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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
- 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
- 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
- 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 […]
- All About Attic Venting - GreenBuildingAdvisor
A rundown of reasons why venting an attic makes sense and how it can prevent issues that negatively impact a house's performance
- Is Venting an Unconditioned Attic Necessary?
Venting an attic in cooling season The warm-climate, summertime problems of shingle life and cooling costs also show little improvement from attic ventilation Shingle life can be shortened by higher temperatures, and asphalt shingles do stay cooler with a ventilated attic But the effect is small, with only about six percent reduction in
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