Article: Got Attic Mold? Lets Talk Energy Conservation!
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Got Attic Mold? Lets Talk Energy Conservation!
It happens to countless homeowners around the end of the year ? you make the annual visit to your attic to collect the holiday decorations and what do you find? Spots and blotches covering the bottom of the roof sheathing. Worse yet ? it turns out to be attic mold!
What does energy conservation have to do with mold in the attic? Well if you take a step back and consider how the house behaves as system, they are often directly related.
Building science experts have long been using the ?house as a system? approach to diagnose the cause and origin of building defects.
For example, ice dams. These are often caused by warm air seeping into the attic which causes the snow and ice on the roof to melt. The water drains to the ...
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