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- Should I vent my unvented garage attic? - GreenBuildingAdvisor
I’m building a new single-story single-family house with an unvented attic and am looking for input on how to address my attached unvented garage attic The home is located in Northern California in climate zone 3-C (Marine), so mild weather year-round
- Attic Upgrades and Ventilation - GreenBuildingAdvisor
BGG had an energy audit done, which informed his plan to remove the existing fiberglass batts, air-seal the attic, install a ducted heat pump system, then blow in cellulose insulation He asks if, while the attic is empty, it is a good time to perform other upgrades He is particularly interested in whether mechanical ventilation should be added
- Can too much soffit and ridge ventilation actually hurt a house if the . . .
In a poorly sealed house roof venting can increase the stack effect - meaning more air entering the house at the base, and exiting into the attic That's why the recommendation is to have more vents at the soffits than at the peak, which slightly pressurizes the attic, reducing exfiltration
- All About Attics - GreenBuildingAdvisor
The classic attic is located above a flat ceiling and has the same footprint as the house below Some attics are smaller than the footprint of the house, like the attic above the second floor ceiling of a Cape Some attics have a triangular cross section, like the attics behind the kneewalls on the second floor of a Cape
- Venting Bathroom Exhaust Air - GreenBuildingAdvisor
Exhaust air from bathroom fans should never be ducted into an attic but rather to a point outside the building enclosure
- Finalizing insulation in converted conditioned attic
Hi all: I recently converted the formerly vented attic above my attached garage to an unvented and conditioned attic This attic houses my geothermal air handler, whole house dehumidifier, and […]
- Will positive pressure work to vent an attic (i. e. , blowing air in . . .
My father is interested in removing heat from his attic to try to keep the upstairs of his house somewhat cooler I have advised him that generally speaking, attic fans are a bad idea, which he has come to terms with However, with that understanding that creating negative pressure in the attic can cause all kinds of problems (sucking out air from the conditioned space, possible back-drafting
- Why is There Frost in the Attic? - GreenBuildingAdvisor
The solution, part 2: venting the attic with outdoor air Another way to reduce the likelihood of getting frost in the attic is to vent the attic with outdoor air Cold air is dry air, so bringing outdoor air in reduces the humidity That in turn reduces the dew point temperature, making condensation and frost in the attic less likely
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