Paul is a great "Ask the Expert" presenter ✊🏾 I need all of the products after watching him! Inquiry: I bought a house that was built in 1979. The roof is in great condition but it does not have any attic vents but does have what seems to be siding soffits. I will be installing your ridge vents. However, should I still install your Edge Vents?
Posting this before watching. If my soffit vents net free air calculates to 13 sq in / lin ft, and I put a 20 net free air ridge vent on, does that really matter? I know the ridge is supposed to equal 50% or less than the sum, so one would think that I should be looking for a ridge vent with a Nfa of 13 or less. But...., the actual ridge Nfa was determined by my builder when he cut the gap at the ridge, right? So if that gap square inches works out to less than 50 percent of the total sum, then the size of the hood doesn't matter right? I like the rigid vent better than the rolled, but I'm concerned that I might over size it and reverse the air flow. But I think the gap is the regulator and not the cap. Like the size of the carburator is what dictated cfm, not the size of the breather. Right?
Yeah, and the "baffle them with BS" about ridge vent in general. Far more important than the supposed hot and cold spots that ridge vent solves is the amount of air exchange. A ridge vent cannot compete with a fan in this regard. But ridge vent is a more profitable product for manufacturer and for installer.
@@bokononisti2820 A properly balanced, baffled not filtered ridge vent exchanges attic air 10X per hour, which is plenty to keep attic temperatures minimally higher than ambient temperature. I would never install a fan in my own house. Ridge vent is Much better looking, as effective, and longer lasting than the 5-10 year warranty fan. One that does nothing for moisture buildup in the winter?
@@renurenovationsllc7780 Everyone I have heard from with ridge vent has a very hot attic. The idea that ridge vent is going to move as much air on a non-windy day as a fan is laughable. There's a reason why a whole house fan can cool down an attic very quickly - it's moving a lot of air. And you can get a similar effect with sufficient intakes to supply the exhaust fan on roof or gable end. Never going to match that with passive venting. Agreed that ridge vent is better looking - essentially its only selling point for people who aren't taken in by the marketing BS. Longer lasting? I replaced a fan this year - purchased in 2000, DIY installed. $50 + a bit of DIY labor for 24 years of service. Replacement was $100 (thanks to inflation), but installation was very easy. But yeah, let me spend 20-30x more to have someone cut open my roof's ridge and install a good looking, but inferior product. And then let me spend time cleaning out all the roofing debris that got dumped over anything I have stored in the attic when they cut the entire length of ridge open. Show me a video where ridge vent keeps an attic within even 20*F of ambient temp on a 90*F day. A fan can easily do that (and better).
This is the only person I have seen that has a proper attitude toward attic ventilation! Excitement! I love this guy.
Give this guy a Ted talk!!
I like this dudes energy for attic info. Honestly I like it
Awesome enthusiasm! Good intel and genuine!
Been following this guy for many years. Best in the industry.
Paul is a great "Ask the Expert" presenter ✊🏾 I need all of the products after watching him! Inquiry: I bought a house that was built in 1979. The roof is in great condition but it does not have any attic vents but does have what seems to be siding soffits. I will be installing your ridge vents. However, should I still install your Edge Vents?
Posting this before watching.
If my soffit vents net free air calculates to 13 sq in / lin ft, and I put a 20 net free air ridge vent on, does that really matter? I know the ridge is supposed to equal 50% or less than the sum, so one would think that I should be looking for a ridge vent with a Nfa of 13 or less.
But...., the actual ridge Nfa was determined by my builder when he cut the gap at the ridge, right?
So if that gap square inches works out to less than 50 percent of the total sum, then the size of the hood doesn't matter right?
I like the rigid vent better than the rolled, but I'm concerned that I might over size it and reverse the air flow.
But I think the gap is the regulator and not the cap.
Like the size of the carburator is what dictated cfm, not the size of the breather.
Right?
Now find a way to eliminate the restrictive filter in the ridgevent. The filter cuts the air flow by greater then 50%
Yeah, and the "baffle them with BS" about ridge vent in general. Far more important than the supposed hot and cold spots that ridge vent solves is the amount of air exchange. A ridge vent cannot compete with a fan in this regard. But ridge vent is a more profitable product for manufacturer and for installer.
@@bokononisti2820 A properly balanced, baffled not filtered ridge vent exchanges attic air 10X per hour, which is plenty to keep attic temperatures minimally higher than ambient temperature. I would never install a fan in my own house. Ridge vent is Much better looking, as effective, and longer lasting than the 5-10 year warranty fan. One that does nothing for moisture buildup in the winter?
@@renurenovationsllc7780 Everyone I have heard from with ridge vent has a very hot attic. The idea that ridge vent is going to move as much air on a non-windy day as a fan is laughable. There's a reason why a whole house fan can cool down an attic very quickly - it's moving a lot of air. And you can get a similar effect with sufficient intakes to supply the exhaust fan on roof or gable end. Never going to match that with passive venting. Agreed that ridge vent is better looking - essentially its only selling point for people who aren't taken in by the marketing BS.
Longer lasting? I replaced a fan this year - purchased in 2000, DIY installed. $50 + a bit of DIY labor for 24 years of service. Replacement was $100 (thanks to inflation), but installation was very easy. But yeah, let me spend 20-30x more to have someone cut open my roof's ridge and install a good looking, but inferior product. And then let me spend time cleaning out all the roofing debris that got dumped over anything I have stored in the attic when they cut the entire length of ridge open.
Show me a video where ridge vent keeps an attic within even 20*F of ambient temp on a 90*F day. A fan can easily do that (and better).
Wow very interesting and valuable information!!
Quite helpful.
This too funny!
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