Roof Vents Above Bonus Room

This allows air to leak freely into the room from the space behind the wall which is connected to the outdoors via the roof eave soffit vents.

Roof vents above bonus room.

Storage room 200 sf uninhabitable attic space. The roof is framed with 2 8 rafters and already has both soffit and ridge vents but no insulation whatsoever. Andrew lives in massachusetts in climate zone 5a and would like to turn the space what real estate agents used to call a bonus room into an office. In pressure diagnostics if i close the door to a bonus room and isolate it i often measure a 20 to 25 pascal difference between the bonus room and the main house and you can feel the air pouring in under the door.

The surfaces can get a lot warmer than the surfaces in the other parts of your home so even when the air temperature feels fine the bonus room feels warmer. Look through bonus room above garage photos in. To make the bonus room comfortable you have keep the heat out by beefing up the building. 26 0 2 x6 2 spf 16 oc 8 0 air barrier required in knee walls air barrier required in attic walls insulate r 10 attic access weather strip access to attic minimum.

Bonus room over a garage in the schumacher homes model. That s what s happening in a bonus room with the building envelope problems described above. Scale 1 4 1 0 john smith 123 main st currituck nc 555 5555. Browse 223 bonus room above garage on houzz whether you want inspiration for planning bonus room above garage or are building designer bonus room above garage from scratch houzz has 223 pictures from the best designers decorators and architects in the country including ferguson bath kitchen lighting gallery and builder tony hirst llc.

Even with a low ceiling much of the room is very usable.