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Attic windows open or closed in winter.
The attic needs to be as close to the outside temp as you can get it year round.
We have a large full attic.
She said leaving the windows will cause.
Attic vent fans pull the cool air from outside into the attic to chill the air during the summer months and aide in the cooling of the home.
In the summer i open them.
They are on the front and back of the house.
It even rained and the sill got wet but not the floor.
Sat oct 27 2007 2 19 pm if you have functioning ridge and soffit vents you won t need to leave those windows open.
How to close an attic vent during the winter.
My parents had two small windows in their attic.
In fact you could be using more energy with some of your vents closed than you would with all of them open.
The windows have screens.
During the summer and most of fall we keep 2 windows open for cross ventilation.
After leaving the attic window open overnight it was amazing how cool it got in there.
The house that i live in also has windows in the attic which are my dormers.
My home has a whole house fan installed in the upstairs hallway ceiling when its cool at night that thing can suck the heat out of the house in record time.
2 are ornamental and the other 4 are regular functioning windows.
We leave our windows open all summer as well but i just closed them yesterday when it got cold.
During the summer they would open the windows to let the heat out and have cross ventilation.
I have my windows opened and my sister in law came over.
If so you should keep the windows open both winter and summer.
My question is that in the winter should they be left open or should they be closed.
We do get bugs flies in the summer ladybugs in the fall.
It gets stifling and stale up there if we don t.
Air still moves whether your vent is open or not the warm air is still going to try to push through to each vent.
6 windows in all.