Wiring for each room has its own characteristics. Attic wiring is no exception and has a number of distinctive features when wiring. But it is immediately necessary to determine in which attic. This article will discuss electrical wiring in a “real attic”. What is a real attic?
A real attic is not just a room on top of the house or the roof of the house. Such a room will be considered an attic if the supporting structures, such as rafters, beams, trusses, roofs, are made of combustible materials. If the so-called “not a real attic” room is made of fireproof structures, then the wiring features here are completely different.
We will talk about the attic, where combustible structures are used. Such an attic has a number of differences that require a special approach to the installation of electrical wiring. The attic is a place where tenants look very rarely, and we are not talking about cleaning at all. In addition, there are holes in the “roofing cake” through which dust enters, so the attic is always in a polluted state.
The temperature in the attic is not constant, because it depends only on the temperature outside. From this it turns out that the temperature range is quite large. If it is a harsh winter outside, then it will be cold in the attic, and in summer, when the scorching sun heats the roof of the attic, it is stuffy there. Such temperature fluctuations cause dryness in such rooms.
Moisture gets in only when the installation of the “roofing cake” was made with errors. All these factors plus the fact that in the attics there is an increased fire hazard, combustible materials for structures, require a special approach to installing electrical wiring.
The slightest damage and a fire breaks out in the attic, which spreads quite quickly. Plus, it’s easier to notice an accident with wiring in a residential area, because there are always people there, but in the attic people are rare guests, so there is a high probability that a fire caused by damaged wiring can develop to a large scale.
That is why electrical wiring in attics has a number of differences and requires higher requirements. In attics, most often they mount the wiring, which is the laying of inputs from overhead power lines into the building to the apartment shield.
