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Attic Needs
Insulation
BLACKSBURG—When your roof is heated by the sun, your attic can be as much as 40 degrees hotter than the temperature of outside air. During the summer months, this almost certainly will mean an attic temperature well over 100 degrees.
According to Jerome R. Smith, Extension agricultural engineering specialist at Virginia Tech, there are two main ways of lowering this extreme temperature. "Insulation is the best means of shielding your living quarters from this oven," Smith said, “but if insulation is impossible to install in your under-roof space, consider the use of an attic fan.”
The attic temperature can be greatly reduced - and the heat flow into your home reduced by more than half - by drawing outdoor air through the attic space.
The decision of whether to use an attic fan will depend on the ease of installing insulation below the attic space.
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