Gables And Roof Ridge Ventilation

It is a great ventilation system for your attic or roof on a budget.

Gables and roof ridge ventilation.

Some homes don t need them especially if you have soffit and gable vents. Gable end vents is a roof ventilation system that is placed on either side of a gable roof that assists in cooling down your attic or roof. These vents allow for a cross breeze through your attic blowing out the warm air and replacing it with cooler less humid air. The ridge is always in a depressurized area of the house because the wind hits that and sort of bounces off the roof and goes in a circular motion which causes a draw at the ridge.

Ventsure 4 foot strip heat moisture ridge vent with weather protector moisture barrier. Ridge vents are installed on the peak of the gable roof. 27 lineal feet required. And how they work together is that the wind blows and it presses up into the soffit vent rides up under the roof sheathing and then exits at the ridge.

They allow airflow while directing rain away from the attic space. Wind blows over the ridge and pulls heated air and moisture from the attic creating a uniform air movement that eliminates hot spots. Installing the vents can become a major production. Roof turbines have blades that spin in the wind pulling air up through the intake vents into the attic and out of the house.

Ventsure 4 foot strip heat moisture ridge vent. Gable vents will alter the air flow around the ridge vent and especially when wind is parallel to the ridge at right angles to the gable can actually reverse air flow through the ridge vent pulling rain or snow into the attic. As long as you have adequate soffit vents and they are unobstructed the ridge vents will out perform any other non motorized vent system. Some ridge vents have a baffled ridge.

Gable vents can actually get in the way of this heat rising effect allowing cross breeze or cooler air to enter the attic and circulating the hot air back down. Choose one of the following products to meet the recommended exhaust nfva of 528 square inches. Ridge vents openings that run the entire length of your roof along the ridge are often visible only to a trained eye. Hidden in plain sight and often camoflauged by specialty ridge shingles these.

They are small and hidden from sight by shingles. Ridge vents run along the top length of the roof.