Preparing To Air Seal The Attic

Attics are often under insulated and under sealed leading to wasted energy and wasted spend by the homeowners.

Preparing to air seal the attic.

Hi i m a homeowner thinking to do some diy air sealing in the attic. Your focus should be on the attic when you begin air sealing. Here s how to locate the leak spots and plug them without spending a lot of money. Before you start adding any attic insulation you want to make sure that all or most air leaks have been sealed first.

Not being a pro i was going to just stay away from anything thermally hot like the furnace vent. Investigate the perimeter of your attic. You want to be paying attention to the big ones. Small air leaks into uninsulated attic space are a major source of heat loss in many homes.

Attic air sealing is the priority. The first spot to check is where the floors meet the wall. Imagine that you have a small boat and steered it into a cluster of jagged rocks. Air seal your attic for energy savings.

The boat suffers and has a few holes in the bottom of it. Air sealing the attic perimeter. Chances are your ceiling has the equivalent of a 2 ft. Square hole that s acting like a chimney drafting expensive heated.

It s usually the hardest place to air seal because the cramped space underneath the eaves where the roof rafters rest on the outer wall makes it hard to move your hands and head. Seal attic air leaks first. Don t worry too much about the small leaks. Most people just add insulation to their attic this will not stop the escaping warm air.