Detached Attic Exhaust Vent

The keepa attic vent is used for ventilating attics and or plenum as a roof exhaust vent or as an air intake roof vent.

Detached attic exhaust vent. Proper attic ventilation consists of a balance between air intake at your eaves soffits or fascias and air exhaust at or near your roof ridge. Intake vents located at the lowest part of the roof under the eaves allow cool air to enter the attic. Most homes already have some passive attic venting built in. Cool air enters the attic through soffit vents in the eaves.

Hot air exhaust vents located at the peak of the roof allow hot air to escape. It alleviates moisture in the winter and heat in the summer to extend roof membrane life. That said air resistance and interference such as vent grates reduces the area of true ventilation. Once inside the air heats up and rises higher ultimately exiting through venting at the roof s gables through ridge vents cut into the roof s apex or other vent holes in the roof.

If two different types of exhaust vents are combined for example a ridge vent and a gable louver the primary path of air becomes the distance between the two types of exhaust vents. In other words the entire vent opening doesn t count as vented space. Effective attic ventilation systems reduce damaging heat and moisture in your attic promote energy efficiency by helping to reduce the load on your air conditioner in the summer and also reduce the risk of ice dam formation on your roof. That path is supposed to be from low in the attic intake vents to the highest possible exit point in the attic exhaust vents.

The keepa attic vent is built exclusively for flat roof ventilation roof pitch is 2 12 or less. Outside air enters the attic space through soffit or eave vents rises through the attic space as it warms and exits through vents that are positioned at or near the top. Federal housing authority recommends a minimum of at least 1 square foot of attic ventilation evenly split between intake and exhaust for every 300 square feet of attic floor space. More product details close.

This product measures 16 in. Cedar wood rectangular louver vent. Provide ventilation for your chosen location with the provide ventilation for your chosen location with the al s millworks 16 in. Wide and is made of western red cedar.

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 egv6 power gable mount vent can move air at a rate of up to 1600 cu. They are typically easier to install and won t detract from the appearance of your roof.