Attic Battles Tight Attic

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.

Attic battles tight attic.

It was also when builders got caught up in the ventilation craze. The walls of the assembly also act as a dam to retain blown in insulation in the attic. Danbury city firefighters quickly extinguished an attic fire thursday night on golden hill lane according to initial dispatch reports. Read morehow to install and air seal attic baffles.

Unless you have a finished attic you probably aren t fond of spending time up there during a hot summer day. 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. The finish panel visible from below does not have to be airtight. A time of feathered hair parachute pants and a cosmetically unaltered king of pop.

Ahh the 80 s. Seriously the benefits of attic ventilation for controlling roof deck temperature and ice dams in northern climates has been known and studied for decades. 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. 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.