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04-19-2008, 07:40 PM
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Absolutely, hands down, have an automatic attic fan. Just having an attic fan that exhausts hot air out of that space automatically when the temperature reaches a certain point is the best feature on a house I have ever had.
We turn up the A/C so it doesn't run as often. We spend a lot of time in the basement. That's where the family room is anyway. Since the basement is naturally cool, we tend to run just the funace fan to circulate the cooler air through the whole house. Around here, the night brings much cooler temperatures so we throw open the windows to sleep. I close up the windows around mid-morning when the temperature starts to climb.
We have very deep eaves on the house so exterior window blinds don't do us much good. Lots of large trees help, though.
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