Timeline for How do I deciding whether to install an attic venting system?
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| Apr 13, 2011 at 3:16 | vote | accept | jrista | ||
| Apr 13, 2011 at 3:16 | comment | added | jrista | Thanks fore the help, trip. Looks like I do have quite a few soffit vents already. I've decided to put a lightly powered fan in behind a vent on the back side of my house. I think that will do what I need it to do. | |
| Mar 31, 2011 at 14:38 | comment | added | trip0d199 | I would start by adding some more soffit vents then - that should help. The vents aren't expensive, and can be installed fairly easily. | |
| Mar 30, 2011 at 20:58 | comment | added | jrista | I do have a few...but only a very few. I think I counted four on the entire house, and they look pretty small. | |
| Mar 30, 2011 at 14:54 | comment | added | trip0d199 | Do you have any soffit vents in addition to those ridgeline vents? If not, that is the problem, because there is no airflow path for the cooler air to come in at the bottom to replace the warmer air that is leaving through the ridgeline bents. If you do already have soffit vents, then I would install a fan. A fan like this can be installed almost anywhere, and has an adjustable thermostat so it only runs when it needs to: lowes.com/… | |
| Mar 30, 2011 at 3:45 | comment | added | jrista | I believe I currently have three ridgeline vents, however they are not powered in any way, and I do not believe they have any fans in them (powered or otherwise.) Would it be valuable to add a powered fan, or does that not really change things much? | |
| Mar 29, 2011 at 17:53 | history | answered | trip0d199 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |