88 Doublewide Cathedral Ceiling Ventilation Question
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 11:07 am
I had some hail damage and am getting my roof redone. The roof currently has a ridge vent but that has cause some serious leaking issues and two of three people I got quotes from recommended not replacing it and adding the standard low profile vents. I'm planning to go with the low profile vents but have a lack of understanding of how they would work effectively. My thought process is that the vent would go between some of the roof joist, but how does that help the sections that don't have a vent between them? If they were notched or furred out to create sections that would make sense but most things I find do not seem to support that idea. When I questioned the roofer he said he wasn't sure as well and we didn't have to put any vents if I did not want to and we could seal it up. Which in my research a video from "HomeShowRadio" comes up a lot and seems to agree with that idea.
So the simple question is: If you were currently redoing the roof of a double wide with a ridge vent should another ridge vent go in its place, should I use low profiles (id love to know more about how they work if so), or should I just seal it up with the only vents being for the bathrooms?
So the simple question is: If you were currently redoing the roof of a double wide with a ridge vent should another ridge vent go in its place, should I use low profiles (id love to know more about how they work if so), or should I just seal it up with the only vents being for the bathrooms?