stuffnsuch
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We have a 3rd floor living space that has a "multi-faceted" hip roof. The attic space is broken-up with dormer (rooms), and the peak above each dormer is 'dead space", cut-off from the rest of the attic.
Two of the dormers are small bedrooms, and the third is a bathroom.
There is a soffit vent (track) all the way around the perimeter of the roof, as we have about a 24" overhang. But, there are NO ridge vents, nor any kind of vent holes up near the peaks...anywhere!
These are kids rooms, and they become unbearable in the summer months. The attic side of the wall of these rooms does have fiberglass insulation.
We have some sheets of Styrofoam sheets (approx. 2' X 4' X 1"), and we have some rolls of silver radiant barrier.
If we used these Styrofoam sheets, do we put the radiant barrier against the fiberglass batting, and then the Styrofoam? Or, vice versa?
What should we do to the space above the ceiling of each dormer? (We would have to cut a small access hole, because it is closed.)
The roof rafters have no insulation.
How do we insulate this space so that it is livable...?
Thanks, ~
Two of the dormers are small bedrooms, and the third is a bathroom.
There is a soffit vent (track) all the way around the perimeter of the roof, as we have about a 24" overhang. But, there are NO ridge vents, nor any kind of vent holes up near the peaks...anywhere!
These are kids rooms, and they become unbearable in the summer months. The attic side of the wall of these rooms does have fiberglass insulation.
We have some sheets of Styrofoam sheets (approx. 2' X 4' X 1"), and we have some rolls of silver radiant barrier.
If we used these Styrofoam sheets, do we put the radiant barrier against the fiberglass batting, and then the Styrofoam? Or, vice versa?
What should we do to the space above the ceiling of each dormer? (We would have to cut a small access hole, because it is closed.)
The roof rafters have no insulation.
How do we insulate this space so that it is livable...?
Thanks, ~