It is for this reason that for safety and durability fire rated access door ceiling application requires an insulated product.
Attic hatch material in garage.
Apply a bead of caulk on the inside and outside edges of the trim and then reattach it.
Access doors and panels offers you ceiling and attic access panels fire rated upward opening fire rated downward opening with or without drywall flange.
The standard air sealing recommendation is to install a compression bulb weatherstrip.
Missing or opened covers should be called out as should covers made from flammable materials such as thin plywood.
An insulated fire rated door carries a temperature rise rating that uninsulated ones don t have.
Air seal the hatch perimeter the plywood hatch rests on a small wood strip lip.
The flame spread rating of this plywood 150 does not even begin to approach that of the required inch gypsum board 10 for garage ceilings with attic space above or the 5 8 inch type x gypsum board 15 for ceilings with living space above.
Call it a scuttle trap door or attic hatch every attic needs an entrance and often it s merely a square opening in the ceiling.