During this brutally hot summer of 2012 i ve left the garage access door open and it dropped the temperature in the attic substantially.
Leave attic door open in summer.
In the garage is an access door to the attic.
Have you ever lived inside a closed shade closed like a room.
For having the air conditioner running almost continuously this summer i thought my utility bills were not that expensive.
Is it best to leave the garage door open.
As you know cold air settles and hot air rises.
Lacking these i did the following.
During the hot months many people leave their garage doors open in the day or there is even a screen door type covering for a garage.
Opening your attic access panel will draw that air into the attic and help to push the hot air up there and out through the roof vents assuming you have proper attic ventilation.
But did you know that the tar shingles on your roof actually heat your home.
Its best if you can arrange a ventilation fan to the attic space or open the window vents if you have in attic.
Opening your automatic garage door will let cool air and a draft in.
Your avid reader mount prospect ill.
Told that the 2 attic power vents are the only attic ventilation i have the house does have vented soffits every other soffit cover is vented.
They need to be open in the summer.
Set the garage door so.
What is the philosophy about reducing heat in garages during summer months.
Leaving the garage door open a bit doesn t do much to cool the garage.
I had new power vents installed they are more powerful move more air than previous ones.
For central air leave the doors open to help the system keep the temperature balanced throughout the home.
They heat up and by conduction they heat everything they touch and the warming.
As a general rule hot air rises.