Fire Rated Attic Access

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Fire rated attic access.

The 1 4 plywood panel at most attic ladders does not meet that standard. Now that more home and building owners and jurisdictions become. Ceiling and attic as a builder providing for their clients to get their properties leed certified you should suggest the installation of fire rated access doors. There are several solutions.

Use access doors and panels fire rated ceiling access doors for an additional fire assistance benefit when requiring to access crawl spaces in ceilings. You can choose from our doors from a variety of brands. If you want the ideal solution for your industrial commercial or residential projects our fire rated ceiling access panel is the right choice. Fakro lwf series wooden attic ladders 43 minute fire rated to astm 119 us specs 300 lbs starting at.

Access doors and panels offers you ceiling and attic access panels fire rated upward opening fire rated downward opening with or without drywall flange. We offer doors with an upward opening and downward opening with and without drywall flange. Most homes have a 1 2 drywall panel installed in the attic access opening which is fine. But when you put something else in the opening it must be equivalent to 1 2 drywall which has roughly a 20 minute fire resistance.

The lmf60 model is a new generation attic ladder that provides access to unused space in the attic and at the same time functions as a fire protection for 60 minutes 1 hour rating in accordance with nfpa 288 and astm e119 14. 452 12 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. Everything about fire rated attic access doors 1 building codes require fire rated attic access doors. It is for this reason that for safety and durability fire rated access door ceiling application requires an insulated product.

2 an attic access door helps in improving the building s energy efficiency.