Energy efficiency and insulating your home is becoming more popular and widely practiced. One of the simplest things to do is insulation of your loft, with 270mm of insulation being recommended as best practice. Using your loft as an extra bedroom, store room or studio is now very common, and selecting an appropriate loft ladder is more important. Many of our loft ladders come complete with a loft hatch and can be fitted to an existing opening into the ceiling. All of our loft ladders that come complete with a loft hatch feature varying degrees of insulation and are fitted with a plastic draught excluder to prevent heat loss into the loft when not in use.

The insulation in the loft hatch ranges from 20mm in some of our entry-level loft ladders up to 70mm on the top of the range models, with the insulation being from rock-wool. The measure of heat loss is in W/m2oC, with a smaller number indicating less heat lost through the loft hatch. It is definitely worth carefully considering which loft ladder to choose, and if the existing loft hatch or loft ladder you have installed is letting heat escape into the loft. By improving the insulation in the loft hatch you are likely to quickly reduce your heating bills, which will easily pay for an improved loft ladder.