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Your post is very helpful. Now my question is if you don’t want to insulate the rafters how high can you put the plastic baffles in from the soffit ventilation so the air can escape easy on the ridge vent without causing condensation and mold?
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said that’s what he thinks based on my home, and his experience. He is quite reputable by the way.
your thoughts? I asked about, just making sure the baffle chutes are there, keeping soffets open, but then increasing attic floor insulation. He said, probably, but he still likes the idea of more insulation, and not using chutes.
I just had the second guy come out to look at the attic insulation. These guys come highly recommended in syracuse. He looked at the attic and states: – it looks like someone did come in and blow insulation in the attic floor, and that it is probably sufficient, that part. Not much more could really be added. – said the problem is below the knee wall . said, not sure if i have soffet vents, however, he said the chutes would do nothing, because the insulation that is down in those areas, which of course are very difficult to get to, are filled with about 3 inches of batting, however, there is no more room to put anymore insulation in that area because they are 2 by 4’s. And that with only 3 1/2 inches of insulation, you only have about an R12. Said, that is not enough to keep the heat loss contained below, and that is what is hitting your roof and causing snow melt/ice.
said you could pull out what is there, and attempt to put more in , however, it is still a limited space to pack anything higher to get the higher R value.
said expense option is to start removing drywall, etc.. and use the spray foam.
he said the chutes will do nothing if you remove the insulation, because the point is there is not enough insulation to begin with? He stated that with foam, you don’t need chutes, because the foam insulates all of it. no need for chutes.
I don’t understand that, again, i thought below the knee wall was to be left open?
where is this heat loss coming from that i get the ice?
One side note: he stated, that a metal roof would be good in the future to keep the snow off??
so now, i have both companies saying something about the 2 by 4 thing, and that one guy wants to put dense packed insulation in that knee wall area, and another said it won’t make a difference, because it will still only give me r12, and both say no chutes?
Also, I still don’t know what he is talking about with heat loss i have? He said the attic floor is fine, probably not so much heat loss. but it is the other area where there is heat loss., again, heat loss from where? i thought the only place you get heat loss is from the attic floor? no? and if some state there should be nothing in the soffit area, to keep it cold, then what could he be referring to?
I’d like to call him back , but not sure what question to ask him?
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