Attic ventilation and you do have an attic so to speak i ll get to that in a minute is a science that is unique to the architecture of each building.
No attic in house.
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.
An attic is only for ghosts and other mysterious live ins to keep you company.
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.
1 attics that are small less than 30 square feet of area or under a low slope roof that does not have a minimum of 30 inches of clear opening height between the top and bottom structural members are not required to have an attic hatch by the building code.
Now that we have that out of the way let s get to the heart of the matter venting a house with little to no eaves or soffits.
The most common way to add ventilation to an attic is by installing air intakes in the soffits and putting an outlet at the gable of the house.
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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.
There are no one size fits all solutions.
Here s our list of five possible reasons why you cannot find an attic access in the house.
H ow i would love not to have to crawl around my attic adding insulation repairing ducts or dealing with the equipment up there.
If there really is no attic access you should ask the seller to install an opening as part of the requirement in all real estate sales contracts that access be provided for the buyer to the property for inspection.
On the other hand you could.
One issue is how to easily close off the unit when the weather turns cold.
The house is well insulated.
We know that running ducts in a conditioned space can be more energy efficient as can having the ac unit in a conditioned space.
A critical part of the property is not accessible so do not go forward with the transaction until it is.