Real estate blog entries tagged with roof vents by Charles Buell, Seattle Home Inspector (Charles Buell Inspections.com)

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roof vents: Dang---there goes "hope" again! - 07/12/11 11:05 AM

Hope is almost always like frosting on a turd.People often ask me if it is OK for bathroom exhaust vents to terminate in the attic. There was a period of time when lots of builders considered the attic "outdoors." Well of course, it did not take too long to figure out that the attic environment is anything but "outdoors." If the attic was outdoors, the temperature and humidity would be the same as out doors. We of course now know that temperature and humidity can vary widely in the attic and this is why proper ventilation of attic spaces is so … (25 comments)

roof vents: Mom----why is it raining in the Bathroom? - 11/30/09 11:09 AM

A lot of the defects we find as home inspectors involve installations where someone knows that something is necessary but either doesn’t know quite how to do it properly or tries to make something work that would be proper in another installation----but not this one.
For example exhaust fans. I see exhaust fans improperly terminated so often that it is rarer to find them “properly” installed----especially in older homes. Take the roof vent in this first picture. This is a proper roof cap with a back draft damper---but it is not a type that is designed to sit on … (29 comments)

roof vents: What is Giovanni Venturi doing in my attic? - 02/01/08 12:55 PM

Michael Thornton posted a blog on his "Photo of the Day . . .that reminded me of another problem associated with the venting of attic spaces. Most older gable roof style homes have gable vents (which under most circumstances are adequate). Older homes may or may not have soffit vents. Current standards require soffit vents in conjunction with roof vents or continuous ridge vents, and the amounts of each is a specified amount based on the size of the space being vented. Typically, by today's standards (with exceptions): The total net free ventilating area shall not be less than 1 to … (4 comments)

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