How To Install Ridge Roof Vent

This video shows clips of a reroofing job which included ridge vent installation.

How to install ridge roof vent. If you need to cut the vent to fit at the end of your roof use a utility knife to make it flush with your home. Use enough vent pieces to fill the length of the slot you cut. Tools required circular saw dril. Follow these steps to remove cap shingles.

Nail the section down by driving 2 inch roofing nails through the holes provided. Installing a ridge vent to ventilate the attic. For a ridge vent to work properly it must have adequate intake of fresh cool. Install a ridge vent preparing for ridge vent installation.

Cut the ventilation opening. Remove the shingle caps. Using a circular saw with a carbide tip blade one of the roofers plunges the saw into the ridge at the ends and then follows the chalk line. Position a section of metal ridge cap over the peak of the metal roof with the end of the ridge cap flush with one end of the roof peak.

Set the ridge vents on top of the slot. Cost was less than 100. Begin by removing all cap shingles along the entire. Insert an end plug into a section of ridge venting and align the end with the end of the roof.

Install the ridge vent shingle over style install the ridge vent aluminum. Start by removing the nails holding the ridge cap shingles in place. Below we ve compiled some helpful tips on how to install a ridge vent for metal roofing. 5 add sections to.

Time was about 1 hour and 15 minutes with 2 men. For most asphalt shingle ridge caps there are two. Center the vents on the peak of your roof so the sides of the vent lay flat on the roof.