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Title: Ceilings and Attics: Install insulation and provide ventilation
Author: U. S. Department of Energy, 2000
File: Free Guide, PDF 1.81 MB, 4 pages
Audience: Written for architects, builders and homeowners with minimal to some understanding of insulation issues.

Review
Description of techniques for insulating and venting attics and ceilings. Includes concerns and issues associated with attics and ceilings including proper sealing.

Issues covered include:

• benefits of ceiling insulation
• attic insulation
• heel height above top plate
• attic insulation techniques
• cathedral ceiling insulation
• attic access
• knee walls
  

Detail drawings include:

• continuous ridge and soffit venting diagram
• attic eaves venting detail
• insulated attic access detail
• knee wall insulation detail

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