Attic Windows Open Or Closed In Winter

One on each end of the house.

Attic windows open or closed in winter.

It gets stifling and stale up there if we don t. During the summer they would open the windows to let the heat out and have cross ventilation. In the summer i open them. In fact you could be using more energy with some of your vents closed than you would with all of them open.

My home has a whole house fan installed in the upstairs hallway ceiling when its cool at night that thing can suck the heat out of the house in record time. Air still moves whether your vent is open or not the warm air is still going to try to push through to each vent. How to close an attic vent during the winter. After leaving the attic window open overnight it was amazing how cool it got in there.

She said leaving the windows will cause. Hello guys i have ventilation windows in the attic. I have my windows opened and my sister in law came over. The attic needs to be as close to the outside temp as you can get it year round.

Sat oct 27 2007 2 19 pm if you have functioning ridge and soffit vents you won t need to leave those windows open. Attic vent fans pull the cool air from outside into the attic to chill the air during the summer months and aide in the cooling of the home. It even rained and the sill got wet but not the floor. 6 windows in all.

If so you should keep the windows open both winter and summer. The windows have screens. My parents had two small windows in their attic. 2 are ornamental and the other 4 are regular functioning windows.

We do get bugs flies in the summer ladybugs in the fall. The house that i live in also has windows in the attic which are my dormers. My question is that in the winter should they be left open or should they be closed. They are on the front and back of the house.

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