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timmmay: My alarm's up there as well, no problems for the year it's been in. They're probably built for it though.
Hammerer, how did you vent your ceiling cavity? I have no vents in mine, it sounds like a good idea for summer. For winter it probably doesn't make much difference either, it's cold either way.
Thanks for the cap info RM.
timmmay: Niel, can you explain why the power supplies will have more problems in the ceiling cavity than in the body of the house. It's the same power source, the only difference is temperature variation.
You can never have enough Volvos!
timmmay: Thanks for the tip - I have a huge retractable stairway, but I'd assemble it up there.
Incidentally, I had the stairs insulated. Basically I built a box around it about a foot high, taped and stabled pink batts, and I have an insulated lid with a rubber seal. Because it's so heavy it has two van hydraulic supports to help lift it!
Hammerer: Wouldn't it have been easy to pivot a board with sides to enclose the stairs when closed? It could be balanced so any extra effort is for opening rather than closing. Polyester insulation stapled to the wood means there's no need for boxing because polyester relofts (bounces back after being compressed) and can be stapled at its base to hold it in place. You can even staple (or glue but I haven't tried it) layers to each other.
Camden:
.... Never gave it a thought as to heat or cold and the techs who gave me a hand never mentioned it either. It gets really hot in the roof space so much in fact that it is nearly unbearable to go in there on a hot summer day. Same in winter, gets really cold.
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