Fire Rated Loft Hatches

Fire rated loft hatches for ceilings that have to hold a fire rating, made to measure so the hatch matches both the opening and the performance the ceiling line needs.

Where a ceiling has to hold a fire rating, the hatch has to hold it too.

Our made to measure hatch is built to your opening with the fire rating selected at order. Send us the opening size and we will confirm the evidence for it.

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Made to measure loft hatch

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Fire Rated Ceiling Access Panel - Closed

1hr fire rated ceiling access panel – metal door picture frame

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Do loft hatches need to be fire rated?

It depends on what the ceiling is doing. In most single family houses the loft hatch has no fire rating requirement at all. Where the ceiling forms part of a fire separating construction, the hatch must not be the weak point in it: the common cases are flats and maisonettes, ceilings above integrated garages, and lofts opening onto a protected stair or escape route. In those cases the hatch needs to match the fire resistance the ceiling is required to achieve.

The honest answer for any specific building is in its fire strategy or with building control, and it is worth confirming before ordering, because an unrated hatch in a rated ceiling is a defect that surveys do pick up.

What we make

Our fire rated loft hatch is made to measure, built to your opening size with the fire rating selected at order.

Performance when fire rated is selected

When fire rated is selected the hatch is supplied as a 2 hour fire rated, ambient smoke control tested and airtight loft hatch: 2 hour integrity (E) tested to BS EN 1364-2:2018 with additional guidance from BS EN 1634-1:2014+A1:2018, tested from the room side, and tested up to 650 x 900mm in a ceiling application. It is insulated, achieving a calculated U-value of 0.35 W/m²K, Part L compliant, with air permeability of 4.28 m³/h/m² positive and 3.79 negative at 50Pa, and supplied with a budget lock.

The tested envelope matters on a made to measure product: if your opening is larger than 650 x 900mm, ask us to confirm the fire evidence for your size before ordering.

The ceiling panel alternative

Where the opening is smaller and a hatch is not required, the one hour fire rated ceiling access panel (metal door, picture frame) covers rated ceiling access: tested to give up to one hour integrity in a ceiling system, with a three way locking system and metal key as standard.

Sizing

Made to measure means the hatch is built to the structural opening you give us, so measure the trimmed opening accurately, in millimetres, both dimensions and both diagonals. For the ceiling access panel, order by panel size and cut the opening 5mm larger.