Installing soffit intake vents.
Installing a roof vent on a new roof.
How to install a roof vent method 1 of 3.
To calculate an example of exhaust and intake use 25 feet of roof ridge vent.
Drive a nail through your attic to mark where you want your vent.
Rather than being installed on the roof gable vents are installed on the exterior side wall of the home near the roof ridge.
First head up to your attic and determine where you want to install your roof vent.
Check around the edges of your attic for any wiring.
Vents evenly spaced underneath the roof provide intake.
Adding static exhaust vents.
Your roofer will build this frame just a little larger than size of the vent leaving 1 8 inch of extra room on each side.
Installation first requires a wood frame made of 2x4s installed from the attic between two studs.
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Multiply it by 18 square inches the net free air per foot of ridge.
Drill a hole upward through the middle of the area you desire and leave the drill bit sticking up through the roof so.
Using the example above three round vents would be needed 432 144 3 vents or nine square vents 432 50 8 64 or 9 vents.
What you ll need to install a roof vent.
Go into your attic.