Attic Ventilation

Why Should You Ventilate Your Attic? The constant, year-round movement of air across the attic is a process that can improve home comfort, reduce damage to the roof structure and help keep a roofing warranty valid. Every time stale, overheated air is vented out of the home, and fresh air is pulled in to replace it, you have an “air exchange.”

The process of air exchange is more than a breeze moving through the home. It's a process that provides a steady, high volume of air movement. It's a system of components, all sized and positioned to create a balanced flow of intake and exhaust air moving though the attic.

Too often, builders install products that short-circuit their ventilation system. When designing and installing the ventilation system, did your builder avoid these common pitfalls?

Using a combination of different types of exhaust vents, like power vents with ridge vents. In this case, competing vents pull air from each other instead of pulling from the intake vents.

Underestimating your ventilation needs. Remember that 15 roof vents or 5 turbine vents would be needed to provide the same ventilation as 42 feet of ridge vent for your Michigan home in Wayne, Oakland or Macomb county.

Installing useless exhaust vents without adequate intake. An effective balance of intake and exhaust must be achieved to properly ventilate the home. The flow of air in your attic is limited to the amount of intake.

Install a ridge vent that doesn't have an external baffle to increase airflow and protect from weather infiltration.

Want to learn more about your choices for ventilation? Visit these pages at AirVent, the manufacturer who supplies Alpine Roofing with ventilation products, to learn more about the types of ventilation products listed, please consider the following information from AirVent: What every homeowner should know about ventilation; power vents; intake ventilation; types of vents; bath vents; ventilation product videos.

The experts at Alpine Roofing can help you indentify and correct the problems caused by inadequate or incorrectly designed attic installation. Want a quote or more information? Contact us today at 800-645-7966 or use the form to the right to tell us about your ventilation needs.

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