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@AudraTran okay, to clarify (already this has caused confusion elsewhere), I don't mean to say that the attic has not been insulated from the rest of the house. There's boat loads of insulation up there! Usually they fill the rafters all the way up with blow-in cellulose or something like that. Something like R-50 is code here.
But that's it. Everything above that layer is essentially outside, and *none* of the home's system components are up there apart from wiring.
@AudraTran *that's* what gets me.
An attic gets bonkers hot (and cold 'round here!) so as far as we're concerned, you just don't put anything up there aside from knickknacks you are comfortable keeping in temperature extremes.
If you're finishing an attic (if it's even big enough) and want to heat/cool it, then sure. Have at it! But that's pretty rare where I live, and you would probably stop calling it the attic at that point