Leave Garage Attic Open

Soffit vents may leave air trapped at the top of your attic.

Leave garage attic open.

If you have an attached garage with attic space above it as well as a garage based attic access ladder or access hole you can use one of our favorite cooling tips. If you don t know how your roof vents work or if you re unsure about your attic ventilation in general you should talk to a roof inspector about. Is it best to leave the garage door open partially open to allow the heat to escape or does it matter and no action is. If you have an attic fan and used it while the access door to the attic in the garage was open that access door amply supplied the cfm intake needed by the fan.

But that is seldom the case resulting in conditioned air being sucked from the living space to make up the difference. Most effective ventilation uses a ridge and soffit continuous ventilation system but even these designs can vary from roof to roof. There are no vents on the ends of the attics in these buildings. During the hot months many people leave their garage doors open in the day or there is even a screen door type covering for a garage.

Set the garage door so. You just saw a roof rat in your yard. Opening the doors of the garage improves airflow although leaving the garage door wide open may look like an invitation to burglars vermin and birds. There is no visible insulation inside the attic roof.

Keep in mind other critters especially of the slithering variety can find their way through this gap. If you have hot air coming from the attic and into the garage then the ventilation system in the attic is not working properly. Open your automatic garage door until it s 2 4 inches or so off the floor enough to let cool air in but not a burglar or the neighbor s dog. Insulated garage doors can have up to an r18 rating where an uninsulated door is r 0 therefore helping keep the garage and home cooler more.

Leaving the garage door open a bit doesn t do much to cool the garage.