This sends hot air up and out cooling your house and your attic.
Blow hot air out of attic.
A whole house fan is usually installed on the attic floor near the center of your house.
Cool air in hot air out attic ventilation works on the principle that heated air naturally rises primarily utilizing two types of vents.
Of clearance above the fan.
Attic ventilation fans help cool air your attic by pushing out the stifling hot air from inside the attic and bringing in cool air from outside.
Cooler outdoor air enters through open windows lowering the indoor temperature.
But then you still have a really crappy house.
Cool air enters the attic through soffit vents in the eaves.
Alternatively install passive vents such as gable soffit and ridge vents which are openings in the roof that allow hot air to escape.
Attic fans come with different models.
The main work of an attic fan is to regulate the heat level of the attic by removing hot air out of the attic and pushing it outside providing needed ventilation.
These fans are commonly mounted in an upstairs stairwell or hallway ceiling where there s at least 3 ft.
Some can have manual switches while others use a thermostat to turn them on and off automatically.
Once inside the air heats up and rises higher ultimately exiting through.
Open your windows before you turn on the fan.
Install electric ventilators and attic fans which remove hot air from an attic.
In the late evening or early morning the fan is turned on to exhaust hot air from the house.
A powerful fan draws cooler early morning and evening air through open doors and windows and forces it up through the attic and out the roof vents.
Most homes already have some passive attic venting built in.
Intake vents located at the lowest part of the roof under.
It ll also help reduce up down imbalance by counteracting reverse stack.