Why ventilation?
Well the number one answer, that most of us can relate to is "TO SAVE MONEY!"
If you have even been in your attic, and your house is not ventilated properly. You know how hot it is can get up there, in the summer time it is simply unbearable. You will begin to sweat almost instantly, the air is hard to breath and if you are up there too long it can even cause you to feel like you are about to pass out. Be careful, you just might.
Here is is the deal.
The sun is hot, very hot! The heat from the sun is beating down on your roof every day, all day. This causes what is called "solar gain", and that means it heats up your atict space. As air is heated it will expand, that is why it seems the air is so thick up there.
Well, like any container, the space can only hold so much. So the hot air is then forced from the attic into your living space. This raises the temperature of the space you are paying hard earned money to cool off.
The first line of defence is to properly ventilate the roof, giving that hot air some other places to escape the attic, rather then into your PAID TO COOL living area ...
You can also consider radiant barriers and reflective roofing products, these are designed to reduce the "solar gain" and working with good ventilation and insulation WILL bring down your energy bill.
If you want to know more about how your roof can SAVE YOU MONEY!
Call me personally at (405) 881-0689
Henry Staggs
www.Oklahomaroofing.blogspot.com
