Camelback Attic Vents

Power gable vent shutter is automatic 20 in.

Camelback attic vents.

For pricing and availability. A balanced configuration of soffit vents and gable vents sometimes called gable vent covers or attic vent covers work together as a system to allow air to move freely through the attic. Generally speaking you need a ratio of 1 300 where for every 300 square feet of ceiling space you need 1 square foot of attic ventilation. The building codes and building science for.

Common 1 4 screens are ineffective and should be replaced or retrofitted. Vent roofs with steeples towers or cupolas can be found in different buildings from barns to cathedrals. Make sure your soffit vents are not blocked in anyway. Hot air exhaust vents located at the peak of the roof allow hot air to escape.

That is openings doors windows and louvers to the outside should create a. The idea of roof vents existed for hundreds of years with natural vents employed in chinese buildings during the tang dynasty natural ventilation ducts in the buddhist monks caves and wind catchers incorporated in arabian architecture. Alternatively cover all existing vent openings with 1 8 inch or 1 16 inch wire mesh. In other words the entire vent opening doesn t count as vented space.

The shutter will open when the electric gable vent is operating. If your attic is enclosed california s building code states it should have cross ventilation. Intake vents located at the lowest part of the roof under the eaves allow cool air to enter the attic. Attic ventilation is achieved through a proper balance of intake vents soffit vents and exhaust vents gable vents.

It comes on an easy to install flexible mesh roll and is hand nailable with no complicated fitting wrapping nail gun adapters. Air vent 1 500 cfm black galvanized steel electric power roof vent. Power gable vent shutter is designed to be used with master flow egv pg series electric gable fans. That said air resistance and interference such as vent grates reduces the area of true ventilation.

Air vent high efficiencypower attic fan 1470 cfm weatherwood galvanized steel electric power roof vent. When installed as part of a properly balanced when installed as part of a properly balanced attic ventilation system gaf cobra exhaust vent is a shingle over exhaust vent installed at the roof ridge that helps exhaust excess heat and moisture from your attic.