When considering the ventilation in your home it’s important to understand that there are some areas that are rich with humidity. Improving ventilation throughout your home can assist with temperature control as well as regulating the humidity inside your home. If you’ve never considered roof ventilation for your home, here are some of the crucial elements that are needed with your roof to prevent damage and regulate the temperature
Roof Vents
A roof vent is needed in any unheated space like in an attic or an attached roof. Roof ventilation and roof vents can help to cool the roofing material as well as the waterproofing materials inside the roof. Roof vents can slow down the aging process of shingles, prevent the extra weight from water on a shingle and continue to circulate cold air from the eaves that will lead to efficiency with cooling.
Roof vent systems can be installed quickly and they can be added into any attic area where the wind continually blows. Vents will allow cool air to enter the roof at the bottom and then exit through ridges towards the top of the roof. The bending of the shape of your roof it’s possible to add this ventilation throughout the eves, or a flat roof system.
Vents can be fix to your roof and provide you with circulating air that can deliver the benefits you need to prevent structural damage and to manage temperatures inside your home. These are systems that can be perfect for protecting the asphalt shingles, the waterproofing materials in your roof and the fasteners that make up your roof as well.
If you would like to learn more about your roof ventilation needs or you need access to an official inspection, contact us today to learn more.
This post was written by Ted Williams! Ted is the owner of A Old Time Roofing, one of the best roofing companies in St Petersburg FL. Ted is a Master Elite Weather Stopper GAF Roofing Contractor, a double award winner of Best Steep-Slope Contractor from GAF and achiever of Master Elite Consumer Protection Excellence from GAF. He has been serving the Pinellas County area since 1978. A Old Time Roofing has been a tradition in quality workmanship, servicing residential and commercial properties.
