Understanding the basics of roof ventilation can prevent expensive repairs later. Learn about how to achieve optimal airflow ...

Proper roof maintenance goes beyond shingles and gutters. Often overlooked yet crucial, soffit and fascia play an essential ...

But the main roof peak, running the length of the house, doesn’t have ridge vents. Instead, gable vents are at each end of the house. The intakes are soffit vents. This seems to have worked fine ...

The venting works by air entering through the soffit vents, then traveling up each rafter space to exit the roof through the ridge vent. The website also explains how much ventilation is needed ...

Even without soffits, it's important to allow air to circulate and prepare all vents before insulation. If you’re using gable vents for cross ventilation or roof vents, avoid blocking them with ...

Soffit vents should not be your home’s only vents, though. If they are, the air movement is restricted to the attic floor, and air flow does not pass over the roof sheathing. Also called whirly ...

Q: Even though we have done a good deal of work to increase energy efficiency in our 1960 split-level home in San Carlos, we are having a difficult time keeping the warm air inside the house ...

Soffit and fascia are two essential components of any roofing system, helping to provide ventilation and weather protection. Soffit is the underside of the eaves extending from the roof overhang.

Soffits are sometimes attached to the bottom of the eaves to protect the rafters, limit access to the house’s ventilation holes and give the home a smooth, finished look. Roof eaves act like the ...