I’m thinking about using ridgeline vents with a tile roof in a fireprone area of SoCal. Any comments about the installation, problems with ridgeline vents and/or the vulnerability of the attic to fire with ridgeline vents. Thanks. Woodgirl.
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We just put on a new roof with a ridge vent. This vent is some sort of vinyl or plastic material with many small holes. We are very concerned that roaches will now have easy access to our attic since there is no screen to keep them out. Our roofer says no one has ever complained about this to him before! We do not know what the solution to this problem is. Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated. Bugs are a big problem here in Georgia and we try very hard to keep them out without using poison. Thanks.
Put a gekko in the attic :>)
Too bad your roofer didn't use the screened ridgeline vents.
When we lived in New Orleans (thank goodness we don't any more) we used Borax tablets in our attic to keep away the roaches. Never needed an exterminator for roaches in a city where the roaches were nearly four inches long. Good luck.
In order for the ridge vents to exhaust properly, you must both cover-up the gable vents and install enough soffit vents. Each vent will have a "Free Air" value stamped in it.
See the attached .tiff file for the computation.
Practice...'till you can do it right the first time.
Had ridge vents installed with a new roof (courtesy of hurricane Ivan) in So. Alabama. Best estimate is our air conditioning (electric) bill dropped about $36.00 per month over last year. You can always kill bugs.