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Installation Steps for Magnetically Sealed Lid

  1. Check attic floor for a flat surface 4 to 6 inches around the opening.
  2. Add wood if needed and caulk cracks between pieces.
  3. Remove Lid from box and place the two pieces together using caulking to connect and seal the two pieces to make the Lid ready to install.
  4. Lay out the Gasket and align it around the perimeter of the Lid.
  5. Begin at one corner and press the gasket down into the groove in the Therm-a-lid. Continue all the way around the perimeter of the Lid.
  6. Take the Lid with the metal strips up into the attic and align the Lid over the door opening.  Check to see that the stairs fold up without hitting the Lid.
  7. Mark the location and remove the lid. Apply caulking to the metal strips and press them down aligned with the marks you made on the floor.
  8. While standing on the stairway, reposition the Lid back to the location and lower it down over the opening. Be careful to set the Lid down in the right location.
  9. Important!  Allow caulking to dry completely before trying to remove Lid.
  10. Add any additional caulking to create an air tight seal. Enjoy Your Comfort and Savings!
TOOLS NEEDED
  1. Marker/Pencil.
  2. Caulk and Caulking Gun

Installation Steps for Non-Magnetically Sealed Lid

  1. Check attic floor for flat surface 4 to 6 inches around the opening.
  2. Add wood if needed and caulk cracks between pieces.
  3. Remove Lid from box and place the two pieces together using Glue or caulking to connect  the two pieces to make the Lid ready to install.
  4. Roll out the weather-stripping, peel off the adhesive backing and install it onto the Lid.  Use scissors to cut it to length. 
  5. Tie Rubber straps to eyebolts and insert them into the Lid and shown in the instructions.  Install nuts and washers as instructed.
  6. Take the Lid into the Attic and place over the opening. Align it so the stairs will fold up without hitting the Lid. Pull back down.
  7. Place a nail below each rubber strap and approximately 1 to 2 inches below the attic floor level.  Drive these four nails into the rough frame opening, in line with each strap and use them as hooks to for the rubber straps.
  8. Pull rubber straps down and hook them under the nails and the Lid is installed.
  9. Enjoy Your Comfort and Savings!

TOOLS NEEDED

  1. Scissors
  2. Hammer
  3. Caulking and Caulking gun