A framed opening with a removable or hinged cover that allows workers to climb onto a flat roof or into an enclosed attic. Commercial roof scuttles are usually metal, weather-stripped, and equipped with gas springs to assist opening, while residential attic scuttles might just be a piece of drywall resting on trim inside a closet ceiling.
Heard on the job
The HVAC tech went up through the roof scuttle to check the condenser.
Also heard as
- roof hatch
- scuttle hole