In days long gone such openings were well concealed.
Attic hatch material in garage.
Access doors and panels offers you ceiling and attic access panels fire rated upward opening fire rated downward opening with or without drywall flange.
In garages that have access to the attic a hatch cover made from an approved fire rated material should protect this access at all times.
The standard air sealing recommendation is to install a compression bulb weatherstrip.
Air seal the hatch perimeter the plywood hatch rests on a small wood strip lip.
An insulated fire rated door carries a temperature rise rating that uninsulated ones don t have.
Missing or opened covers should be called out as should covers made from flammable materials such as thin plywood.
It is for this reason that for safety and durability fire rated access door ceiling application requires an insulated product.
The flame spread rating of this plywood 150 does not even begin to approach that of the required inch gypsum board 10 for garage ceilings with attic space above or the 5 8 inch type x gypsum board 15 for ceilings with living space above.