One of the hinges of my attic ladder got broken/bent. but ladder is perfectly fine.
But I can't find ladder hinges sold in Home Depot separately. I went to Amazon but the hinges sold look very different
any idea how to buy hinges seperately?
Try checking with the atticladderguy.com. With a pic and some measurements they should be able to fix you up. Worst case, you may need to replace both sides with something close.
I called the atticladderguy but he doesn't have any and put me on a waiting list.
MFS Memphis Folding Stairs Inc is permanantly closed. I even went to EBay but didn't find anything.
Lowes has installers. I had them give me a quote to install a new aluminum ladder. the ladder itself is $270. but installation cost is $600.
I'm stuck. all I need is one hinge arm. but I can't find any replacement. It's a waste to replace the whole thing when everything else works perfectly.
I would start looking at other companies. For example, search for "louisville attic ladder attic spreader hinges". You don't really include a good photo of your actual part, (by itself) in order for us to be of much help.
Another option would be to take it to a welding shop for repair. A decent shop will either be able to repair it or fabricate a copy of the broken piece.
My house was built in 1986. The exterior has a 1" sheet of polyisocyanurate foil-faced insulation board that covers the wall and the rim joist, however the rim joist was covered with a separate piece and I don't think that the horizontal joint was taped. From what I have been reading, if you have 2" of polyisocyanurate on the exterior, no further insulation is necessary. The floor around my exterior walls is cold. Since I have only 1" foam on the exterior of the rim joist, how should I insulate the interior of the rim joist? I was thinking of caulking each bay, then 1-1/2" foam board + mineral wool bat. Is the 1" exterior insulation a sufficient air barrier to eliminate the need for more foam board on the inside, so I can just add the mineral wool?
Summary: What's this gap for? Can it be filled with something?
I'm looking to start doing some radon mitigation. One area of uncertainty is a gap that's around 1/4" around the perimeter of my basement. It's an unfinished basement in the northeast with cinderblock walls. Does anyone know what this gap is for, and if it can be filled? I'm not even sure if radon could be coming up from here.
My basement level was 7.4, 1st floor living room 6.2, 1st floor bedroom 5.5, I think the central heat/ac system is spreading it. Not super high, but high enough that I want to start doing some things, I've already purchased sealed sump pump covers for the 2 sump pumps in the basement.
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12-15-22, 07:38 AM
