To solve for exhausting this heat i took a two pronged approach.
Blow hot air into attic form closet.
But it gets worse.
Cool air in hot air out attic ventilation works on the principle that heated air naturally rises primarily utilizing two types of vents.
They have thermostats that turn the fan on at a recommended preset temperature of 100 110 degrees.
These fans are commonly mounted in an upstairs stairwell or hallway ceiling where there s at least 3 ft.
The pressurized air in the attic will force its way through ceiling cracks into the conditioned house.
In other words the fan will make the ceiling leak at a higher rate than it otherwise would.
Alternatively install passive vents such as gable soffit and ridge vents which are openings in the roof that allow hot air to escape.
If you aren t renting or you have an understanding landlord you could run rigid metal vent pipe into the attic and then up and trough the roof capping it with a vent cap.
Put it in an attic full of blown insulation and you re forcing it to work harder to vent its heat.
In the winter months you will be injecting hot air into the room compounding the problem.
This sends hot air up and out cooling your house and your attic.
A powerful fan draws cooler early morning and evening air through open doors and windows and forces it up through the attic and out the roof vents.
What we need to do is exhaust the warm air from the room not inject air.
You ll end up with more hot air leaking through your ceiling during the summer than if you had no fan.
Locate the main plumbing stack furnace flue or chimney and note this on your sketch for a reference point once you get into the attic.
In addition to making the unit hard to get to for service high attic heat can trigger the.
Intake vents located at the lowest part of the roof under.
Tape cardboard around the fan to cover large gaps.
Once you re ready place a box fan in a window so it s blowing air into the house and close all the remaining windows and doors.
Install electric ventilators and attic fans which remove hot air from an attic.