Recently the hinge on my attic ladder broke and my friend welded a reinforcement strip of metal to the hinge to prevent a repeat. The original manufacturer's design must have been a little off because the hinge had been bending over a long period of time.
Unfortunalely without holding it in place with an unused closet pole, the door now hangs down about a half inch, allowing a considrable amount of cold air into the room from the attic. I now half to close the door to that room or let my heater attempt to "catch-up".
What are my options to solve the problem. Perhaps some sort of decorative "latch" attached to the frame to hold the attic door to the ceiling. Has anyone else done this? What works best? I'd like a solution that solves the problem and still allows it to look okay. I used wood trim previously to frame out the opening and all is painted white. Buying a whole new attic ladder seems overkill and unneccessary as the ladder itself works nicely otherwise and doesn't leak air (not noticable) if fully closed.