[elky] Re: Trip
- From: Jared Ryan <jryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:01:16 -0500
I have ridge vents and soffits. They work together.
On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:46:57 -0500, "Mongar, Brian"
<Brian.Mongar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The ridge vent in my last garage worked a whole lot better than the roof
> vents I installed in the shed. I am putting lights and a loftlike shelf
in
> there and dang its hot up there. Its only 78 here today and the every
step
> you take up on the ladder seems like 10 more degrees.
> The attic in the garage I built with the ridge vent never got that hot,
not
> ever. Not sure that the ridge vent was the real reason, but I think that
> is the only real difference in construction.
> I am going to buy one of those fans to force the air out of the roof
vents,
> its really hot in there.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:elky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Robert Adams
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:41 AM
> To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [elky] Re: Trip
>
>
>>I keep mine at 78 and use ceiling fans. I live in fear of my last
>>electricity bill because I realized when I got home that before the
>>trip I had temporarily set the thermostat at 76, and then forgot to
>>change it back. My last electricity bill was over $145, and that's at
>>a rate of 12.8 cents per KWh.
>
> It's 13.5 up here. That's cheap for keeping at 76* but
remember
> you have a new house. The rest of us in TX don't have a well
> sealed up house or double glazed windows etc.
>
>> It takes a lot to cool a house down here when someone turns up the
>>sun. Keep in mind, this is a relatively small house with the latest
>>radiant barrier, ridge vent, etc. It all helps a lot, but I can't
>>escape the fact that it's hot, really hot.
>>
>>On the plus side, my natural gas bill was only $27. It'll go up to $60
>>or so in the winter.
>
>
> Ridge vent does absolutely nothing to help ventilate the
attic.
> Lots of soffit vents and powered vents on the roof are the only thing
that
> works here along with a light colored roof.
> The radiant barrier on the underside of the roof decking
doesn't
> hurt but it's benefits are minimal and the efficasy of all
> radiant barriers goes away pretty quick as any dirt on it
means
> it doesn't work...
>
>
> Robert Adams
>
> Rules: Please play nicely with others.
>
> Rules: Please play nicely with others.
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