If you are looking for ways to reduce heat in your home by adding insulation, a radiant barrier or fans, hold off – there’s a better way. Homeowners tend to think that by cooling down the attic, the ...

Q. While doing a walk-through inspection in our new home, our builder indicated that he could not put in the whole-house fan we wanted. The reason he gave was that both roof vents and eave vents had ...

Walk into almost any house built before modern building codes and you can feel it in the air: rooms that never quite dry out, ...

Tribune News Service [email protected]. Q. Your response to the question was very thorough in addressing attic ventilation as it related to a slate roof and the cooling of a two-story home.

Almost three million electric motors for gable and roof-mounted attic fans have been recalled for a faulty safety cutoff that poses a risk for the motor to short circuit and possibly create a fire ...

Millions of electric motors used in gable- and roof-mounted attic fans have been recalled over fire risks. The recalled motors can be identified by the distinctive vent pattern. There have been 159 ...

With the summer season fast approaching, now is a good time to review an uncomfortable topic. Hot attics, and why traditional exhaust fans don’t work to cool them off! Last week we had some warm ...