What is the best way to insulate and more importantly ventilate an addition with a hip roof and a very low pitch.
Insulate attic with hip roof.
That means insulating the attic floor only not the walls and having vents in the roof.
Have read your commentary about insulating an attic with hip roof.
With a finished attic insulation must help keep the attic areas comfortable.
A finished attic should be insulated much like the rest of the house with insulation in the walls and ceiling.
My roof is a hip style and the corners have a main bridge truss that the smaller guys attach to to form the corner.
The next two on each side have a little more room as you can see which i just cut the insulation baffle at an angle to fit in.
Additionally insulation serves as a way to enhance sound proofing on the uppermost envelop of your house.
8 pitch roof 2 6 rafters 1 2 plywood sheeting.
In either case you will need to follow the general steps below to insulate your garage roof.
Insulating hip roof attic.
The first two immediate rafter bays in the corner have very little room.
Am building a 10 x10 closet in attic under a hip ridge.
How to insulate a finished attic.
You recommend a sealed condition attic ie.
To meet all three goals insulating your finished attic ventilating the roof and maximizing headroom use a combination of dense batt insulation rigid foam sheeting and air chutes.
If you have a flat garage roof and an attic above you can install the garage insulation from below using a standard ladder.
The roof overall is 26 x8 and the max height where it meets up with the house is maybe 2 2 1 2 high.
I m renovating a two story home for my daughter.
After putting in 4 knee walls the room will measure 24 x 16.
I have run into a problem.
The house has a full attic 30x27 which we want to convert to living space.
The rafters are 2x8 s.
However if you have a cathedral style garage roof you will need a scaffolding to get into the upper areas of the roof.
I am installing my insulation baffles for the attic.