In the late evening or early morning the fan is turned on to exhaust hot air from the house.
Should i put a floor fan in attic.
So i put in an attic fan to relieve the hot ceiling.
By the time i go to bed the attic is.
The downside of attic ventilation fans.
The a c is off during the day when i m at work.
Attic ventilation fans whether hard wired or powered by their own solar panels seem like a low cost and effective way to help keep your house cool.
Attic fans serve a different function removing the hot and moist air from the attic and leaving the space below the attic floor alone.
Before putting this unit with its humming fan in your attic particularly if the floor is full of blown insulation get a second opinion.
However the utility of attic ventilation fans is actually quite a controversial topic.
These fans circulate the air within the attic pulling fresh.
A whole house fan is designed to pull air in through open windows and doors and exhaust this air through an attic.
But the fan runs.
Good insulation reduces fan effectiveness.
If your attic joists won t bear the weight necessary to finish out a living space but the engineer cleared them to support floor decking for light storage you can install inch plywood or.