Insulating and ventilating cape cod or 1 story houses can be very challenging.
Insulating cape cod attic.
In this energy smart details article senior editor martin holladay describes two ways to insulate attic kneewalls.
Most have second floor bedrooms with 4 ft.
In my case i thought that insulating the knee wall attic floor r 60 and knee wall itself 2 of taped iso was preferable because it allowed for higher levels of insulation than just filling the rafter cavity.
Building and insulating knee walls option a at page top requires a larger insulated area so it is actually more costly to heat a building with this design.
Older cape cod style homes may be charming but they are often poorly insulated.
Once that was done we blew 15 of cellulose in the rest of the attic.
What a job but the homeowners noticed immediate results.
The problems associated with these homes are a result of poor architectural design and not improper installation of the roofing or insulation.
Air sealing and insulating the knee wall can make the attic space warmer more efficient and more comfortable.
Attic ventilation works on the principle that heated air naturally rises primarily utilizing two types of vents.
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Many of the post war cape cod houses are narrower and are much tougher to work in.
Anyone who has lived in one of these types of houses knows how uncomfortable they can be in both the summer and winter months.
Because it s hard to insulate these areas many capes leak heat at the eaves a recipe for ice dams.
Our home is a cape cod 1 1 2 stories with living space on both.
The last cape cod i did we cut through the knee walls and hung rigid foam on the bottoms of the rafters.
Then we climbed into the upper attic and dense packed each cavity from above.
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Details needed for cape cod roof ceiling insulation placement materials.
Intake vents located at the lowest part of the roof under the eaves allow cool.
Kneewalls against the sloped ceilings.
This creates triangular attic spaces behind the kneewalls.