Attic Battles Tight Attic

With no air conditioning vents pumping in cool air and the hot sun beating down on the roof right over your head attic temperatures can soar.

Attic battles tight attic.

Seriously the benefits of attic ventilation for controlling roof deck temperature and ice dams in northern climates has been known and studied for decades. But with proper ventilation you can at least bring those temperatures down to match that of the outdoor air. In keeping with passive house and pretty good house principles i tried to protect the thermal envelope even in this relatively small area and avoid what can be a notorious. A time of feathered hair parachute pants and a cosmetically unaltered king of pop.

The finish panel visible from below does not have to be airtight. Nevertheless in order to have access to our attic for future maintenance or repairs i installed a well insulated attic hatch in a closet ceiling in our master bedroom. It was also when builders got caught up in the ventilation craze. Ahh the 80 s.

Read morehow to install and air seal attic baffles. In the first part of this article we shared how attic systems contractors air seal all the gaps holes cracks and other openings between the attic floor. Units were dispatched to 17 golden hill lane off of. The walls of the assembly also act as a dam to retain blown in insulation in the attic.