The electrical wiring for each room has its own characteristics. Attic wiring is no exception and has a number of distinctive features when installing wiring. But it is immediately necessary to determine in which particular attic. This article will focus on wiring in a «real attic». What is a real attic?
A real attic is more than just a room on top of a house or the roof of a house. Such a room will be considered an attic if the supporting structures such as rafters, beams, trusses, roofing are made of combustible materials. If the so-called «not real attic» room is made of fireproof structures, then the wiring features are completely different here..
We will be talking about an 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 residents rarely look in, and there is no question of cleaning at all. In addition, there are holes in the «roofing pie» through which dust gets in, so the attic is always dirty..
The temperature in the attic is not constant, because it depends only on the temperature outside. It follows from this that the temperature range is large enough. If the winter is harsh 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 pie» was made with the admission of mistakes. All these factors, plus the fact that there is an increased fire hazard in attics, combustible materials for structures, require a special approach to the installation of electrical wiring..
The slightest damage and a fire instantly breaks out in the attic, which spreads quite quickly. Plus, it’s easier to notice an accident with wiring in a residential building, because there are always people there, but people in the attic are rare guests, so there is a high probability that a fire that has arisen as a result of damage to the wiring can develop to a large scale.
That is why the electrical wiring in attics has a number of differences and requires higher requirements. In attics, the wiring is most often installed, which is the laying of inputs from overhead power lines into the building to the apartment panel.
