Instead of installing fans new houses are required to have an r38 insulation factor.
Why dont houses have attic fans anymore.
Help purchased home 8 years ago with 2 power attic vents.
Hot attics and why traditional exhaust fans don t work well enough to cool them off.
With the summer season upon us now is a good time to review an uncomfortable topic.
If your whole house fan doesn t have the proper ventilation it s not going to work very well either.
Although technology has brought homeowners huge advantages in improving their homes like these 50 top home tech products there s a lot of untapped wisdom in some of the old home features that have been phased out over time some of these inventions brought great use and quite a bit of charm to a home but there s one feature in particular that should return to.
You use it as an exhaust fan in conjunction with opening the windows of your home to pull a breeze through your entire home.
Things have been ok low energy bills house very comfortable.
A very hot problem.
Without this open space the fans will not move much air.
However the utility of attic ventilation fans is actually quite a controversial topic.
Thankfully most homes have an attic which loans itself to storage for homeowners.
Last week we had some warm weather for the first time this year.
A whole house fan is typically installed in the ceiling to your attic not in your roof.
Why dont they put attic fans in homes anymore.
A whole house fan is different than an attic fan.
Good insulation reduces fan effectiveness.
Noticed one of the attic vents was not working.
Because of this they require significant ventilation in the attic.
This cuts down on the need to run the air conditioning system therein saving on.
This one is still useful.
Whole house fans take all the hot air from the house and move it up into the attic and out through the attic vents.
Whole house fans need windows and doors open and attic fans need lots of soffit vents to suck cooler outdoor air up into the hot attic.
Told that the 2 attic power vents are the only attic ventilation i have the house does have vented soffits every other soffit cover is vented.
The downside of attic ventilation fans.
Why attic fans don t work well and what to do instead.
It ll fill the attic with hot air which will stop it from pulling more air into the.
Attic ventilation fans whether hard wired or powered by their own solar panels seem like a low cost and effective way to help keep your house cool.
The combination of ridgevent and vented soffet allows trapped moisture out of the attic.
