Attic Truuses Being Installed

My friend loren power will be the first to tell you that i made a mistake on his house.

Attic truuses being installed.

An attic s intake vents are most commonly installed directly in the soffit either as individual vents spaced every few feet or as one continuous perforated soffit running the entire length of. Well mainly it s a way to save space. Unventilated attics can help to mitigate energy loss through leaky ducts or ceiling fittings. Attic trusses create a free room or rooms.

If the existing joist system is very close to being sufficient to support a new attic flooring the addition of bridging between the joists may be all that s required. However if moisture is able to enter the unvented attic space it may lead to roofing panel issues. Certain conditions must be met before an attic truss can be built. He trusted me to build his home and it was one of the first i had ever done.

Most updated central air conditioned homes have a new air conditioner split system meaning the ac is broken up into parts. So why put an hvac system up in the attic at all. The energy savings touted by unvented attics can be as high as 20. Attic hvac systems save space.