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Posted by jloomis on December 7, 2008, 8:28 pm
You can do this without electrical providing air in and air out.
I prefer a natural flow rather than one created by fan useage.
just my 2 peanuts....
jloomis
> On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 12:01:58 -0500, "John Grabowski"
>>> The kitchen of my house has a cathedral ceiling. The room is cold in the
>>> winter and hot in the summer. The house was built in the late 70s and
>>> I'm reasonably certain, there is little if any insulation between the
>>> ceiling sheet rock and the roof. I can't get into the area between the
>>> ceiling and roof to inspect. Any frost or light snow on the kitchen roof
>>> melts quickly whereas all the other areas of the house with a flat
>>> ceiling
>>> and 13 inches of cellulose above, do not. I would like to insulate the
>>> ceiling from the inside and then install either a suspended ceiling
>>> about
>>> 8 foot from the floor. I'm looking for suggestions.
>>I think a cathedral ceiling is a nice feature and I would hate to give
>>that
>>up. I would explore other possibilities such as removing the existing
>>drywall to install better insulation and maintain air flow or at the very
>>least look into blown-in insulation. After that I would install an
>>additional layer of drywall with a radiant foil in between drywall layers.
>>I would also install a suspended paddle fan to keep heat from accumulating
>>up there.
> This is a very good point. My garage building (steel, fully
> insulated) can be 80 degrees at the peak, and 55 at the floor. It
> really amazed me as to how much heat was trapped above head level.
> In my case we installed ceiling fans to move the heat from the high
> peak into the working area. Major difference, totally changed the wayt
> we heat the building.
>>Perhaps for the summer a small exhaust fan at the peak would help
>>with the heat load or locate an A/C return vent up high.
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>> winter and hot in the summer. The house was built in the late 70s and
>> I'm reasonably certain, there is little if any insulation between the
>> ceiling sheet rock and the roof. I can't get into the area between the
>> ceiling and roof to inspect. Any frost or light snow on the kitchen roof
>> melts quickly whereas all the other areas of the house with a flat ceiling
>> and 13 inches of cellulose above, do not. I would like to insulate the
>> ceiling from the inside and then install either a suspended ceiling about
>> 8 foot from the floor. I'm looking for suggestions.