It allows air movement and will naturally exhaust the hot attic air.
Leave attic windows open in winter.
Shutting the vents in your attic during the winter isn t going to help you hang on to too much heat where you actually want it in the living areas of your home.
My only suggestion is to have 2 awnings made to fit over and.
Best ventilation is open soffit venting to a open vented ridge vent.
I ve also got a little dehumidifier on the window sil which works quite well.
I leave the windows wide open upstairs all day and only shut my girls bedroom window at night now as it s freezing.
If there are other ventilation sources such as eave and ridge vents then the window vents would be for summer use to disipate.
We leave ours open all the time but still alot of condensation on our window.
The windows have screens.
Leaving the windows open is a good idea as long as you are home.
6 windows in all.
It gets stifling and stale up there if we don t.
Ridge vent must me installed per the manufactures instructions.
Insulation at least r 38 or more is there for heating and.
It can do both.
It depends upon what other type of ventilation the attic has if any.
We do get bugs flies in the summer ladybugs in the fall.
We have a large full attic.
Instead it will merely cause a build up of moisture and heat that can cause other more troubling conditions in your home come spring.
And the extra heat is not just a summer concern come winter hot attic air can melt snow on the roof during the day only to refreeze when temperatures drop overnight creating ice dams that lead.
Open your windows in winter for the good of your family s health.
2 are ornamental and the other 4 are regular functioning windows.