Flat Roof Gable Vents

Good attic ventilation is important for preventing ice dams in the winter.

Flat roof gable vents.

These vents allow for a cross breeze through your attic blowing out the warm air and replacing it with cooler less humid air. When it needs a new roof should it get a ridge vent at the same time. 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. Attic must have 5 sq.

This is a basic aluminum roof vent that is square or rectangular in shape. 27 lineal feet required. Without baffles blinders that prevent outside air from crossing over the vent a ridge vent may create almost no ventilation at all. Ventsure 4 foot strip heat moisture ridge vent with weather protector moisture barrier.

The majority of roofing experts agree that ridge vents are the most effective and cost effective roof vents available. We manufacture a wide range of high quality roof vents our wall vents are constructed in galvanized stainless steel painted steel aluminum copper and high density polyethylene plastic hdp. Ventsure 4 foot strip heat moisture ridge vent. 1 box roof vent.

But what about a house that already has gable vents. Most roofs on new houses seem to have continuous ridge vents which have largely replaced the louvered gable vents commonly installed a generation ago. Including chimney caps roof gable and wall vents to give your home that custom look. They are used in a lot of commercial applications but also in larger homes.

This ply gem 14 in. The box of the vent covers the piping with a large cover to shield the vent from. Vent roofs with steeples towers or cupolas can be found in different buildings from barns to cathedrals. Gable vents may circulate air through only a small percentage of your attic.

Ft of vent space half dedicated for air intake in the soffits and the other half for exhaust on the roof. Square gable vent functions as a decorative accent to your home while providing maximum attic ventilation. The building codes and building science for. Choose one of the following products to meet the recommended exhaust nfva of 528 square inches.

Ekena millwork 18 in x 24 in white round top urethane gable vent. 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.