Do All Houses Have An Attic

In my feature sheet of home i found they say i have copper pipes how do they know that.

Do all houses have an attic.

Older houses sometimes have a ridiculously small 18 x18 attic hatch in the corner of a bedroom closet. Things have been ok low energy bills house very comfortable. According to working re magazine attic inspections begin with the roof. And what s adequate for one house might not be for another.

The whole house fan is installed inside the attic between the living space and ceiling. If you can t fit your head into the attic to see. Stored items on the top shelf of the closet may be concealing it. Inspectors look for proper ventings such as turbines soffit vents and ridge vents.

Attics inspections begin outside. The warm air escapes through the attic and to the attic vents allowing the circulation of chilly air from the windows. It says so on my furnace. An older home might have very little insulation if any at all so you should have some added.

Attics need to be able to breathe and should remain the same temperature as the outside air. Whole house fans work on the principle of removing the hot and humid air out of the house. Also the access may a small door the wall of an upper story room or high in the wall between the garage and house. The roof would push out on the walls under snow load or perhaps wind and the structure might collapse unless that outward thrust is counteracted.

If not the attic and the whole house might have a dampness problem. And it passed inspection. It s very important to have an attic vented. All you need to know about attic ventilation.

Help purchased home 8 years ago with 2 power attic vents. Even the air space above a flat roof needs to be vented. Cool air enters the attic through soffit vents in the eaves. Most homes already have some passive attic venting built in.

A pitched roof with two sides sloping down from a ridge is useful in climates with rain and snow. It helps to cool your home temperatures and the attic by approximately 30 degrees. No inspecter can even see anything. 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.

Noticed one of the attic vents was not working. Once inside the air heats up and rises higher ultimately exiting through venting at the roof s gables through ridge vents cut into the roof s apex or other vent holes in the roof.