This means the rest of the house will be cooler too.
C attic gable end wall sheathing be made of styrofoam.
Install r13 insulation in the rafters on top rafter baffles.
Cooler attic cooler house.
The stairs come up to the south gable end with a landing of just 36 from nosing to framing so i don t know if i can get away with deepening the wall in that area.
So companies like norbord started creating tallwall windstorm panels to help alleviate this.
I d prefer to see a rigid material on attic kneewalls figures 8 and 9.
This will allow me to rigid foam block the joist ends right up to the knee wall sheathing and seal with dow pro foam.
Install r13 in walls and insulate garage door.
Place planks 1 by 6 or 1 by 8 or plywood sheaths across floor joists to improve your mobility in the attic.
However your roofer is correct that bathroom exhaust venting is desirable to avoid indoor moisture problems that can extend to the attic roof sheathing and can affect roof.
Web plane gable end frame bracing.
Preparing an attic for insulation.
I know not ideal but has to help and make some noticeable difference.
Cover the whole wall.
Gable end walls and the roof sheathing at the gable end can take a tremendous beating during a hurricane and if not properly attached and braced they fail and cause catastrophic damage to your home.
Up to 97 of radiant heat from the sun is reflected by solarbord so the attic can be up to 30 cooler.
Install rafter baffles in each rafter cavity.
I was considering sheathing attic side knee walls with either thermo ply red or xps foam.
The death of the 8 sheet one of the biggest items when sheathing a wall vertically is that the sheathing has to be continuous 602 10 4 5 which meant that an 8 sheet wouldn t cut it in many places so longer ones were required.
Both can be done poorly of course and i ve seen both done poorly.
Here is how to insulate an unfinished attic.
Never step between joists as you may break through the ceiling below make sure there are no uncovered electrical boxes or exposed wirings.
3 4 t g osb flooring will cover the floor.
For the gable ends i may use both methods mentioned.
An exhaust vent fan can exhaust out through a gable end side wall or out through a soffit overhang.
In some cases the expected loads will be too high for the gable end frame end wall studs or ceiling diaphragm.
I think the rigid material will do a better job with air sealing though and will stay intact longer.
But the north wall is ripe for added depth as well as the south wall outside of the landing and perhaps the dormer walls too.
Install gable vents on each end of garage.
And of course a bathroom with a window doesn t require an exhaust vent.
Here are the three keys to sheathing an attic kneewall properly.
For more information on gable end frame bracing see the following.
Install soffits along under each side of roof eave.
If so the building designer might design a balloon framed end wall which eliminates the need for a gable end truss.
