Fire Retardant Attic Ladder

Fits in rough opening of 22 in x 47 in.

Fire retardant attic ladder.

1 there are fire rated attic ladders on the market starting at about 800 installation. The hatch is manufactured with the use of fireproof materials and is equipped with a gasket that expands under extreme heat. By the energy guardian 66 184 00. A modern system of folding the ladder enables the ladder to be folded to smaller lengths and therefore allows smaller sizes of loft hatch to be achieved.

It also functions as a blaze block in case of fire. Not cheap and they far exceed the equivalency requirement. There are several solutions. The fakro lsf model is a fire rated scissor style attic ladder made up of all metal parts.

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. The hatch is manufactured with fireproof materials and equipped with a gasket that expands under extreme heat. The lsf ladder is fire rated at 60 minutes per en 13501 2 based on european standards. The lwf fire rated ladder provides easy access to an attic while functioning as a blaze block in case of fire.

Also there are attic ladders that have had a rated fire retardant applied to the plywood face like in the photo below of a label on one. R 38 attic ladder insulation cover and air sealing kit for pull down ladders with im 27 in. The lwf ladder is fire rated at 43 minutes in accordance with astm e119 and 30 minutes in accordance with nfpa 288. The fakro lsf fire resistant attic ladder provides easy and safe access to the attic and at the same time serves as a fire block during a fire inside the building.