Attic In Ranch

But before you cut any holes plan the locations of the attic vents.

Attic in ranch.

I live in a small square house. With a dedicated entrance sturdy flooring and plenty of natural light you can use your ranch attic for any number of things. Now that i know the ins and outs of attics i wanted to share more about what i ve learned about venting your attic if you don t have eaves. It s a classic post war ranch house built in the 50s to meet the needs of the soldiers returning from ww2 and the needs of their growing families.

Throw duct leakage into the mix and the problems are. Mark the roof venting locations from the attic where you can see the rafters and avoid placing roofing vents over them. Gaps in the attic or between the lower floors and the attic will let heated or cooled air escape to the great unconditioned outdoors making any insulation you add essentially useless. The bigger the house for whole house fans or attic space for attic venting fans the higher the cfm figure you need.

Motor power given in amps or horsepower isn t a major factor so long as it generates the required cubic feet per minute. With attics that extend the entire length of the home. Photos 1 6 show how it s done. An attic can get up to about 130 f in the summer and the conditioned air entering the ducts is about 55 f or so.

Some fans are twin speed so two cfm ratings are given.