06-12-2011, 01:04 PM
We have an "out building" with 2 rooms, one of which I work in every day. There is a full attic above both rooms. One room was built with that reflective barrier stuff on the other side of the ceiling drywall. The one I work in has diddly squat. The diddly-squat room is HOT. The other room is warm. I'd like both rooms to be cooler, so I'm thinking this reflective barrier stuff is not what I want, though I'd be willing to add it to diddly-squat room just to make them both the same.
SO -- what ELSE can I do? Clearly, whoever built this house did not insulate the roof.
I assume the answer is some kind of attic fan, and I've seen the ads in the paper for solar attic fans. Has anyone out there any experience with these? What about those turbine thingies where the hot air rising turns the turbine and expels the air? Can you use them with these metal roofs?
What will give me more bang for my buck? What will give me the coolest rooms? (short of an AC!) btw, both rooms also have ceiling fans. Which barely help. I have to sit right in front of an additional fan if I want relief.
SO -- what ELSE can I do? Clearly, whoever built this house did not insulate the roof.
I assume the answer is some kind of attic fan, and I've seen the ads in the paper for solar attic fans. Has anyone out there any experience with these? What about those turbine thingies where the hot air rising turns the turbine and expels the air? Can you use them with these metal roofs?
What will give me more bang for my buck? What will give me the coolest rooms? (short of an AC!) btw, both rooms also have ceiling fans. Which barely help. I have to sit right in front of an additional fan if I want relief.