Solar Air Screen Collector Design - Heating My 12x12 Shed

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I figured as much. That's alright, I'll just go get the aluminum stuff. Haven't started on this project yet though. Still working on insulating my attic. We put in a continuous soffit vent 2 days ago, installed the baffles in the attic last night. All we need to do now is build up around the attic door and close off my gable end vents. Then we can start spraying in insulation. Yippeee.

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. Yippeee.

Next winter when you have a lower utility bill you can really go Yippeee!

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I figured as much. That's alright, I'll just go get the aluminum stuff. Haven't started on this project yet though. Still working on insulating my attic. We put in a continuous soffit vent 2 days ago, installed the baffles in the attic last night. All we need to do now is build up around the attic door and close off my gable end vents. Then we can start spraying in insulation. Yippeee.

I hope you have a ridge vent if you are closing off the gable vents

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There was a continuous ridge vent installed when the roof was redone in 2006. I like the soffit and ridge combination much more than the gable/ridge. I could feel it working with the first baffle in place.

And I'm hoping for lower heating bills THIS winter, lol. Brand new fiber glass windows with triple low e coating and argon filed in June 2012, and now the insulation in the attic. Hoping for some benefit to the $270 utility bills...

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The soffit vents won't do much in the winter other than help prevent ice dams and condensation.
However will drastically reduce air conditioning costs.
You essentially had almost no attic ventilation for venting heat

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You essentially had almost no attic ventilation for venting heat

Exactly. It was stagnant air up there. No movement. The idiots we bought the house from really truly had no idea what they were doing. Every project I start and finish just shows me more and more of this. The soffit vent is only on the south facing side of the home. The north side actually doesn't have an overhang to cut into, otherwise I would have done both. Hope that doesn't have a negative affect on things.

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Look into a product called GAF Cobra Fascia flow.
It replaces the existing fascia and allows ventilation.

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Wow that stuff looks awesome! We are actually going to be replacing most of the fascia next year when we paint the house. That will be a good product to put up instead of just regular old lumber. Thanks for the tip!