Loft space ventilation for these hot summer days
 

Hi,

as usual it is like a sauna in the loft.

There is a ventilator grille on one gable end, but I guess in ventilation
terms this is the sound of one hand clapping.

Any reason I shouldn't put a 'hit and miss' ventilator in the other gable
end to encourage a free flow of air along the head of the 'T' shaped loft
space?

The plan is to leave it open in summer to get a flow of cooling air through,
and shut it in the winter to keep any daytime heat in.

If I was feeling fancy I guess I could even put an extractor fan coupled to
a thermostat - although half the time it might be blowing agaist the wind
and not achieving much.

Plan 43A involves roof vents and greenhouse type auto vents; however life if
probably too short :-)

Cheers
Dave R

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Loft space ventilation for these hot summer days
 

Hi Dave

I thought it was impossible to have too much ventilation in a roof above the
insulation. In Winter you want to blow out any warm moisture laden that
goes through the insulation before it has a chance to condense on the wood
work in the loft.

in the perfect world ( i.e. not my house) you should have eve vents as well
as the vents in the gable

cheers


ian

Loft space ventilation for these hot summer days
 

In message , David W.E.
Roberts writes
Hi,

as usual it is like a sauna in the loft.

There is a ventilator grille on one gable end, but I guess in ventilation
terms this is the sound of one hand clapping.

Any reason I shouldn't put a 'hit and miss' ventilator in the other gable
end to encourage a free flow of air along the head of the 'T' shaped loft
space?

The plan is to leave it open in summer to get a flow of cooling air through,
and shut it in the winter to keep any daytime heat in.


If the heat has got into the loft it's pretty much wasted anyway.....

I can see no problem with what you propose, but I think it will make no
great difference to the temp inside the loft. The area of ventilation
will just be too small.


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Chris French, Leeds