How To Install Ridge Roof Vent

Below we ve compiled some helpful tips on how to install a ridge vent for metal roofing.

How to install ridge roof vent.

This video shows clips of a reroofing job which included ridge vent installation. Install new field shingles. For most asphalt shingle ridge caps there are two. Cost was less than 100.

Use enough vent pieces to fill the length of the slot you cut. Follow these steps to remove cap shingles. For a ridge vent to work properly it must have adequate intake of fresh cool. Install a ridge vent preparing for ridge vent installation.

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. Set the ridge vents on top of the slot. Begin by removing all cap shingles along the entire. Cut the ventilation opening.

Install the ridge vent shingle over style install the ridge vent aluminum. Start by removing the nails holding the ridge cap shingles in place. 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. Center the vents on the peak of your roof so the sides of the vent lay flat on the roof.

Mark a pencil line on the ridges of the installed metal roofing panels using the edge of the ridge cap as a guide. 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. Insert an end plug into a section of ridge venting and align the end with the end of the roof. Nail the section down by driving 2 inch roofing nails through the holes provided.

Installing a ridge vent to ventilate the attic. To begin the ridge vent installation they measure down 3 inches from the top of the ridge and snap a line to cut the opening for the ridge vent. Time was about 1 hour and 15 minutes with 2 men.