Check out my post on moldy attics for some.
Is frost in my attic normal.
Last winter i noticed condensation and water droplets on the nails that stick through the roof into the attic.
My wife ali and i bought an old house 18 months ago.
Frost gets into the attic from air leaks or attic bypasses.
Warm air holds a lot of.
It should to a degree.
Boxes stored in the attic were sometimes wet.
At times there was ice and frost on the nails.
It s important to realize frost is in your attic for a few reasons.
Frost on nails in attic spaces may frighten you.
The unusual amounts of frost last year likely melted.
Frost and ice forms in attics when warm humid air accumulates and condenses on the underside of your roof sheathing.
To start frost accumulates when moisture laden air from the house gets into the attic.
That s about it pretty simple.
Left unchecked frost in an attic can lead to serious mold and decay a patch of frost here and there on the tips of roofing nails poking through the sheathing for instance probably isn t a cause for alarm.
That s about it pretty simple.
Frost in the attic comes from the house.
When the weather warms up the frost will become water droplets and evaporate harmlessly.
This winter warmer dryer weather has seen the return of more normal attic conditions with significant frost seen only in problematic attics.
The warm air you are paying for to heat your home is leaking into the attic because your house is not sealed from the attic.
Frost on nails is frozen condensation.
When the moisture gets into the attic it condenses on the roof.
Remember the last hot and humid day you were sitting outside drinking a cold beer iced tea soda or glass of ice water.
Ice frost and water in an attic condensation new construction text.
When a warm sunny day arrives after a long cold stretch and it seems like you have a roof leak when there isn t a cloud in the sky it s probably attic icing otherwise known as ice dams or ice damming and the surprising thing is that it s very unlikely that the roof covering itself is the problem.
I ve blogged about attic air leaks many times and i ve shared photos of attic air leaks.
Frost itself doesn t do any damage but once it melts things get wet and then damage occurs.
