Effective attic ventilation systems reduce damaging heat and moisture in your attic promote energy efficiency by helping to reduce the load on your air conditioner in the summer and also reduce the risk of ice dam formation on your roof.
Roof vents inside.
How to install roof vents.
Roof vents will provide about half of the vent area and soffit vents the other half.
This keeps your attic cooler in the summer and helps extend the life of your roof.
First from inside the attic your roofer will drive a nail through the roof structure to mark spots for the vents.
Center nails between rafters 18 in.
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They allow air circulation under your roof and allow air inside your attic to circulate with the air outside your attic.
The idea of roof vents existed for hundreds of years with natural vents employed in chinese buildings during the tang dynasty natural ventilation ducts in the buddhist monks caves and wind catchers incorporated in arabian architecture.
Roof vents serve an important purpose.
Vent roofs with steeples towers or cupolas can be found in different buildings from barns to cathedrals.
Drive nails up through the sheathing and shingles to mark roof air vent locations.
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The nail will either drive directly through the roof or pop a shingle that s easy to spot on the topside of the roof.
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Roof vents come in a variety of styles.
From the roof s peak.