Roofing and attic ventilation systems are designed to work year round to balance the intake of cool air and the outflow of warm air in the home.
Roof ridge ventilation systems.
Inspired by natural and engineering development our vents use the naturally occurring phenomenon of thermodynamic forces to draw exhaust.
Roof ventilation is one of the systems that performs best when air sealing has been properly completed.
A passive roof ventilation system which has openings low and high is designed to move air in an unconditioned space using the natural flow of air called stack effect.
The soffit vents act like the air intake for the home.
With a ridge vent system intake vents must be placed low on the roof usually in the eaves.
Years of research have proven that air vent ridge vents combined with under eave venting are the most efficient and effective system you can install.
Air moves naturally as it does in a chimney entering at low points and.
There are two primary types of ridge vents.
No matter what month it is hot air will accumulate in the attic at the peak of the roof.
Ridge ventilators taking full advantage of natural airflow airocle s range of ridge ventilators offer high performance and cost effective ventilation solutions for commercial and industrial buildings.
Shingle over vents and aluminum vents.
Good ridge vents are designed with a built in integrated system featuring external baffles internal water systems and under eave venting.
They allow the house to breathe correctly.
Complete replacement may be over 1 000 on some roofing types.
It comes on an easy to install flexible mesh roll and is hand nailable with no complicated fitting wrapping nail gun adapters.
Ridge vents openings that run the entire length of your roof along the ridge are often visible only to a trained eye.
When installed as part of a properly balanced when installed as part of a properly balanced attic ventilation system gaf cobra exhaust vent is a shingle over exhaust vent installed at the roof ridge that helps exhaust excess heat and moisture from your attic.
This system assures you the best venting results.
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.
That means roof ridge vents are like the exhaust system.
In summer and warmer months outside temperatures intensify the effects of this heated air.
See the benefits of attic ventilation a new roof is more than just shingles.
A very popular way to provide adequate ventilation in an attic space is with a ridge vent sometimes called a continuous vent.
It doesn t work well in warmer climates.
Hidden in plain sight and often camoflauged by specialty ridge shingles these.
