Tagged Questions
5
votes
1answer
107 views
Will combining roof venting systems cause short cycling?
I'm looking into buying a new house here in Wisconsin that has soffit vents, ridge vents and some additional static roof vents installed. However, when the home inspector came through he said that ...
3
votes
1answer
207 views
Can you have different types of vents on a single roof?
The attic of my house has serious ventilation issue and the sheathing becomes rotten. The roofing contractor suggests me to replace the rotten sheathing and install some ridge vent. His plan will ...
2
votes
3answers
359 views
Is it safe to use a former furnace flue to vent my dryer through the roof?
Our dryer is located in the center of our house. The current vent situation has tubing that makes several bends between the dryer and the crawl space before hitting metal duct that takes it about 25' ...
3
votes
3answers
1k views
Is installing a gable fan worth the investment?
We have 2 gable vents in our roof (approx 2' high or so), one at either end, and upon inspection it does not appear that there is really enough overhang in the roof for soffits. I still have to ...
2
votes
1answer
522 views
Do I need soffit vents for my knee wall attic?
I purchased a 55 year old home that has no soffit vents. The attic space consists of a knee wall attic space and peak attic space. The peak attic space has vents at each end and a ridge vent at the ...
5
votes
2answers
470 views
What kind of vent is pictured here and what are its uses?
While my roof was being replaced, I requested that they install two roof vents. One for laundry and one for bathroom fan. They installed two of these. I just tried connecting the bathroom fan to this ...
5
votes
1answer
1k views
How can I lengthen my vent stack and are there any negative effects in doing so?
I have observed that when we receive a lot of snow here in Ontario, at least one of the drain vents on my roof is covered by snow. While after one winter in the house I have not yet observed any ...
5
votes
2answers
2k views
Do I need soffit vents when I have 2 gable vents and 5 normal peak vents?
We are in southeast Idaho, have a plain simple gable roof on a 1,050 square foot floor house; the roof's pitch is not great, probably 3 or 4/12 but normal for our area.
We have 1 vent at each gable ...
1
vote
1answer
560 views
How can I modify this dryer vent cap to keep lint from getting trapped?
As mentioned in this question I installed this dryer vent cap on my roof
As you can see, there is a gap between the flashing and the cap, presumably to let water out if it gets in. This is ...
5
votes
2answers
914 views
Bathroom vent terminates to attic not outside.
Bathroom vents terminates to attic. The Inspector recommended that it terminates to the outside. What is the best way to do this. Should I just place the bathroom vent next to the roof vent opening.
...
2
votes
1answer
241 views
How do I deciding whether to install an attic venting system?
I live in Colorado, and the weather is starting to warm up. In a couple months, the temperatures will rise pretty high. Thankfully, I have a well insulated house (there is over 20 inches of fiberglass ...
6
votes
1answer
416 views
Venting the attic space during summer to cool the house
The air in my attic gets superheated during summer, from the sun baking the (clay? terracotta?) roof tiles (I live in Sydney, Australia).
I have good ceiling insulation, and even put in some sarking ...
7
votes
2answers
208 views
How to fit vents in a roof
The home we have just brought has no vents in its tiled roof; therefore it is getting a lot of condensation in the loft.
So how do I fit vents?
Do the vent you fix from the inside (rather than ...
