Open Attic Windows Winter

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Open attic windows winter.

My home has a whole house fan installed in the upstairs hallway ceiling when its cool at night that thing can suck the heat out of the house in record time. Leaving the windows open is a good idea as long as you are home. Author of the article. My question is that in the winter should they be left open or should they be closed.

The attic needs to be as close to the outside temp as you can get it year round. To keep the attic as dry as possible use ridge and soffit vents and close the windows. Shutting the vents in your attic during the winter isn t going to help you hang on to too much heat where you actually want it in the living areas of your home. It even rained and the sill got wet but not the floor.

To reduce the temperature in the attic add insulation in the rafter bays. Open your windows in winter for the good of your family s health. And if necessary i d keep them open just a crack until you can get some roof vents in place or gable vents. Instead it will merely cause a build up of moisture and heat that can cause other more troubling conditions in your home come spring.

If so you should keep the windows open both winter and summer. If you leave the attic windows open be sure and staple some screens over them maybe even hardware cloth would be better to keep the critters out bats and raccoons etc will invade your space and give you fits. But while downstairs is just right upstairs is i m guessing 5 to 10 degrees warmer. After leaving the attic window open overnight it was amazing how cool it got in there.

Special to national post. It allows air movement and will naturally exhaust the hot attic air. In the summer i open them. And the extra heat is not just a summer concern come winter hot attic air can melt snow on the roof during the day only to refreeze when temperatures drop overnight creating ice dams that lead.

Hello guys i have ventilation windows in the attic.