Dear Jim: We have plenty of attic insulation, but it seems like I can still feel heat from the ceiling. It is actually warm when I touch it and the ...

Q: I have some things stored in my attic. It was extremely hot up there when I open the closet ceiling cover. The attic floor is insulated. How can I keep it cooler? A: People often are not aware ...

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Q. I recently heard about some new cooling strategy called “radiant barriers” in which heat from the house is directed up to the roof. Do you know if this really works, and if reflectin… ...

Recently, we've been asked about installing a radiant barrier in the attic, ... Now, the total cooling cost for this typical house due to heat load from the attic is $144.

Standard thermal attic floor insulation, such as fiberglass, rock wool, cellulose, etc., is not very effective for blocking radiant heat flow from a very hot roof.

An attic ceiling covered with radiant barrier roof decking at the LSU Agcenter's LaHouse Resource Center in Baton Rouge. Nearly a year after moving into her rebuilt Lower 9th Ward home, Joanne ...

Q. Now that hot weather is here, I’m not going to be going up to our attic again until fall. It gets totally unbearable up there in summer. I wonder sometimes how much damage this intense heat ...

The attic accounts for a tremendous amount of lost energy. This space can reach up to 165 degrees in summer months. When this heat makes its way into the rest of the building, energy efficiency ...

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