When the attic becomes part of the home to be heated and cooled open wall gable vents and roof vents are no longer feasible but the underside of the roof the sheathing and rafters can still.
Old attic windows opening.
6 windows in all.
An oval window wooden.
It will vent heat out morning noon and night.
Blur background of the city and buildings.
And if necessary i d keep them open just a crack until you can get some roof vents in place or gable vents.
It gets stifling and stale up there if we don t.
The windows have screens.
If so you should keep the windows open both winter and summer.
Attic glass open window in an old wooden house with meander ornament.
If you leave the attic windows open be sure and staple some screens over them maybe even hardware cloth would be better to keep the critters out bats and raccoons etc will invade your space and give you fits.
Thoughtful young woman looking at camera from the window of an attic at sunset.
We do get bugs flies in the summer ladybugs in the fall.
We have a large full attic.
A broken window glass of the attic room of a house with the red shingles roof.
The attic needs to be as close to the outside temp as you can get it year round.
2 are ornamental and the other 4 are regular functioning windows.