I have the suspicion that the house lacks insulation as well but i can t tell.
Houses without attics.
Do not use mechanical means electric attic fans.
The house is well insulated.
Attic ventilation keeps your house cooler in summer and it prevents moisture from building up in winter and ruining your roof framing and insulation.
The numbers are based on your house s location and climate zone.
Anybody have advice including local contacts if possible about installilng a whole house fan in a house with no attic in a climate santa fe nm where it gets very cold in winter.
There is only rolled roofing felt and one layer of 2 x 6 between the sun rain etc and the living room.
As a certified licensed home inspector it is not correct to say too much ventilation is bad for an attic unless rain moisture is getting in.
H ow i would love not to have to crawl around my attic adding insulation repairing ducts or dealing with the equipment up there.
There is no attic there is no insulation whatsoever.
Venting a homes attic is a very important best building practices will say 50 at the ridge and 50 at the soffits unobstructed.
We know that running ducts in a conditioned space can be more energy efficient as can having the ac unit in a conditioned space.
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Your contractor is referring to venting the attic which is a critical part of things for most homes.
They are usually only for insulation anyway.
Just put your insulation in the roof and don t build the traditional attic make it a.
It s in atlanta and when it s over 85 degrees the ac runs continuously.
Inside the attic they found his clothes and bedding.
The house doesn t have an attic it s a flat roof.
There are homes designed without attics and there are homeowners who wish to raise their ceilings but there are energy efficiency concerns with having no attic.
The strapping he is suggesting creates an airspace but it is usually not a well vented air space.
One issue is how to easily close off the unit when the weather turns cold.
So how can i fix the heat problem.
Whole house fan in home without attic.
How to vent an attic with no eaves.
The interior is beautiful the beams and 2 x 6s are stained and polyeurethaned.
In the winter of course the house is very cold.
You can build a home with or without an attic.
While police could not determine how long jones had been in the house they suspected he had entered through an unlocked door.
The impact on your home in the winter is minimal as winter efficiency is achieved through insulation on top of your ceilings.
Amber dawn heard footsteps in her attic the night she moved into her new apartment in enumclaw washington in 1997.