I'm Itchy
Spent far too many hours in the attic today.
Working on the outdoor speakers this summer when the heat in the attic maxed out at 120 degrees, I knew something was wrong. When we bought the house, the inspector mentioned there might not be enough ventilation due to the insulation stuffed between the rafters and into the soffit. The way to remedy that is with rafter vents. The black plastic things you see create channels between the rafters for air flow from the soffit to the ridge vent. With the vent channels, you can stuff all the insulation you want against them.
Without the vent channels you get too much moisture, heat, and ice damming on and in your roof. The fact two rows of plywood across the front of the roof were replaced three years ago, again, tells me there's an issue.
Considering I have an ongoing attic insulation project and it was cold today, I decided to do some work up there.
I'm so itchy.
There are twenty four rafters in my attic. That means forty eight channel vents. At $2.27 a pop, that's not going to happen - not today at least. I settled on seventeen for the front and twelve for the rear. I think I managed fourteen total today.
Attic work sucks. My knees are killing me and I'm tired.
Did I mention I'm itchy?
- b
Working on the outdoor speakers this summer when the heat in the attic maxed out at 120 degrees, I knew something was wrong. When we bought the house, the inspector mentioned there might not be enough ventilation due to the insulation stuffed between the rafters and into the soffit. The way to remedy that is with rafter vents. The black plastic things you see create channels between the rafters for air flow from the soffit to the ridge vent. With the vent channels, you can stuff all the insulation you want against them.Without the vent channels you get too much moisture, heat, and ice damming on and in your roof. The fact two rows of plywood across the front of the roof were replaced three years ago, again, tells me there's an issue.
Considering I have an ongoing attic insulation project and it was cold today, I decided to do some work up there.
I'm so itchy.
There are twenty four rafters in my attic. That means forty eight channel vents. At $2.27 a pop, that's not going to happen - not today at least. I settled on seventeen for the front and twelve for the rear. I think I managed fourteen total today.
Attic work sucks. My knees are killing me and I'm tired.
Did I mention I'm itchy?
- b
posted by JenBob at
6:45 PM
2 Comments:
What about soffit vents? Much easier to install and almost as effective...and they won't leak!
Maybe I wasn't clear.
I have soffit vents, but the insulation was stuffed into/between the rafters in front of/over top of the soffit vents.
I could have simply pulled the insulation out of the way of the soffit vents and been done with it, but the rafter vent/channels allow you to stuff the insulation back against the roof/rafters while maintaining a clear path of air flow between the soffit vents and the ridge vent.
It might be overkill, but that's the way I like it.
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