Installing Metal Roof Venting

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Installing metal roof venting.

How to install vents on a metal roof step 1. The other option of course is a vented attic which requires an equal balance of intake and exhaust vents. But it truly is rewarding. Determine the type of vents you wish to install.

Roof ridge vents the safest way of venting a metal roof is installing a roof ridge vent. Beneath the roof eaves in the soffit is the standard place to install intake vents because it s the lowest spot in the roof. Metal roofing works well with this because the metal is unaffected by heat not being able to pass through it and enter the attic. Here are a few tricks that really will help if you.

From up on the roof use a jigsaw or reciprocating saw to cut a 4 in. Various size vents will come. Most metal shingles will be attached to the roof using metal shingle. A demonstration of how roof ventilation is supposed to work and factors that can prevent your attic s ventilation from working properly.

This may include the round whirlybird types that are placed. This will involve determining the placement of the vents. Prepare the roof area. That would depend on the style of roof you have.

To vent the roof holes are cut in the old roof detail 1 above the soffit which pulls air through the soffit vents underneath. Start in the attic and drill a hole through the roof in the desired vent location. Like static vents a turbine vent must pair with soffit vents but one turbine vent can quickly exhaust stale attic air resulting in only one entry into the metal roof. Leave the drill bit sticking through the roof so you can find the hole.

Lay the starter row of metal shingles at the drip edge and affix to the roof with metal roofing nails. If your house has a gable roof you can install a vent in each gable then mount an exhaust fan in the attic behind one of them that is controlled by a thermostat. Try to keep it close to the fan location.