In existing homes the question is important.
Best way to reduce attic temperature.
Install electric ventilators and attic fans which remove hot air from an attic.
Here are ten different ways to reduce your attic heat temperature and save you money.
Freezing and excessively hot outdoor temperatures rain and high.
A ridge and soffit ventilation system an extra 200 during reroofing will reduce attic temperature to around 100 degrees.
Dropping the temperature from 120 150 degrees to roughly the same as the outside temperature will save you enough on your power bill to offset the purchase and installation charge.
Also make sure your attic is ventilated.
Alternatively install passive vents such as gable soffit and ridge vents which are openings in the roof that allow hot air to escape.
When reroofing use white or pale gray shingles instead of dark ones.
Use a thermostatically controlled roof mounted ventilator.
They have thermostats that turn the fan on at a recommended preset temperature of 100 110 degrees.
Installing attic vents if you don t already have them is another way to assist in the movement of hot and cold air out of your attic.
It will help to keep the attic much cooler in the summertime.
If you don t worrying about how best to keep the attic cool is a bandaid on a self inflicted wound.
The thermostat will usually start at 95 degrees fahrenheit which is the temperature that the attic fan usually starts at.
Ideal attic temperature and humidity settings.