Insulated Attic Soffits

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Insulated attic soffits.

Pull down stair or ladder. Aluminum or vinyl soffits eaves installed over plywood soffits that don t have venting holes. Five common causes of poor attic venting. The soffit vents are now installed but you still need to make sure there s no insulation blocking the new vents.

Install air chutes or clear them if they re clogged photo 1. Ridge vent must me installed per the manufactures instructions. No your soffits should not be insulated and there is a chance that your insulation has been damaged by this. Insulating and venting when there is no roof soffit.

She asked me to go into the attic to find the roof leaks or where the snow is blowing in through the soffits. If the attic is insulated with fiberglass batts just pull back any that are blocking the flow of air. 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. On a positive note congratulations on having 24 inch eaves.

Insulation often clogs the space between the rafters blocking air from traveling to and from the soffit area. The photograph at left shows severe mold on the underside of roof sheathing in a 1920 s cape cod attic where there was no under roof ventilation. 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. The principle behind soffits is to allow air to circulate in and around the attic.

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. If there s blown in insulation like ours rake back the fluffy stuff with a 3 or 4 ft long 1 x 6 or use a garden rake or hoe. Attic hatch or door. Best ventilation is open soffit venting to a open vented ridge vent.

Add weatherstripping around the perimeter and a sweep to the door of a walk up attic. 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. Insulation at least r 38 or more is there for heating and. The answer is rafter venting.

The rigid insulation was saturated from condensation. Affix rigid foam insulation to the attic side of the hatch or door.