For access to the attic, my house had a 22" square drywall board.
I managed to break it in half over the weekend. Is there anything
in the fire codes (I live in Maryland) that limits what they can
be made of?

The reason I ask is because I had a spare sheet of plywood in
my garage. I've trimmed it to the correct size, put joint compound
on it to get the texture to match the ceiling's, and primed and
painted it. The paint is drying right now.

However, it occured to me that using a wooden board may violate
some kind of fire code. Is there anything wrong with what I've
done?

"Specialk" wrote in message
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For access to the attic, my house had a 22" square drywall board.
I managed to break it in half over the weekend. Is there anything
in the fire codes (I live in Maryland) that limits what they can
be made of?

The reason I ask is because I had a spare sheet of plywood in
my garage. I've trimmed it to the correct size, put joint compound
on it to get the texture to match the ceiling's, and primed and
painted it. The paint is drying right now.

I don' tknow hte codes, but many houses do have plywood. It could be your
builder used what was cheap and handy at the time.

you might want to add some insulation to the 22" square whatever you use,
supposedly if not insulated those access points can lose major heating or
a/c


"Specialk" wrote in message
...
For access to the attic, my house had a 22" square drywall board.
I managed to break it in half over the weekend. Is there anything
in the fire codes (I live in Maryland) that limits what they can
be made of?

The reason I ask is because I had a spare sheet of plywood in
my garage. I've trimmed it to the correct size, put joint compound
on it to get the texture to match the ceiling's, and primed and
painted it. The paint is drying right now.

However, it occured to me that using a wooden board may violate
some kind of fire code. Is there anything wrong with what I've
done?

Specialk wrote:
For access to the attic, my house had a 22" square drywall board.
I managed to break it in half over the weekend. Is there anything
in the fire codes (I live in Maryland) that limits what they can
be made of?

The reason I ask is because I had a spare sheet of plywood in
my garage. I've trimmed it to the correct size, put joint compound
on it to get the texture to match the ceiling's, and primed and
painted it. The paint is drying right now.

However, it occured to me that using a wooden board may violate
some kind of fire code. Is there anything wrong with what I've
done?

Most I have seen are drywall. I have never had a problem with that.
However if you are going to handle it a lot, you might want to back it with
some plywood. Drywall is a good fireproof material and I believe should be
used. As for code requirements, you will need to check locally as they are
not universal.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

effi wrote:
you might want to add some insulation to the 22" square whatever you use,
supposedly if not insulated those access points can lose major heating or
a/c

The original didn't have anything on it.
That's a good idea. Thanks.

In article ,
says...

Most I have seen are drywall. I have never had a problem with that.
However if you are going to handle it a lot, you might want to back it with
some plywood. Drywall is a good fireproof material and I believe should be
used.

Drywall is also better sound insulation than plywood, if there's anything
in your attic that makes noise, like blowers. Personally, I'd do plywood
with drywall on the bottom and rigid insulation on the top.

--
is Joshua Putnam
http://www.phred.org/~josh/
Braze your own bicycle frames. See
http://www.phred.org/~josh/build/build.html

Joshua Putnam wrote:
Drywall is also better sound insulation than plywood, if there's anything
in your attic that makes noise, like blowers. Personally, I'd do plywood
with drywall on the bottom and rigid insulation on the top.

There's nothing in the attic. The AC/heat pump is in the basement.

That's a good idea about the drywall & insulation.

Specialk wrote:
effi wrote:

you might want to add some insulation to the 22" square whatever you use,
supposedly if not insulated those access points can lose major heating or
a/c


The original didn't have anything on it.
That's a good idea. Thanks.

Hi,
Where I live having insulation on the access panel is code.
You can have styrofoam panel glued to it for an example. Bare
panel is not allowed.
Tony

"Tony Hwang" wrote in message
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Specialk wrote:
effi wrote:

you might want to add some insulation to the 22" square whatever you use,
supposedly if not insulated those access points can lose major heating or
a/c


The original didn't have anything on it.
That's a good idea. Thanks.

Hi,
Where I live having insulation on the access panel is code.
You can have styrofoam panel glued to it for an example. Bare
panel is not allowed.
Tony

styrofoam is code?
seems real flammable...

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:29:22 GMT, Specialk
wrote:

Joshua Putnam wrote:
Drywall is also better sound insulation than plywood, if there's anything
in your attic that makes noise, like blowers. Personally, I'd do plywood
with drywall on the bottom and rigid insulation on the top.

There's nothing in the attic. The AC/heat pump is in the basement.

That's a good idea about the drywall & insulation.

No code requirement unless it's in the garage, then drywall would be
required. The opening is supposed to be at least 22 X 40, by the way.

Dan