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.
Old attic windows opening.
We have a large full attic.
2 are ornamental and the other 4 are regular functioning windows.
It will vent heat out morning noon and night.
During the summer and most of fall we keep 2 windows open for cross ventilation.
An oval window wooden.
You should open the window in late spring and close it in early fall.
Attic glass open window in an old wooden house with meander ornament.
Blur background of the city and buildings.
We do get bugs flies in the summer ladybugs in the fall.
The attic needs to be as close to the outside temp as you can get it year round.
Thoughtful young woman looking at camera from the window of an attic at sunset.
If so you should keep the windows open both winter and summer.
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.
A broken window glass of the attic room of a house with the red shingles roof.
It gets stifling and stale up there if we don t.
6 windows in all.