If you live in a cold climate, then you have likely experienced opening your curtains in the morning to find your windows ...

Q: My furnace is in my attic, and I recently had insulation blown in. Ever since, the air-combustion vent on my furnace is sweating and causes the ceiling to get wet. How do I stop the condensation?

Q: My furnace is in my attic, and I recently had insulation blown in. Ever since, the air-combustion vent on my furnace is sweating and causes the ceiling to get wet. How do I stop the condensation?

A. Don’t sweat it! The condensation you are seeing is caused by outside humidity getting into the attic through the vents and condensing on your cold AC lines. The most basic corrective measure is to ...

Inadequate or improper attic ventilation in a home can create year-round problems ranging from overheating of the attic and discomfort in the home in summer to attic condensation in winter. An ...

Q–Our house has a gable roof with large louvered vents in the attic peaks at each end. We always covered these louvers in cold weather in an effort to save heat, but during the past winter we noticed ...

Rob Robillard is a general contractor, carpenter, and editor of AConcordCarpenter.com. Q. I’m hoping you can help me with a problem I’m having in my attic. My condo is only two years old, but there is ...

Q. What should the relative humidity be in a house attic? We recently had our entire roof, including the wood sheathing, replaced due to damage caused by condensation in the attic. The original design ...