Attic Room Too Hot

By upgrading your insulation you can save energy and improve interior comfort year round.

Attic room too hot.

The attic is a huge determinant in keeping your entire home cool so the first place to start cooling your home should be the attic. A hot attic is bad for several reasons. And it can cause your air conditioner to work harder than it needs to and send your energy bills soaring with the temperature. When the air conditioner ran it sucked lots of hot attic air right into the room and the ceiling near those lights got to temperatures well above 100 f.

Within the attic insulation is a must. Too many people believe that because heat rises ventilating an attic space during the winter means you re releasing warm air and creating a drag on your heating efficiency. Excessive heat deteriorates items you store in the attic and can cause moisture. Darker colors are more effective at blocking heat and light.

The microfiber thermal layer blocks the heat of the sun. Attic ductwork leaky uninsulated ducts turn cool air warm. An overheated attic can bake asphalt shingles on the roof and cause them to deteriorate. High temperatures inside your attic shorten the life span of shingles.

Having a properly vented attic is the best way to keep attic cool because it allows the hot air to escape during the summer. If hot air is allowed to sit in your attic it could overheat the shingles on your roof and cause damage. It also blocks 98 of uv rays 99 of exterior light and 40 of outside noise. Whether it s 110 f or 130 f there s not much difference in the amount of heat flowing from the attic to the living space below.

If this is true you ve got bigger problems to worry about than letting warm air escape from your home. Since attics are often under insulated poorly sealed and poorly ventilated the temperature environment can be drastically different in an attic than in the rest of the home. Another problem with vaulted ceilings at least here in the southeast is that builders use tradeoffs to put in less insulation than is required for flat ceilings. Just make sure the ceiling is airtight and fully insulated and the temperature in the attic doesn t matter much.

Not the overabundance but the lack of insulation in the attic. A thick insulation between 14 to 18 inches will help reduce heat from entering your home. Another reason your attic is so hot is because of insulation. During the summer this leads to the hot air from the attic seeking out the cooler conditioned floors below.

With only minimal levels of insulation and areas where insulation is missing attic heat can turn ceiling drywall into a giant radiator that makes upstairs rooms uncomfortably hot. This is most notable in the case of attics.