On Apr 12, 11:49 am, " wrote:
On Apr 12, 10:37 am, wrote:



On Apr 12, 9:26 am, "chrisexv6" wrote:

My attic has a gable vent at one end....the other end has no vent. We
have soffits in the house, and I believe they allow plenty of intake
air (when we had the house resided, the soffits were done using
"vertical" vinyl siding, running perpendicular to the
house.........the end channels of the siding are in an aluminum j-
channel, but are not sealed so essentially we are getting air intake
from wherever there is soffit).

The gable vent had a powered motor on it, but I believe its dead (I
flick the switch on even on the hottest summer days and it doesnt kick
on). Ive been advised NOT to replace it with a new one. My issue is
that the gable opening is allowing quite a bit of air *into* the attic
(as evidenced by the very dirty fiberglass insulation below the gable
opening).

Is there any louver type setup that can be installed that would
basically open with the heat exiting the attic, and close when there
isnt enough heat flowing out?

Im thinking the correct way to fix it is install a ridge vent and then
just seal off the gable opening. But I was just wondering if there
was a temporary quick fix until I can get a roofer out.

Thanks!
-Chris

Why are you worried about air exiting the gable vent? That's exactly
what it's supposed
to do. And if you go with a ridge vent, that's sure going to be
bigger and open all the time.

Going with a ridge vent is probably the best solution. Until then,
unless you have some specific
problem that you failed to mention, there is no need to do anything
else. Personally, I would not
bother closing off the gable vent when you install a ridge vent.
IMO, hot air rises and it will likely
go out both the ridge vent and the gable vent.- Hide quoted text -

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Do you have "vented soffits" or just loose soffits? Ventilation is a
very important issue in attics and often overlooked. You really need
air to move from the soffit to the gable vent so you might want to
install some soffit vents which are little one inch aluminum louvered
discs which can be poped in easily, but the ridge vent is the best
answer for the top. You can get lots of good info at the website of
"certainteed products".

The new (vinyl) soffit material was installed covering the existing
(wood) soffit material. The existing wood soffits had soffit vents
already in them....they werent closely spaced, but they were just
little discs (more like decent size rectangles). The attic doesnt get
overly warm in the summer, nor do the 2nd floor room ceilings, so it
seems the ventilation is working.

I just figured a ridge vent would let less direct air in compared to a
gaping hole at the end of my attic and that would help keep the
upstairs a little warmer (assuming cold air is flowing in thru the
gable and making its way past the insulation and then into any
electrical/plumbing/HVAC opening).

-Chris