Attic Truuses Being Installed

My friend loren power will be the first to tell you that i made a mistake on his house.

Attic truuses being installed.

The energy savings touted by unvented attics can be as high as 20. Most updated central air conditioned homes have a new air conditioner split system meaning the ac is broken up into parts. He trusted me to build his home and it was one of the first i had ever done. Certain conditions must be met before an attic truss can be built.

Attic hvac systems save space. Attic trusses create a free room or rooms. An attic s intake vents are most commonly installed directly in the soffit either as individual vents spaced every few feet or as one continuous perforated soffit running the entire length of. Well mainly it s a way to save space.

He was the one who pointed up into the vast attic space of his home and said what a huge waste of space. If the existing joist system is very close to being sufficient to support a new attic flooring the addition of bridging between the joists may be all that s required. So why put an hvac system up in the attic at all. The structure should be sufficiently wide to allow for a loft and attic spaces the loft area must be on a living floor and have attic rooms on both sides separated by knee walls a flat ceiling in the loft area and a floor below steep enough roof pitch to provide appropriate ceiling height for the loft area.