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ATTIC INSULATION & VENTILATION x ROOF VENTILATION xx ATTIC xx CEILING INSULATION xx HUMIDITY CONTROL xx INSULATION xx VENTILATION Installing a non-electric roof vent. Step-by-step process is illustrated. Installing roof and soffit vents to help prevent ice dams. Installing a solar-powered roof ventilator is illustrated in photos. Louvered components. The correct spacing for louvers when building your own vents for attic air circulation. Energy conservation in the attic. Includes sealing air leaks, intalling a polyethylene vapor barrier and adding insulation. Attic insulation. Tips on selection and installation. Tip on using X-10 relays to activate a thermostatically-controlled attic fan. A look at wind-driven turbine roof fans and installation instructions. How to insulate your attic. A look at power attic vents, what they will do for you in both summer and winter, and a step-by-step guide to installation. Includes charts to help you find the amount of free area needed for the system and the proper size of the ventilator. How to install a roof-top ventilator. Getting your house to breath right. How to install a ridge vent system on an existing house. Make your own fixed-position louver vents for attic ventilation. Made from wood and screening. Tip: Build an insulated box from particle board and Styrofoam to cover and insulate a folding attic stairway. How to stop heating your attic. Tips on closing off typical heat leakage paths into an attic. Installing a turbine roof vent is illustrated in photos. Use foam panel insulation to insulate a door to an attic. Diagram shows eave and louver vent airflow needed in a finished attic with knee walls. How to vent and insulate a second floor remodeling, especially a finished attic with a cathedral ceiling. Tips on calculating the number of roof vents needed to ventilate an attic. Tips on selecting the correct temperature setting for an attic exhaust fan. How to install a continuous ridge vent. Venting your roof the right way. Helps eliminate ice dams, water damage and outrageous air conditioning bills. Tips on the need to insulate and vent the roof over an enclosed porch. Tip tells how to install circular soffit vents. Sizing up attic vents. A summary of exhaust and intake vent styles and how to determine the number of vents needed. Harnessing the pump in your attic. How natural attic ventilation works. Batt insulation basics. Advice on selecting and installing fiberglass attic insulation. Attic venting. Installing soffit vents and a ridge vent will help keep heating and cooling costs from going up. Tip: How to install continuous-strip soffit vents in an existing soffit by using a hole saw in an electric drill to drill a long-row of holes in the soffit. Tip: Use scrap foam packaging material to insulate attics. Ridge-vent options. Two site-built alternatives to the standard aluminum fixture. Build this simple jig for making sight-built ridge-block assemblies for ridge vents. Hinged door seals off and insulates roof-mounted wind turbine during the winter. Tip on installing radiant barrier material over rafters. Venting the roof. With today's construction methods, the minimum code requirements may not be enough. Includes construction details for a permanent ridge vent built of plywood and treated lumber and covered with the same shingles as the roof. Framing a cold roof, a design to prevent ice damming and roof leaks in snow country. Also includes two methods for constructing a Boston ridge vent. How to install faced fiberglass batts between a tongue-and-groove ceiling and the floor of an attic without removing either the ceiling or floor. How to ventilate and cool a metal roof being used on a cathedral ceiling with an exposed ridge beam. Determining the cause of wintertime condensation in the attic. Tips on overcoming the problem. Ridge stool (a portable seat that bridges the roof of a house) makes it easier to work on the ridge when retrofitting ridge vents. Preventing ice dams. Proper insulation and roof ventilation can stop ice dams from forming, prevent damage and lower energy bills. Includes three ways to vent a cathedral ceiling. Problems and procedure for venting a shed roof with a wall going upward from it. This same problem can face any roof where the rafters butt into a beam that carries an upper wall (such as a clerestory wall). Understanding common moisture problems. Three case studies illustrate the importance of controlling humidity and air leakage. Advantage of baffled over unbaffled (roll-out) style ridge venting is explained. Tip on venting a roof without eaves by adding a vented drip edge. Venting a traditional eave on a shingle-style house where aluminum soffit vents won't be acceptable. Fixing a cold, drafty house. Sealing and insulating the attic are the keys to lower heating bills and a more comfortable house. Tips on locating the source of warm air leaking into attic spaces. How to fabricate vent chutes for a cathedral ceiling from 1" thick foam-insulation board (with foil on both sides). Argument against venting of attics is explained. Tips on calculating the size and number of vents needed to adequately move air in an attic. Tip on constructing an insulated cover to seal attic fan louvers. Installing insulation in attic, crawl space, and basement. Includes tips on installing vapor barriers and avoiding fire hazards. Photos show how to install various devices to vent your attic. (1) Powered attic ventilator. (2) Ridge vent. (3) Wind-turbine ventilator. (4) Soffit vents. Tightening up. An energy-saving guide to finding and stopping air leaks in attic, basement, doors, walls, etc. A plywood box is used to insulate the opening where a folding stairway enters the attic. A rope-and-pulley arrangement lifts the box when the folding stairway is lowered for use. The little-known ins and outs of ventilation. Good venting is one of the least expensive and most frequently overlooked home maintenance steps. Tips on installing attic, bathroom, and kitchen range ventilation are also covered. Make your pull-down attic door airtight by adding an insulated airlock on the attic side. Tip: A paint roller tray captures rainwater which blows in through a roof vent. Installing an attic fan. Aluminum hood for attic or basement ventilation window keeps rain out. Installing an attic exhaust fan to improve ventilation. How to install a power ventilating fan in the attic roof. Tips on selecting and installing attic insulation. Two articles that tell the "truth" about heat loss. Includes instructions for insulating an attic. Tips on how much additional insulation (6", 10" or 12") to install in your attic to most effectively cut the heat loss. Insulating your attic. Tips on installing fiberglass insulation over existing rock-wool insulation. Tips on installing baffle boards to prevent insulation from obstructing airflow from soffit to roof vents. A guide to how NOT to insulate an attic. Common attic insulation mistakes, maladies and oversights. Insulating the attic. Tables show how much insulation and of what type is required. Installation tips are included. Should you insulate your attic? A look at the pros and cons of insulating your attic floor, your attic roof, or both. Keep your attic breathing. How to select and install a variety of attic vents. Attic insulation demons. How to cure some "devilish" problems when installing attic insulation. How to eliminate condensation by installing soffit and ridge vents. One way to insulate an attic in an old house. Problem involved getting loose insulation between rafters on top of a bedroom without the insulation falling into the void space. Frost in the rafters, ice on the eaves. How to deal with winter attic moisture. Cornice soffit venting uses inexpensive edge trimmings from fly screen. Installing a power ventilator in an attic roof. A look at installing a wind-powered ventilator to reduce attic heat. A cooler house starts with a cooler attic. Suggestions for improving ventilation of an attic. Tip: How to install roll insulation under the floor of an unfinished attic without removing the floor. Tip: Make a tight seal on your attic access hatch in order to keep heat from escaping. Build a well-insulated sliding cover to keep heat from being lost through attic access hatch. Tip: How to insulate the louvers of an attic fan for winter. Tip: Cover attic wind turbines during the winter with plastic bags. Insulate a folding-stairway opening into an attic with a cover made from rigid insulation board. Tips on removing hot, moist air from an attic. Radiant barriers. Installing reinforced reflective foil between rafters to check the flow of radiant heat into attic space. Tip on eliminating "joist shadow lines" caused by slight temperature differences between attic joists and the ceiling drywall attached to the joists. How to install an attic ventilator. Both powered and unpowered units are covered. How to reduce heat losses in a house that result from uninsulated doors. Includes information on insulating an attic door (or any door that leads to an unheated area), replacing sliding glass doors with a thermal window. Installing a floating storm door for sliding glass doors and using reflective drapes for a patio door. Make an insulated hatch cover to cut heat loss up the stairway into an attic. The insulated hatch cover pulls down to the floor and covers the opening into the attic. Works well with pull-down type attic stairways. Tip: Make a styrofoam cover to insulate the opening into an unfinished attic. Two routes to summer cooling. (1) How to install a roof turbine. (2) How to install a whole-house fan. To cool your attic, install a roof-ridge vent. Versatile, full-length vent adapts to any ridge type. Installing radiant barriers to reduce inside temperatures by at least 20%. The pros and cons of radiant barriers installed in attics. How to ventilate an attic. Cool your house without air conditioning. Use window and attic fans and proper insulation. Tips on getting proper ventilation in your attic. Your home and the energy crisis. Part 3. A look at the heat loss through the roof and how insulation and ventilation can minimize this loss. If you insulate, then ventilate. Tips on proper attic ventilation. Tip on installing a reflective "radiant barrier" in your attic. Tips on selecting and installing vents on a wood shake roof. | |||||||||
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