What about installing ridge vents? My son did this last year after months
of research and it certainly made a big difference in for his house. I then
installed 30 feet of the same thing on my shop and I think it was a good
investment.

Jimbo


"Joseph Meehan" wrote in message
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Hamilton Audio wrote:
I noticed recently (on a house we've owned 2 years) that the blown in
insulation in the attic was blown right into the soffit gaps. I am
interested in improving soffit venting as i have a "wee bit" of faint
frost on the main header in the winter and am hoping the AC won't
work as hard in the summer.

So I got up there today with a scoop I made with sheet metal and a
broom handle, hoping to pull out the plugged up gaps. It turns out
that the batt insulation (with the paper on the back) was installed
in such a way that it is stuffed into the gaps as well!!!!!!!! Its
obvious this has been the case for the 20 years of this house's life.

I'm perplexed now....I've got 3 of the regular square type vents near
the roofs peak, and a pair of about 24x24 gable vents (one on either
side). I'm thinking about having two of the three top vents changed
to turbine style, but am told that with plugged eaves, the turbines
will make a negative pressure and draw household air into the attic.

What do I do? Is there sense in taking down some of the
soffit/fascia and seeing if I can rectify from the outside? It
doesn't look possible..... considering it has been this way for a
LONG time and there doesn't appear to be any sort of systemic damage
from it, I'm almost tempted to just install the turbines and say
screw it.
any ideas?

b

I would want to open them up. Have you seen the various forms of
baffles made to hold back the insulation? Could that work for you along
with some sort of tool to pull back the insulation as you install them?

How about removing the covers over the openings and working from below,
maybe with someone else in the attic?

It sounds like you are not getting buy with just slightly sub standard
venting due the the existing vents. I would want to correct that.

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Joseph Meehan

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