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An attic ladder (US) or loft ladder (UK) is a retractable ladder that is installed into an attic door/access panel. They are used as an inexpensive and compact alternative to having a stairway that ascends to the attic of a building. They are useful in areas with space constraints that would hinder the installation of a standard staircase.
While some attics are converted into bedrooms, home offices, or attic apartments complete with windows and staircases, most remain difficult to access, and are usually entered using a loft hatch and ladder. Attics help control temperatures in a house by providing a large mass of slowly moving air, and are often used for storage.
Attic: Strengthened roof structure against cracking using bracing as cross ties; added splice plates to cracked rafters; cleaned out the ceiling rafters and applied woodworm treatment to the entire attic space in the main roof; insulated the main roof right down to the eaves level of the rafters; provided a new hatch access to the attic and ...
Butterworth hatches are not the main access hatches, but are the servicing hatches, and are generally closed with a metal cover plate with a gasket that is fastened to the deck by a number of bolts which stick up from the deck. Holes on the edges of the plate fit over these bolts and the cover is fastened down with nuts or dogs.
A trapdoor or hatch is a sliding or hinged door that is flush with the surface of a floor, ceiling, or roof. [1] It is traditionally small in size. [ 2 ] It was invented to facilitate the hoisting of grain up through mills, however, its list of uses has grown over time. [ 3 ]
A wicket door is a pedestrian door built into a much larger door allowing access without requiring the opening of the larger door. Examples might be found on the ceremonial door of a cathedral or in a large vehicle door in a garage or hangar. A bifold door is a unit that has several sections, folding in pairs. Wood is the most common material ...
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