Older House No Attic

How to install recessed lights in an old house with no attic space.

Older house no attic.

One way to insulate walls of an old house is to focus on the home s exterior. Builder s knew that water was the 1 enemy of any house and the way they built may have allowed water to get into the walls in minute amounts but due to the extraordinary looseness in the building envelope the house. Hi everyone i live in a house built in the 60s. I sealed up every penetration possible with foam and caulk.

Our current roof doesn t have any snow and ice shield and we had some ice dam issues this winter near the valleys like many people. We would like to do something with the walls but also don t want to do something we ll regret later on. There are two large powered fans in the attic mounted near the apex on 2 sides of the house. Recently bought an older farmhouse.

One side of the house is wood exterior with vinyl siding over it. One of an attic s most important features is its framing. Never would have bought the house if i noticed that lol. Our roof needed to be replaced anyways but we had some solar attic fans installed in each attic to help with ventilation though this year we realized we don t get enough sun for the.

It has very low roof pitch with 2 simple gable end roof sections. Install siding over the insulation. Many older houses and plenty of new ones too are framed with rafters 2x or engineered lumber that extends from the ridge board at the roof peak down to the top plate of the exterior wall where each rafter typically overhangs to form the eaves of a house. These older homes were largely built without insulation and just open cavities in the walls where the house could breathe.

The attic was then filled with about 24 of cellulose. It is a california modern design or so i m told. The most difficult part of installing recessed lights in a house with no attic or attic crawl space is running the new wiring. Apply a house wrap vapor barrier to exterior walls.

I have a 1940 s home with zero soffits the roof edge just dumps into a gutter attached to the top of the outside wall. When you look up inside the house you see 4 x 10 beams every 6 feet running as rafters would and then you see tongue and groove 2 x 6 roof decking running between the beams. We are going to get a new roof on our old house in the northwest this summer. Replace old windows with energy efficient units.

Inside it has exposed beam vaulted ceilings. Caulk window trim and use weatherstripping to reduce air leaks.