Using insulation only keeps the attic s heat from traveling through your home.
Best way to lower attic temperature.
When reroofing use white or pale gray shingles instead of dark ones.
Install electric ventilators and attic fans which remove hot air from an attic.
Properly sealing these leaks can save as much as 10 every month on your power bill.
A ridge and soffit ventilation system an extra 200 during reroofing will reduce attic temperature to around 100 degrees.
Your attic can get as hot as 150 degrees in the summer.
Keep that super heated air from seeping into your living space.
Seal spaces around plumbing recessed lights and vents.
Gable vents around 25 each plus 75 per vent for labor can lower attic temperatures about 10 degrees.
These keep the attic cooler than dark shingles.
It will help to keep the attic much cooler in the summertime.
In that case what they really need is a whole house fan not a powered attic ventilator.
Sometimes people say they want to install a pav to cool the house because they don t have ac.
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To head off these problems consider these options for bringing your attic s temperature down.
Alternatively install passive vents such as gable soffit and ridge vents which.
And they d still want to have the ceiling air sealed and fully insulated to minimize heat transfer from the attic to the house.