Roof Ridge Vent Installation Instructions

Place center and conform the cobra 4 1 21 m plastic ridge vent over the slot with the vent resting firmly against the roof surface.

Roof ridge vent installation instructions.

Add any connectors and end caps that came with your ridge vent system to ensure the vent is watertight. Position the aluminum ridge vent along the reference line. It provides 18 sq. Grasp attached nails by the head and peel back.

Inches per linear foot 67 720 m 2 lm of net free ventilating area and its unique easytear sizing feature allows you to hand tear product in 3 76 mm increments no knives necessary and less waste. They allow the house to breathe correctly. Expect the installation of a ridge vent to run about 500 on average if you re not touching the rest of the roof. As the ridge vent expels hot humid air intake vents feed fresh cool air into the attic.

It doesn t work well in warmer climates. Cobra rigid vent 3 exhaust vent for roof ridge allows heat and moisture to escape at the ridge. For cobra snow country advanced ª and cobra rigid vent 3 ª only use the e z nail ª system. Ridge vent installation place center and conform the cobra 4 rigid vent over the slot with the vent resting firmly against the roof surface.

Using a circular saw with a carbide tip blade one of the roofers plunges the saw into the ridge at the ends and then follows the chalk line. Fasten the vent to the roof decking and rafters or trusses by nailing through the flange on both sides of the vent using the nails and nail spacing recommended by the manufacturer. Rotate nail to vertical position for easy removal. Extend the life of your roof by adding a roof vent.

Equal flow of exhaust and intake should be provided. Complete replacement may be over 1 000 on some roofing types. Roof ridge vents and other forms of roofing ventilation work better when. The regular omni style is traditionally installed using a hammer while the lo omni style with its low profile can be installed using a nail gun.

The roll versions comes in easy to handle 20 and 30 foot lengths while the stick version comes in 4 foot lengths. Lomanco omni series ridge vents are available in two versions and two styles. In this video i replace a poor performing ridge vent with a larger one that helps save my roof. Preparing for ridge vent installation for a ridge vent to work properly it must have adequate intake of fresh cool air.

A roofer will from the attic mark a spot near the ridge of the roof he may first use nails from the attic to mark preferred spots between two rafters. Rotate nail to vertical position for easy removal figure e. Grasp attached nails by the head and peel back.