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.
Fire retardant attic ladder.
The hatch is manufactured with the use of fireproof materials and is equipped with a gasket that expands under extreme heat.
There are several solutions.
1 there are fire rated attic ladders on the market starting at about 800 installation.
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.
The lsf ladder is fire rated at 60 minutes per en 13501 2 based on european standards.
Fire resistant 19 formaldehyde free 14 friction fit 3 heat retardant 3 moisture retardant 6 mold resistant 8 no dust material 4 paintable 7 pre cut 6.
The hatch is equipped with a gasket that expands under extreme heat.
The hatch is manufactured with fireproof materials and equipped with a gasket that expands under extreme heat.
The lwf ladder is fire rated at 43 minutes in accordance with astm e119 and 30 minutes in accordance with nfpa 288.
Not cheap and they far exceed the equivalency requirement.
By the energy guardian 66 184 00.
It also functions as a blaze block in case of fire.
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.
R 38 attic ladder insulation cover and air sealing kit for pull down ladders with im 27 in.
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.
Maximum load capacity 350 lb.