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I am a college student in Washington and I am roofing my moms home. The larger sum of the house is cathedral ceilings constructed of 24″ O.C. 2×12’s. To my knowledge, the only way to properly vent such a roof (without using a hundred cap vents) is to use continuous ridge and soffit venting with baffles. Seems simple enough, but in this months issue of Fine Home Building (Sec: Wackiest Fixes) Joe Henessy wrote that ridge venting always leaks. Living in the most waterlogged part of the country, this concerns me! I don’t know how to protect against this, or get around it while maintaining proper ventilation. If you professional guys have any insight, it would be much appreciated
Thanks, Joe
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Only the ones that Joe H. installs :).
Some models may leak and others usually don't. Good designs allow for a certain amount of wind driven rain, but by the same token, that kind of wind may take off your shingles as well.
Gabe
*we only use shingle over ridge vent that has baffles..our favorite brand is Shingle Vent II.. and they don't leak.. check the archives for Airvent.com..
*I haven't used it myself, but I'm hearing good things about that foam ridge vent(shingle over).Any good/bad results??
*Absolutly not, never on a sunny day.
*I've been using EverFlow and Ridgline cap over ridge vents for 10 yrs. now, no problems, hundreds of roofs. Before that I used Leigh aluminum ridge vents and had quite a few problems with leaks.John
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I agree with Mike. Go to Airvent.com they will explain how all ridge vent is not created equal.
I've never had any problems with this product.
What I like is they incorporate a baffle, to block wind driven rain , which may be blown uphill towards the ridge during one of them rainstorms where the rain is going horizontal.
But remember , mother nature, if determined enough will have his/her way on any house.
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I am a college student in Washington and I am roofing my moms home. The larger sum of the house is cathedral ceilings constructed of 24" O.C. 2x12's. To my knowledge, the only way to properly vent such a roof (without using a hundred cap vents) is to use continuous ridge and soffit venting with baffles. Seems simple enough, but in this months issue of Fine Home Building (Sec: Wackiest Fixes) Joe Henessy wrote that ridge venting always leaks. Living in the most waterlogged part of the country, this concerns me! I don't know how to protect against this, or get around it while maintaining proper ventilation. If you professional guys have any insight, it would be much appreciated
Thanks, Joe