2 drill the guide hole adjust placement of the vents to avoid drilling through any rafters.
Static roof vent placement.
Active ventilation 12 in.
Other common features include a bird proof design a weather tight seamed collar and a high profile and rolled flange on the.
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.
Drive nails up through the sheathing and shingles to mark roof air vent locations.
Vent roofs with steeples towers or cupolas can be found in different buildings from barns to cathedrals.
One static vent style is the turbine vent which uses wind to power its enclosed fan all it takes is a light breeze to rotate the blades and suck heat out of the attic view example on the home.
The building codes and building science for.
Static vents come in a variety of different styles and sizes but are all non motorized vents installed near the roof ridge to allow for unobstructed flow of air from the attic.
Lomanco static roof vents are exhaust vents by design.
Attic vents roof louvers and static vents that bring in fresh air to your attic enable your roof exhaust vents to work efficiently.
Static roof vents 1 positioning the vents on the roof position the vents evenly spaced across the roof below the ridgeline so that the vents can only be seen from one side of the house yet no greater than 2 feet below the ridgeline.
Mark attic roof air vent locations.
The supply of the fresh air flush enables the hot air to escape up and through your roof exhaust vents.
Optimum roof ventilation design.
Air vent 150 sq.
Provides continuous ridge venting continuous soffit venting and then close off those old gable end vents to force the intake air to come where you want it to flow.
How this works is by bringing in fresh air to your attic or plenum you pressurize the cavity.
How to install roof vents.
Roof vents will provide about half of the vent area and soffit vents the other half.
If there are more than one they are centered between the rafters and installed at regular intervals in a horizontal line along the roof.
Center nails between rafters 18 in.
From the roof s peak.
All lomanco static roof vents are available in several colors to blend with your roofing materials.
Each vent s unique design offers maximum weather protection.
