This article is about the area generally found above a house. For other uses, see Attic (disambiguation).
An attic.
An attic is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building (also called garret, loft or sky parlor).[1] As attics fill the space between the ceiling of the top floor of a building and most often a slanted roof, they are known for being awkwardly shaped spaces with exposed rafters and difficult-to-access corners. While some attics are converted as bedrooms or home offices, complete with windows and staircases, most attics remain hard to get to and neglected, and are typically used for storage. Attics can also help control temperature in a house by providing a large mass of unmoving air. Hot air rising from lower floors of a building often gets trapped in the attic, further compounding their reputation for inhospitability. However in recent years many attics have been insulated to help decrease heating costs. Look up attic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For automobile roofs, see Sunroof. ... Look up Loft in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A rafter is a structural member, a type of beam, which supports the roof of a building. ... A bedroom is a room where people sleep. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... For other uses, see Window (disambiguation). ... Stairs, staircase, stairway, flight of stairs are all names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. ...
In some places attic is used more specifically to apply to lofts which have boarded floors and ceilings, and usually windows or skylights, and then loft is kept to mean a dark, unboarded roof-space which lacks these features.
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