Hvac In Attic

By the time the hvac unit gets planned putting it in the attic is the only thing that makes sense especially cost wise.

Hvac in attic. In addition to making the unit hard to get to for service high attic heat can trigger the. It s harder to know when there s an issue. The vast majority of the ducts are in the basement and made of galvanized steel. Good luck getting better cooling in the upstairs in an old home using a basement hvac system than one in an attic.

Here are the five biggest problems most commonly encountered with attic based heating and cooling. Sure if you can find enough space and afford the large cost to have someone poorly carve up the inside of your house to get the proper sized ductwork through the house. With an attic installation. Sometimes the hvac system winds up in the attic because it s the last thing on the home designer s list.

With attic insulation it is easier for the hvac system to distribute cool air throughout the home evenly. Add a separate hvac system when you usher your attic into your home s conditioned envelope you increase the square footage that requires conditioned air. This is particularly helpful as it will keep upstairs bedrooms cooler at night. In the beginning we had a gas leak in the attic unit.

Without a handler in the attic circulating air to higher levels can be more challenging. If you don t see your hvac equipment on a regular basis or hear it for that matter it becomes much more difficult to know when it isn t operating correctly. Having it installed in the attic ensures that it is 100 percent protected from flooding caused by plumbing leaks and overflows. Leaks and overflows on a given floor will seep through the floors to affect everything below it including your hvac system.

I have a galvanized steel box in the attic and galvanized steel circular duct runs that provide heat air conditioning to the rooms on the second floor. Put it in an attic full of blown insulation and you re forcing it to work harder to vent its heat. Attic hvac units are potentially inefficient. It stinks having to climb up into the attic to change filters or worse having to work on the unit in the summer when the attic gets super hot or the winter when it is freezing out.

That is at least until it stops working altogether. Having the hvac unit in the attic is common and works but is not ideal.