Old Attic Windows Opening

The windows have screens.

Old attic windows opening.

If so you should keep the windows open both winter and summer. It gets stifling and stale up there if we don t. During the summer and most of fall we keep 2 windows open for cross ventilation. A broken window glass of the attic room of a house with the red shingles roof.

2 are ornamental and the other 4 are regular functioning windows. Thoughtful young woman looking at camera from the window of an attic at sunset. And if necessary i d keep them open just a crack until you can get some roof vents in place or gable vents. The attic needs to be as close to the outside temp as you can get it year round.

I cant think of a single reason tho close it all summer unless theres a big storm. We have a large full attic. It will vent heat out morning noon and night. Attic glass open window in an old wooden house with meander ornament.

If you leave the attic windows open be sure and staple some screens over them maybe even hardware cloth would be better to keep the critters out bats and raccoons etc will invade your space and give you fits. When the attic becomes part of the home to be heated and cooled open wall gable vents and roof vents are no longer feasible but the underside of the roof the sheathing and rafters can still. Blur background of the city and buildings. You should open the window in late spring and close it in early fall.