When a house has a sloped roof and horizontal ceilings there is going to be some dead space between the ceiling and the roof otherwise known as the attic.
My house has very little attic space.
Interestingly most manufactured homes do not come with an attic access for new homeowners.
Chances are your attic is composed of 2x4 rafters and floor joists.
After all whole house fans push air from your house into the attic and while most attics are already ventilated they often don t have the right amount of ventilation.
Install electric ventilators and attic fans which remove hot air from an attic.
There are of course exceptions to this but they are very rare.
When the attic becomes part of the home to be heated and cooled open wall gable vents and.
You may walk along a plywood pathway and feel a little bounce in the floor and think hey maybe that s ok.
They have thermostats that turn the fan on at a recommended preset temperature of 100 110 degrees.
With square foot living space at a premium many homeowners turn to their attics for a little extra room.
Alternatively install passive vents such as gable soffit and ridge vents which are openings in the roof that allow hot air to escape.
Here are the reasons why you can t or shouldn t convert your attic to living space.