Heater In Attic

Water heaters in the attic are extremely efficient in the warmer months.

Heater in attic.

When you re designing and building a new home these are choices you can and should make. Your attic can easily reach temperatures of 120 140 degrees which is optimum for keeping the water in. We will talk about the disadvantages to having your water heater in your attic and offer some solutions that could work for you. The attic may also be where the hvac system is installed.

Oh you also have to make sure not to do something stupid like putting your air handler and ducts up in the attic. Ridge and soffit vents are also helpful for venting hot air and keeping an attic cool but you ll need a little extra help as this method alone probably won t remove enough heat to keep the space comfortable enough to live in. When the attic room is used mainly for sleeping rather than as a daytime office space a space heater is a helpful addition to heat the room. An attic furnace is closer to the upper stories of a multi level home.

Attic furnaces take advantage of the closer proximity to use shorter lengths of air. Ridge vents are a small opening in the ridge of the roof and a soffit vent is a small vent installed under the roof. Whether it s 110 f or 130 f there s not much difference in the amount of heat flowing from the attic to the living space below. Air ducts lose a fair amount of heat through leakage so shorter lengths are more efficient.

An electric space heater can be placed.