Over years this can create a fair amount of dirt dust.
Dirt in attic in old house.
Kitts was tearing the bathroom walls out of an 83 year old home near lake erie in 2006 when he discovered two green metal.
Use weather stripping around the edges of your attic door for an attic door seal warm air can also leave through your attic ventilation.
You will need to excavate some miner trenches say 3 deep to be back filled with clean stone the size of i was going to say robins eggs or a little bigger.
For chimneys and stove flues use sheet metal collar and caulk to seal gaps around them.
An attic framed with rafters will provide a fairly open space that can be used for storage or even converted to living space.
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However cracks in the foundation could appear for a number of reasons including seasonal climate changes.
If there are holes in the ceiling of the second floor then air can be flowing up into the attic.
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Therefore it s not safe to assume that your house is settling simply because there are cracks in the foundation.
Check gaps from light fixtures pipes wiring and heating cooling ducts.
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In contrast a house built using roof trusses will have an attic space full of angled web framing that connects the top chords analogous to rafters to the bottom chord which frames the ceiling beneath the attic space.
If you have an automatic fan to ventilate the attic this could be pulling dirty air into the attic through the soffits.