Attic Insulation Issues

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Hey there,

So now that it's cooler, I FINALLY got up into my attic. I wanted to fix some stuff up above the garage and seal up some of the fixtures and what not. I already knew I wanted to blow some extra insulation into the attic, so I also wanted to make sure that they had the rafter vents so that air could travel into the attic through the soffits. What I found wasn't encouraging...at least I don't think it was. I think in my 1446 sq ft bungalow...I found maybe 12-18 rafter vents....MAYBE. The rest were just covered up with the insulation. And in some spots above the garage, the spot where air is suppose to travel through the soffits, they had covered it up with wood.

So here are the pics.

This is the split between the garage and attic. As you can see most of the soffit vents are covered up. There is one rafter vent near the back.






Above the front living room.


This is above the garage (regular bat insulation that I put in)...as you can see whoever built this house covered the soffit vents with wood. A new home...let's go ahead and slap a piece of wood in front of the soffit vents...that oughta get us back to repair the roof in a few years.