Older House No Attic

We are going to get a new roof on our old house in the northwest this summer.

Older house no attic.

Recently bought an older farmhouse. Intake was coming through holes gaps from old construction. One way to insulate walls of an old house is to focus on the home s exterior. The attic was then filled with about 24 of cellulose.

I have a 1940 s home with zero soffits the roof edge just dumps into a gutter attached to the top of the outside wall. One of an attic s most important features is its framing. It is a california modern design or so i m told. Attach 1 inch foam board insulation.

One side of the house is wood exterior with vinyl siding over it. Our roof needed to be replaced anyways but we had some solar attic fans installed in each attic to help with ventilation though this year we realized we don t get enough sun for the. It has very low roof pitch with 2 simple gable end roof sections. We would like to do something with the walls but also don t want to do something we ll regret later on.

The most difficult part of installing recessed lights in a house with no attic or attic crawl space is running the new wiring. How to install recessed lights in an old house with no attic space. Apply a house wrap vapor barrier to exterior walls. Our current roof doesn t have any snow and ice shield and we had some ice dam issues this winter near the valleys like many people.

Install siding over the insulation. I sealed up every penetration possible with foam and caulk. Builder s knew that water was the 1 enemy of any house and the way they built may have allowed water to get into the walls in minute amounts but due to the extraordinary looseness in the building envelope the house. Never would have bought the house if i noticed that lol.

There are two large powered fans in the attic mounted near the apex on 2 sides of the house. These older homes were largely built without insulation and just open cavities in the walls where the house could breathe. Caulk window trim and use weatherstripping to reduce air leaks. Many older houses and plenty of new ones too are framed with rafters 2x or engineered lumber that extends from the ridge board at the roof peak down to the top plate of the exterior wall where each rafter typically overhangs to form the eaves of a house.

When the attic becomes part of the home to be heated and cooled open wall gable vents and roof vents are no longer feasible but the underside of the roof the sheathing and rafters can still. Inside it has exposed beam vaulted ceilings.