Separated is the term.
Fire rated attic stair cover.
Requirement for a fire rated cover on an attic hatch in a garage.
It is for this reason that for safety and durability fire rated access door ceiling application requires an insulated product.
Access doors and panels offers you ceiling and attic access panels fire rated upward opening fire rated downward opening with or without drywall flange.
I saw a home with an access ladder to the attic over the garage this is what i told them.
If there is a fire in the garage the fire is going to heat up that 26 gage sheet metal attached to the wood pull down stair catching the wood cover of the pull down stair on fire.
The lwf ladder is fire rated at 43 minutes in accordance with astm e119 and 30 minutes in accordance with nfpa.
The therma dome attic stair cover comes as an easily assembled kit which includes six lap joint components a tube of adhesive foil tape and step by step instructions.
There is no need to have them fire rated the ceiling is not even fire rated.
The lwf fire rated ladder provides easy access to an attic while functioning as a blaze block in case of fire.
The unit provides a.
Watch a demonstration of our fire rated hatch box including retractable stairway.
Get easy access to your attic with this fakro lwf fire rated ladder.
The lwf fire resistant attic ladder provides an easy access to the loft performing at the same time the function of a blaze block in case of a fire inside the building.
This fire rated hatch box has an integrated concertina stair unit telescopic handrail.
An insulated fire rated door carries a temperature rise rating that uninsulated ones don t have.
It also functions as a blaze block in case of fire.
Why bother with that little pull down stair cover is the rest of the ceiling is not.
The hatch is manufactured with the use of fireproof materials and is equipped with a gasket that expands under extreme heat.
The lwf attic ladder is fire rated at 43 minutes in accordance with astm e119 standard test methods for fire tests of building construction materials.
Jerry i agree with your home inspector that a fire rated such as fire rated drywall ceiling and ceiling access cover would be a safety issue and that adding a cover a trivial expense is a smart idea regardless of whether or not local code officials require it.