Get Your Home Ready for Summer with Attic Ventilation
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Hot air rises, and that means that the roof of your home is collecting all of that hot Edmonton air this summer. The attic, in your Edmonton home, on a 25-degree day can reach temperatures of 85 degrees Celsius. The intense heat in your attic can transfer into your living space causing your air conditioner to be cooling the air in your attic. This intense heat can also shorten the life expectancy of your shingles. It can also increase dry rot of structural wood in the attic, due to lack of moisture from the high heat. It is important for our attic to breathe, and the higher frequency the air turns over in your attic the more efficient it will operate. What can you do to ensure that the hot air in your attic is handled correctly? It is all about the attic ventilation!
Unventilated Attic Issues
The temperature in the attic is dictated by several things: colour of your shingles, openness of your soffits, type of ventilation system on the roof, the direction the house faces, the height of your home and surrounding trees and homes around yours. Without proper attic ventilation, this hot summer heat can build up in your attic and down into the rest of your home, meaning that you will have to increase your cooling needs. The best way to combat the high cost of cooling your home, is to take care of the issue at the source. Your attic needs proper air circulation which includes adequate intake and exhaust vents. Your intake vents will allow for the cooler outside air to flow into the attic, while the vents will allow the hot and moist air to be exhausted outside.
Cut Down on Cooling Costs
If you want to save money, installing proper attic ventilation will pay for itself by not only reducing your cooling costs, but by ensuring that you will not have future problems caused by moisture, attic mold, ice dams, and more. Not only that, but the proper attic ventilation means that you will have whole home comfort all year long. Adding the proper attic ventilation to your roof is more affordable than you think, so if you are unsure what the proper circulation in your home should be, get in touch with our attic ventilation experts.








