass or cellulose insulation between the joists. More insulation 6 inches or 8 inches isn t uncommon.

These four pieces will be the frame of the. Will likely need to lay flooring too. That means that you should glue at least 4 inches of foil faced polyisocyanurate r 26 to the box. Attic tent insulation covers make a little tent above your stairs and you ll just have to move the attic cover out of the way when you go up and down the stairs.

Attach the foam box to the floor with metallic tape. With attic insulation we aim for a pretty high standard usually at least r 49 and the coffin insulation should match.