Your attic can get as hot as 150 degrees in the summer.
Best way to reduce attic temperature.
It will help to keep the attic much cooler in the summertime.
Use a thermostatically controlled roof mounted ventilator.
Here are ten different ways to reduce your attic heat temperature and save you money.
Gable vents around 25 each plus 75 per vent for labor can lower attic temperatures about 10 degrees.
4 ways to reduce attic heat in your home.
Install electric ventilators and attic fans which remove hot air from an attic.
Alternatively install passive vents such as gable soffit and ridge vents which are openings in the roof that allow hot air to escape.
Dropping the temperature from 120 150 degrees to roughly the same as the outside temperature will save you enough on your power bill to offset the purchase and installation charge.
The thermostat will usually start at 95 degrees fahrenheit which is the temperature that the attic fan usually starts at.
Keep that super heated air from seeping into your living space.
A ridge and soffit ventilation system an extra 200 during reroofing will reduce attic temperature to around 100 degrees.
Also make sure your attic is ventilated.
They have thermostats that turn the fan on at a recommended preset temperature of 100 110 degrees.
Again i m assuming that you re not considering a sealed attic lowering the temperature of an attic that contains ducts can reduce your air conditioning costs.
If you don t worrying about how best to keep the attic cool is a bandaid on a self inflicted wound.
In existing homes the question is important.
When reroofing use white or pale gray shingles instead of dark ones.