Heater In Attic

When you re designing and building a new home these are choices you can and should make.

Heater in attic.

Whether it s 110 f or 130 f there s not much difference in the amount of heat flowing from the attic to the living space below. What you may not realize is that a water heater in your attic can cause some serious problems for you as a homeowner. Ridge vents are a small opening in the ridge of the roof and a soffit vent is a small vent installed under the roof. Now a secondary line of reasoning for placing a water heater in the attic is the high temperatures that occur in an attic particularly during the summer months.

Air ducts lose a fair amount of heat through leakage so shorter lengths are more efficient. An electric space heater can be placed. Water heaters in the attic are extremely efficient in the warmer months. Oh you also have to make sure not to do something stupid like putting your air handler and ducts up in the attic.

Attic furnaces take advantage of the closer proximity to use shorter lengths of air. Ridge and soffit vents are also helpful for venting hot air and keeping an attic cool but you ll need a little extra help as this method alone probably won t remove enough heat to keep the space comfortable enough to live in. Your attic can easily reach temperatures of 120 140 degrees which is optimum for keeping the water in. It will not require long lengths of pipe to deliver heat to the rooms as a basement furnace does.

We will talk about the disadvantages to having your water heater in your attic and offer some solutions that could work for you.