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Your house or commercial property will lose heat during cold weather partly due to poor thermal insulation, but also due to the air-leakiness of the building. It’s important to distinguish between draught-proofing and insulating your loft hatch as these are not the same thing. If your Wizz Air flight has been delayed or cancelled in the past six years AND the airline refused to refund you for additional costs incurred, such as replacement flights, you may now be able to get your money back.
If your loft space is currently uninsulated, this can make a big difference to the temperature of your home and your energy bills. The simple answer is that cold air is coming into your loft space under the eaves (just underneath the edge of your roof). And finally, if you have the very old style of loft door that isn’t hinged or even attached to anything fear not! The bottom edge has had a brush seal installed but the second image shows that this is less effective. Applying a door gasket is a relatively simple and economical way to create a more insulated environment.If you have a hinged loft hatch that doesn’t rest on a post then you’ll need to apply the foam strips to both the hatch surround and inside of the hatch frame so that the two strips meet and squash together a tiny bit. Insulating your loft hatch can massively improve your overall insulation levels, lowering heating costs and carbon footprint and keeping your living areas warm and cosy. This generally requires the floorboards to be removed, and some form of insulation to be installed between the joists, before re-attaching the floorboards or replacing them with a modern plywood sheets.
Low Energy Supermarket advises no professional person be booked to conduct work until the goods are in hand and accepts no responsibility if persons are booked and goods are not in hand. Low Energy Supermarket accepts no responsibility for any electrical item purchased being installed and any item is fitted at owners risk. Without completely protecting the loft area, including the hatch, you may find that warm air funnels through the hatch space, thus making the rest of your insulation relatively ineffective.The hatch will then press up against the tape when it is closed and create the necessary seal to prevent the draughts from passing through.
Ree is right, those hinges are completely inadequate, particularly how they are supported by screws into the edge of timber which may shear out.
Fasten two handles to the inside of the hatch to assist in pulling it down against the weatherstripping. For keyholes that are regularly used the best option is a little swing flap which can be screwed or glued onto the door with epoxy adhesive. Choose a concealed design in a colour that suits your needs, whether it’s gold, brown, or white, and enjoy a sealed-off door that helps keep your home insulated.
Insulating a loft hatch is a simple, cost-effective DIY job that keeps the heat in and the cold out of your property. Well if your hatch is just a piece of MDF or similar then that won’t be enough to keep the cold from entering your home. Letterboxes with flaps and brush seals are available and are worth considering if your current letterbox is a source of draughts.
Draught-proofing the loft hatch at the same time will also help ensure you gain the maximum savings on your energy bills, too and helps to insulate your home. You should be able to use the techniques we’ve talked about above to draught-proof and insulate that too. If the roof is insulated at the rafter level, then you will see little to no benefit from insulating your loft hatch,’ says Matthew Jenkins.