Intense solar radiation in the summer can send temperatures in an attic soaring to 150 degrees and higher. While you may not spend time in your attic, its heat is transferred to the living space below ...

Q We’ve had a whole house fan in our attic for many years and while its noise occasionally bothers me, I think it’s working great and saving us money. You wrote a while ago about solar-powered attic ...

If you’re currently using your attic as a catchall for everything from your old Beanie Baby collection to those torrid letters from your sixth-grade pen pal (what were you guys thinking, anyway?), you ...

Which attic fan is best? Your attic can get brutally hot in the summer, but if you don’t use it or have any reason to go up there, you might not think it’s a problem. However, properly ventilating ...

Q. I don’t know if you’ve ever gotten questions about this, but I went up to our attic a couple of weeks ago to get some suitcases for our vacation and it was so hot that I couldn’t even get into the ...

TULSA, OK -- One of the worst places for the heat to build up is in your attic. Temperatures there can reach as high as 130 degrees during the summer. Summertime could be trouble for an often ...

Q I was reading one of your postings recently that had to do with roof venting. I have a question that you may, or may not, be able to help me with. We have a home in Raleigh, N.C., built in the 1930s ...

HOUSTON – It may surprise you, but the attic is the hottest part of a house. Even though you don't spend much time up there, energy experts said cooling that space is the key to cooling your whole ...

Q. Tim, what can you tell me about whole-house fans and attic fans? Do they really work to cool an attic space? I’m not sure which one I should consider one since I have air conditioning. What’s ...

Dear Ken: We have a 2,500-square-foot house and want to put in an attic fan. What should we look for and what are the things we should know? — Tim Answer: This is a wonderful system for our area. The ...