{"id":886,"date":"2015-12-01T21:10:11","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T21:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naima.website.member365.com\/?p=886"},"modified":"2016-09-08T21:02:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T21:02:12","slug":"attics-and-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naimacanada.ca\/attics-and-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Attics and Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>It\u00a0is widely known that heat travels up and hot air contains moisture, which means\u00a0that in a home, heat and thus moisture travel up into the attic. \u00a0Articles for Insulate Now, and many other\u00a0magazines and government programs, have encouraged home owners to make sure\u00a0insulation levels in the attic are at least at current code levels, but before\u00a0you get around to it, we suggest one simple thing that you should do to save\u00a0you a headache: make sure your eaves are not blocked and air can\u00a0circulate.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The last thing you want is water condensation in the attic. \u00a0Any condensation on the floor of the attic will accumulate and freeze, and will wait to thaw out in the spring and leak into your living area. \u00a0To avoid this, you should head up to the attic to check that the eaves are not blocked and air can circulate. \u00a0This will carry moisture out of the attic, and as a bonus, there will be less fungus growing and rotting of your roof.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Cost\u00a0of materials to do the above \u2013 ZERO!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Furthermore, while you are up there, if you see any insulation out of place, you can even it out. \u00a0Hopefully seeing your attic will make you realise that fixing breaks in the ceiling air barrier and adding insulation really is not that difficult!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u00a0is widely known that heat travels up and hot air contains moisture, which means\u00a0that in a home, heat and thus moisture travel up into the attic. \u00a0Articles for Insulate Now, and many other\u00a0magazines and government programs, have encouraged home owners to make sure\u00a0insulation levels in the attic are at least at current code levels, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[56,19,38,58,57],"class_list":["post-886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-owner","tag-attic-insulation","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-energy-efficient-homes","tag-winterisation","tag-winterization"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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