Fire Resistant Attic Stairs

Fire rated insulated wood attic ladder with 300 lb.

Fire resistant attic stairs.

10 ft 22 5 in. With one extra step all hardware fully concealed after installation. Fakro lwf 22 5x54 fire rated wood attic ladder 7 95 ft to 10 08 ft. The fakro lsf metal attic ladder is a fire rated and insulated ladder that can serve as a fire block.

Access doors and panels offers you ceiling and attic access panels fire rated upward opening fire rated downward opening with or without drywall flange. Fakro ladders operate as blaze blocks in the event part of your home catches fire. Shared attic space is where the garage attic and living space attic has no fire break fire wall which continues from the garage wall s up to the underside of the roof to separate garage attic from living space attic. It is for this reason that for safety and durability fire rated access door ceiling application requires an insulated product.

Product overview fireproof door el2 60 minutes when attic stairs door opened side springs drop along with it allowing wider unhindered access to the attic opening maximum standard ceiling height 9 ft. They are designed to help protect your home from fire and prevent it from spreading. Bessler be 119 series one hour fire rated wood attic stairs 350 lb capacity fakro lwf series wooden attic ladders 43 minute fire rated to astm 119 us specs 300 lbs starting at. The insurance adjuster can come and claim that.

Let s say that a fire burns down your house in the future god forbid. The hatch is manufactured with the use of fireproof materials and is equipped with a gasket that expands under extreme heat. Capacity item 1255125 model 869718. Safe and durable the fakro lwf fire rated insulated wood attic ladder provides easy access to an attic while functioning as a blaze block in case of fire.

The ladder is fully made of metal it has 9 steps and features a load limit of 350 lb. 1 there are fire rated attic ladders on the market starting at about 800 installation. 22 5 in x 54 in folding wood attic ladder with 300 lbs. Fakro lwf 8 ft.

Wooden pull down stairs do not comply with todays fire rating standards if there is no fire break that separates the garage attic and the living space attic and so it would be a deficiency and you should comment on it. You attic access should be able to be fire resistant for at least 10 minutes. Fire resistant attic ladders improve the safety of your home. Not cheap and they far exceed the equivalency requirement.

Ladder hatches are produced using fireproof materials designed to stand up under intense heat. 452 12 fakro lxs plastic end cap for attic stairs fits lwn lwp lwf and lwt series sold as a pair. Maximum load capacity 869718 the home depot.