The house or room could have no attic but a vaulted ceiling with the underside of the roof and the collar beams visible.
Does every house have an attic.
Maybe between the creaking door the strangle rattling in the walls and the squeaking stairs you 39 re convinced the place is haunted.
But otherwise get the seller.
It might be cooler in very hot climates with adequate vents high up.
When a house has a sloped roof and horizontal ceilings there is going to be some dead space between the ceiling and the roof otherwise known as the attic.
Not all houses do.
1 attics that are small less than 30 square feet of area or under a low slope roof that does not have a minimum of 30 inches of clear opening height between the top and bottom structural members are not required to have an attic hatch by the building code.
If your roof has a peak and your interior ceilings are flat there s got to be.
The attic framework might be bowed sagging or cracked.
Here s our list of five possible reasons why you cannot find an attic access in the house.
But let s be logical.
Help purchased home 8 years ago with 2 power attic vents.
Heat would be lost in cold climates.
So you should not consider buying a house that has no way to get into the attic.
If the access panel is locked nailed or caulked shut then ask the seller to get it opened for you.
Does your house have things that go bump in the night.
An attic s intake vents are most commonly installed directly in the soffit either as individual vents spaced every few feet or as one continuous perforated soffit running the entire length of.
Noticed one of the attic vents was not working.
That s true even if the only time it s accessed is periodically by the homeowner and less often during an inspection.
Things have been ok low energy bills house very comfortable.
If you live in a cold climate as we do in canada the roof on your house is likely sloped to allow rain and melting snow to run off.
If you have a flat roof then possibly there isn t an attic there may be just an air space.