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Good morning,

There may very well be holes in your attic that you don’t
even know about through which heat (and air conditioning)
dollars can pour.

But these holes can be insulated simply and cheaply by
professional installers, or you can even do it yourself
if you know what you are looking for. Scroll down for more!

Thanks for reading,

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Attics can have hidden air ways and heat transfer conduits,
highways for heat and vapor, that need to be taken care of
before the attic is fully insulated. Some of these are:
recessed lights, dropped ceilings, plumbing and electrical
chases, chimneys, exhaust fans, walls adjacent to cathedral
ceilings and air ducts.

These tricky areas can be responsible for more heat transfer
than the entire flat surface of your attic. One example of
this is recessed lights, which are like holes in your
ceilings. The light covers are designed to cool off the
bulbs by letting air flow from the house to the attic and
around the light bulb, through holes in the cans.

These lights require a 3-inch clearance (national electric
code) of insulation leaving 1 square-foot of uninsulated
ceiling space. The heat lost from this one square-foot
space occupied from each recessed light equals the heat
loss through 100 square feet of well-insulated attic. The
heat lost from ten recessed lights without proper treatment,
equals as much heat loss as a 1000 square foot insulated
attic!

You can buy or have installec airtight top hats for recessed
lights. These are fire-rated air barriers for recessed
lights. They dissipate built-up heat through aluminum caps
by conduction and convection, not air infiltration.

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