attic stairs and fireplace insullations
Two quick insullation questions. Has anyone used Draft cap or the other product (I forget the name at present) to insulate the attic pull down stairs. Its an unfinished basement with blown in insullation.
What about the insullatio device for the fireplace. I saw advertised a pillow like device to keep air from the chimney from coming into the living roon. Anyone use them before or are they a waste of money??
Thanks from Cold New Jersey
Jeff
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Some questions are good for all, but go un-noticed...now, if after a good kick in the butt, they still go un-noticed, you have the right idea<G>I use our drop down attic stairs a lot. I saw Mike Gueritain's article on a cover, but it looked like it would be a royal constricting pain in my 15' wide at the eaves attic. I'm hoping for some kind of other detail... Don't worry, we can fix that later!
You could make your own attic stair cover with 2" foam board from a home center. Use foam adhesive in a caulking gun. Spray foam in a can might work to seal gaps and make it stronger.
I sealed my chimney flue with a fireproof foam board from a woodstove dealer. (I cut a hole in it for my stovepipe, but without the hole, it would be a good way to seal a chimney.)
Al Mollitor, Sharon MA
I agree that you should make your own attic stairs cover. Caulk & seal the frame for the attic stairs, build a box to fit over the frame & stairs with 1/2" or 3/4" ply, hinge it to the stairs framing with door hinges, use a high quality self-stick rubber gasket as a seal, add double-hung window locks to pull the top tight to the frame, and insulate the outside of the box with 2" foam. Make sure your design does two things -- (1) insulate, and (2) stop air infirltration. #2 is by far more important.
Billy
Edited 12/24/2004 9:04 am ET by Billy
i've seen Draft CAp at the shows.. looks like a good product... we always build our own as part of the insualtion package.. but if you don't want to .. then the DraftCap would be good ... and probably cost effective too
as far as the fireplaces...sounds like a product to seal the top of the flue...
my preference for this is a GOOD set of glasss doors installed with a gasket... and an incorporated outside air combustion kit ( sometimes hard to retrofit )
Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore