A Well-Ventilated Attic Offers a Lot of Benefits for your Home

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A Well-Ventilated Attic Offers a Lot of Benefits
for your Home
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• The attic is a place to store old family photos,
  luggage and clothes for most of us but it's a hot
  topic of discussion for energy researchers. For
  increased attic insulation, building codes have
  called in the last several decades.

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• Most experts contend that in summer the house is
  kept more comfortable by proper subfloor
  ventilation in Sydney and in winter guards
  against heated air building up and moist. Saying
  that the benefits of ventilation are overrated
  there are also dissenting voices.
• By reducing moisture build-up in summer soffit
  and roof vents reduce cooling costs, in the
  winter prevents ice dams, prevent rot and mildew
  and extend the life of your shingles.
• You know how hot such spaces can get if you have
  ever been in an attic. Direct sunlight is the
  primary source of heat. Through the roofing
  material Solar heat is transmitted and to the
  ceiling insulation it is radiated.

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• The attic air also becomes heated as the roof and
  insulation warm up. The temperature of the entire
  system, air, roof, attic floor and insulation
  eventually rises. Roof temperatures can be well
  above 170F in a non-vented system.

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• Benefits
• Four benefits offered by good roof ventilation
  offers are
• By keeping your roof colder it helps prevent ice
  dams in winter.
• By reducing moisture build-up it prevents rot and
  mildew growth on your roofs sheathing and
  framing.
• In the warm season it reduces cooling costs. If
  you have a well-insulated attic space the savings
  will be slight if you have little insulation it
  would be greater.
• By keeping the roof cooler in hot weather it
  extends the life of your shingles.

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• You must have an idea about how to keep your
  ventilation system working, how to install
  several types of soffit (eave) vents and passive
  roof vents, and when additional ventilation is
  needed. If mold growth is observed in home then
  you should have immediate mould removal.
• As you will see, even for the novice its neither
  time consuming nor expensive nor difficult to
  improve attic ventilation. You only need power
  tools and basic hand. However, be sure to follow
  safety precautions when you climb up on your roof.

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