Is Frost In My Attic Normal

My wife ali and i bought an old house 18 months ago.

Is frost in my attic normal. Frost gets into the attic from air leaks or attic bypasses. Frost on nails in attic spaces may frighten you. When the weather warms up the frost will become water droplets and evaporate harmlessly. The unusual amounts of frost last year likely melted.

Frost on nails is frozen condensation. Ice frost and water in an attic condensation new construction text. I ve blogged about attic air leaks many times and i ve shared photos of attic air leaks. This winter warmer dryer weather has seen the return of more normal attic conditions with significant frost seen only in problematic attics.

Boxes stored in the attic were sometimes wet. 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. 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. That s about it pretty simple.

At times there was ice and frost on the nails. Warm air holds a lot of. Frost and ice forms in attics when warm humid air accumulates and condenses on the underside of your roof sheathing. Remember the last hot and humid day you were sitting outside drinking a cold beer iced tea soda or glass of ice water.

Frost itself doesn t do any damage but once it melts things get wet and then damage occurs. To start frost accumulates when moisture laden air from the house gets into the attic. To start frost shows up in the attic when moisture laden air from the house gets into the attic. When moisture gets into the attic it condenses on the roof sheathing in the form of frost.

It s important to realize frost is in your attic for a few reasons. It should to a degree. When the moisture gets into the attic it condenses on the roof. That s about it pretty simple.

Last winter i noticed condensation and water droplets on the nails that stick through the roof into the attic. 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.