New Roof Turbines Or Ridge Vent

Roof turbines are typically 12 or 14 inches square so they take up minimal space on your roof.

New roof turbines or ridge vent.

Continuous ridge vents allow hot air to readily escape from the roof peak. A roof turbine is a relatively small vent that utilizes the wind to remove humid air from an attic. A turbine has a series of vanes that spin as wind passes through them. So if they re giving you a hard time i would suggest that you think about replacing them and go with either a plain square roof vent or better yet with a ridge vent.

As the wind passes through the turbine vent a series of vanes within the turbine spin cycling humid air out of the attic. The vent is shaped around the ridge and covered with matching siding or tile so that it is very unobtrusive and typically looks like a running cap or piece of extra roof trim. During the hot seasons you will notice that upstairs or in the attic the air is sweltering. A turbine is installed directly on the top of a roof and uses wind power to suck hot and humid air out of the attic.

A ridge vent as the name indicates is located at the ridges where your roof peaks and runs along the top of those ridges. Complete replacement may be over 1 000 on some roofing types. Right because they have to pull air from somewhere. However if you were only going to install 3 or 4 the turbines would be more affordable to you.

Whether it s a new home you are building or you are replacing an old roof with a new one you might consider installing a ridge vent. There are many good ridge vents on the market and the continuous vent as opposed to the individual roof vent is the most effective. A ridge vent runs across the top of the roof s peak. They may not work as well in areas that don t get enough wind but they are easier to install.

It doesn t work well in warmer climates. Ridge vents come with several advantages. With ridge ventilation the hot air escapes naturally which helps in maintaining the overall cool of the house. Otherwise they re just going to exhaust in between themselves so to speak from one to the next.

If you were to install about 40 feet of roof ridge vent the area would span up to 10 turbines in this case 10 turbines would cost you substantially more to purchase and install. Help protect your roof system from premature deterioration by installing a properly balanced attic ventilation system consisting of cobra exhaust vent at the ridge and adequate intake ventilation at or near the soffit areas of your roof. Expect the installation of a ridge vent to run about 500 on average if you re not touching the rest of the roof. That means roof ridge vents are like the exhaust system.

Unlike turbines this venting style does not have any moving parts. The soffit vents act like the air intake for the home.