Prices range from 400 for cooling a 400 to 700 sq ft.
Using attic air heat house.
It draws cooler outside air in through open doors and windows to create a pleasant breeze that pushes hot air out through attic vents.
Indoor air conditioning unit.
Mark i haven t thought too much about what to do with the exhaust air other than running it out of the house from the first or second floor to create some sort of flow through the living spaces but not back into the attic.
Some units provide both cooling and heating.
The control is 2 thermostats i save old ones for this run in series.
The water for my hotwater heater has to pass through it and pick.
Turn excess attic heat into hotwater.
And the extra heat is not just a summer concern come winter hot attic air can melt snow on the roof during the day only to refreeze when temperatures drop overnight creating ice dams that lead.
While it does help to reduce the heat in your attic putting these fans in your attic costs more because of the loss of conditioned air.
Using insulation only keeps the attic s heat from traveling through your home.
Using attic heat recorded attic temperatures.
One in the house in heat mode and one in the attic in cooling mode.
My idea is to vent the build up of hot air that has risen to the ceiling in the hotspot rooms into the attic so that air from cooler parts of the house can move in.
Best way to cool an attic 1.
I use a 24v transformer and a relay to control the fan so we just run a stat wire inside.
All of the other tips listed below are good for cooling down an attic so that the rest of your house doesn t get too hot.
I was wondering if i could heat the water in my swimming pool using the heat in the house s attic and i started messing about with a large s heatsink s thermal battery.
The air you lose from the attic is then drawn into your.
Room to 700 or so for cooling.
This sends hot air up and out cooling your house and your attic.
A double energy waste.
So i know there is heat in the attic generated by the sun.
If you had a thermostat in the house and in the attic so that it would only run when you need heat and the attic is hot.
If you re using your attic as a functional space like a bedroom or workroom then you ll want to consider adding an indoor air conditioning unit.
Low cfm similar to a bathroom vent 300cfm and only in the hot spots basically by adding an inline ducting fan to the return ducts for the hotspot rooms.
What do you think.
It would need a damper to keep from losing heat when not in use.
What about using an attic fan in reverse to draw hot air out of the attic and into the house.
Make sure to have a spring damper inline so air won t go out of the house into the attic.