Insulated Attic Soffits

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Insulated attic soffits.

The rigid insulation was saturated from condensation. In looking around the attic i see that the area above the soffits was completely filled in with some extra blown in insulation that was added some years ago by a previous owner. Install air chutes or clear them if they re clogged photo 1. If the attic is insulated with fiberglass batts just pull back any that are blocking the flow of air.

The answer is rafter venting. On a positive note congratulations on having 24 inch eaves. One last thought attic ventilation is not there to get rid of heat it is there to get rid of excess moisture accumulating from the home. Insulating and venting when there is no roof soffit.

Rafter vents or insulation baffles install in any rafter space to create narrow gaps that direct fresh air from the soffit vents to the peak of the roof. The soffit vents are now installed but you still need to make sure there s no insulation blocking the new vents. Five common causes of poor attic venting. Insulation at least r 38 or more is there for heating and.

Aluminum or vinyl soffits eaves installed over plywood soffits that don t have venting holes. Add weatherstripping around the perimeter and a sweep to the door of a walk up attic. I found instead a vintage 3 ton ac unit with 1 rigid insulation taped all over it and insulated flex duct snaking all over the poorly insulated attic. Insulation often clogs the space between the rafters blocking air from traveling to and from the soffit area.

Best ventilation is open soffit venting to a open vented ridge vent. She asked me to go into the attic to find the roof leaks or where the snow is blowing in through the soffits. The principle behind soffits is to allow air to circulate in and around the attic. Ridge vent must me installed per the manufactures instructions.

Affix rigid foam insulation to the attic side of the hatch or door. Attic hatch or door. In most residential homes the soffit and associated vents is the structural part of the roof that hangs over the side of the home. No your soffits should not be insulated and there is a chance that your insulation has been damaged by this.

Blocked soffit vents invites attic or roof cavity moisture condensation mold the photograph at page top shows an attic whose intake venting is blocked by fiberglass insulation. It can do both.