The attic in your Virginia home might fill a number of roles. It might be an unfurnished crawl space, home to ducts and insulation, or a beautiful loft guest bedroom or workshop. But however it's designed, it also occupies a spot where it's the interface between your indoor and outdoor temperatures — and because of that, it's often a culprit if your home is wasting its energy dollars. During the hot summer months, the roof of your home absorbs heat from the sun. That heat radiates downwards into your attic — which, because attics are often poorly ventilated, can raise the temperature of attic spaces well beyond the outdoor temperatures. That excess heat, in turn, radiates down into your home. In the winter, a different problem occurs. Warm air, heated by your furnace or air pump and circulating through your home, rises into your attic space and can escape through small air leaks. This carries away the energy — and the money — you've put into keeping your home cozy. There are a few strategies you can use to protect yourself from attic energy loss:
To learn more about how you can make the attic in your Hampton Roads home work for you, give Russell's Heating & Cooling a call today! Our goal is to help educate our customers in Chesapeake, Virginia and surrounding areas about energy and home comfort issues (specific to HVAC systems). For more information about attics and other HVAC topics, download our free Home Comfort Guide or call us at 757-750-1831. Credit/Copyright Attribution: “Unsplash/Pixabay”