Modern Attic Vents

Unlike box vents which are square off ridge vents are usually much longer and thinner.

Modern attic vents.

Continuous or individual soffits. Intake vents located at the lowest part of the roof under the eaves allow cool air to enter the attic. Hot air exhaust vents located at the peak of the roof allow hot air to escape. Attic ventilation works on the principle that heated air naturally rises primarily utilizing two types of vents.

Power gable vent shutter is automatic 20 in. If two different types of exhaust vents are combined for example a ridge vent and a gable louver the primary path of air becomes the distance between the two types of exhaust vents. They can quickly remove a larger volume of hot and or humid air from your attic compared to static ventilation which helps save money on your heating and cooling costs. The choice of venting or not venting is a design and construction choice not a requirement determined by the physics or by the building code.

Air vent high efficiencypower attic fan 1470 cfm weatherwood galvanized steel electric power roof vent. These vents are static vents that are placed over holes in the roof close to the roof ridge. The egv5 power gable mount vent can move air at a rate of up to 1450 cu. The shutter will open when the electric gable vent is operating.

Constructed of white aluminum that can be painted. Attics or roofs can be designed and constructed to be either vented or unvented in any hygro thermal zone map 1. For pricing and availability. Power gable vent shutter is designed to be used with master flow egv pg series electric gable fans.

They let moisture and hot air exit the attic but they aren t nearly as effective as other types of roof vents and homes generally need to have several of these units for the best results. The model building codes allow both vented and unvented roof assemblies. See more ideas about attic vents gable vents vented. That path is supposed to be from low in the attic intake vents to the highest possible exit point in the attic exhaust vents.

Soffit vents are one of the most popular intake vent styles.